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The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
Trouble in Russia

st. Petersburg, Oct. 8, 1850 p. m.
"A bold attack was made by NUM-
Der Of revolutionists this afternoon
on the cashier of the custom house
here was frustrated by quick action
Of the police who captured soyorfl
OF the attacking party, after a IT,
silade during which one man is re-
ported killed. Firing occurred at the
Bourse end Of the palace bridge one
OF the most frequented thorough
fares in the city, 1t is situated hard
ly a hundred yards from the wuter
palace and admiralty. The affair
caused great excitement.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
AMERICAS GREAT SUCCESS
Winner in Balloon Contest Attributes
Such to Companion Hcrscy

Winner in Balloon Contest Attributes
Such to Companion Hcrscy
Paris. Oct. Lieutenant Frank
II. Hahn, United States of America,
winner OF the balloon contest and Ma
ior Jersey, his companion, arrived
here from England this morning.
Much Of the Americans success is
attributed TO Hersoy's knowledge OF
meteorological conditions obtained as
the result of q long service in the
weather bureau at Washington. Be-
fore his departure Hersey ascertain
ed that the faster currents would
be at the lower elevations and while
the rivals were testing the upper
stratas, the Americans remained
close to the earth. The guide rope
touching ground most of the time,
Judgment indicated by the fact that
although it was the twelfth balloon
TO start, it was the first to reach the
English coast.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
CEMENT CONTRACTORS
simpson n Martin, Well and Favor
ably Known over The West, Have
Located In hmarillo--Ncn
q Experience.

Another enterprise has been rc-I
cured for Amarillo and one which
has every promise of being a most
worthy one, Tho firm Of Simpson,
g. Martin, who have for the pastI
several years been operating in the
West and who are considered among
tho best cement contractors of the.
section in which they hayo worked
is the now addition 20 the city. Mr.
l.. r.. Simpson is originally from Cot
orado whore he has done much of his
work aud which Is the best recon-
incubation a man can have from his.
native state. He has boon In the con
tracing business for twelve years
and has hundreds of finished COM
tracts that stand ont as monuments.
TO this mans ability as a workman
Among the pretticst buildings OF
which h. was contractor is tho cleo
trio light plant at Goodland, Kan,
erected OF concrete blocks Of his
own maufactory, Another crcdijablo
piccc Of work is the 10000 square
feet Of sido walks placed around the
Denver university besides seven aud
half miles of fine walks in Dom
yer city.
VA. d. Martin the other member of
the firm Is from Sterling, H., and
has been in the concrete contracting
business for the past nine years, Ilo
is also thoro and practical workman
in his line and for the past year or
moro has been associated with Mr..
Simpson. They have worked almost
all over the West and after such, ar
rive at the conclusion that Amarillo
Is the coming metropolis OF the South
west and therefore decided to locate
here--and they have come to stay
and to help the city build. The two
gentlemen nave large force OF conf
petent workmen with them, and all
their work from the smallest contract
to the largest is guaranteed, They
make their own machinery which is
used in the mandatory Of the
blocks. Along with contracting, this
progressive firm intends to buy lots,
erect concrete houses and then sell
them and in addition to the other
material for conducting their bust
ness, they will Immediately install a
large modern rock crusher, Anyone
desiring cement work, either side
walk or building, will do well to see
these gentlemen at once.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
TO KILL THE DANDRuFF GERM.
Is the Only Possible Way Of Having
An Effective Cure.

II you see woman or man with lux
uriant glossy hair. you may be sure nei-
ther has dandruft to amount to anything,
In nearly every case where women and
men have thin brittle hair, they owe II
to dandrun. There are hundreds OF prep
aratlons that ''claim" 10 cure dandrun'
but not one but Newbro's Herpieide tells
YOU that dandrun Is the result OF a germ
burrowing into the scalp, and that per.
manont cure OF dandruf and its conse-
quent falling and badness. can only be
Ind by killing tho germ; and there Is no
other preparation that will destroy that
germ hut Newbro's Herpicide. Destroy
tho cause. and YOU remove the effect"
Sold BY Leading druggists Send loc. In
stamps for sample 10 The Herpicide Co.,
Detroit Mich
T. r. RoachDug Company, Special Agent
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Roommate of Teddy Jr. Goes Before
the Courts--C0sc Continued
Boston, Mass, oct. Shaun Kel'
ley OF lNitchburg, roommate OF
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., at Harvard
appeared before the municipal courts
today and pleaded mot guilty" ia
the charge of assaulting policeman
At the request of the counsel the case
was continued untir October 10. Tho
charge against Kelly is based on what
occurred on the Boston common
Thursday night when Patrolman
Freyer was Knocked down by young
men said to be Harvard students,
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
NIrs. j. s. Picrce

(From Tuesdays Daily Panhandle.)
Mrs. j. s. Pierce, after an illness
Of a few days, died yesterday after
noon at her home, 100 Harrison
street. Mrs. Pierce was twenty-four
years of age at the time Of her death
and leaves her husband and two
small children. The family had moi
lived I'm Amarillo long, having come
here from Oklahoma,
The funeral will be held from The
family residence tomorrow morning
at 10 O'Clock. Rev, Jewell B. How
ard viii conduct the services.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
anon wednesday,a paIly.l


&C late hour last night the
angled mass OF wreckage at the bot
TOM of Sweet La Cruz canyon still
held It's secret. w. NJ. Elliott, the
man known to have been in one Of
the cars. Is stiIl unbound aud beyond
doubt lies crushed and llfeless some
where in the wilderness OF splintered
tjmbers. twisetd beams and mangIed
horseflesn below the demolished
bridge.
Gigantic Task Before wreckers
The homecoming passenger train
yesterday brought every section gang
from Dalhart south to work on the
rcck Bridge superintendent Null
Ink. With his special work train and
rev OIL men hurried 20 the bridge
esterday afternoon and the regular
Nreoking crew came up from Chill
dress under open orders Every
available man mas been wording at
the staggering task before them, but
iho wrqeKers are unable yet 70 reach
hIlo Of debris. The bridge over
vseta ia Cruz was trestle work
rtrs about 400 yards long and
twentxto twenty-five feet above
sands Of the stream. The Sweet
Cruz Is one OF the broad sandy
tributaries 70 the Canadian river. j
l1sa a quick sand bottom and now has
tallow depth Of water above III,
into this bed o. quick sand
ai,eRe ears of fast freight No
sxshroush tho bridse- ri,
practically domolth
~ NV structure. bulIt
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
GIRL ARRESTED
Charged With Attempting the Life of
an Official-COnspiTacy Exists

Toulon, France, Oct. "a girl
has been arrested here charged with
throwing a bomb at Governor Ekar-
terinoslav, and who claimed to be
a Russian. She turns out however,
to be French, Her name is Jeanne
Tilly. This is the result of the as
ISOLATION of Russian students in the
Latin quarter Of Paris who Joined
the terrorists recently for the
task OF killing the prominent Rus
sian officials.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
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BROKERAGE WAREHOUSE BURNS
Evidences Indicate Arson in Fire
Last Night
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

Last Night
(From Wednesdays Daily.)
Shortly after 1 O'Clock last night,
Jim Caudels, a-reslaurant man on
the Bowery turnedlp ap alarm for
fire in the warehpHse used by the
Stewart Brokerage eompany on First
and Buchanan streets. The fire boys
made a good run in spite of the long
distance and made short work OF the
blaze after they arrived. The build
ing was a flimsy frame structure,
however, and the fire had Quilted It
before the department arrived.
What caused the fire is not known
but several of the hose men who
made entrance into the burning
building pulled out a tub which was
still blazing with what they judged
to be kerosene or gasoline, prob
ably the latter. One of the company
found two freshly emptied five gal
Ion cans in an empty box car. near
the building.
The contents were insured for
$500 on household furniture in stor'
age and $500 on the stock of banan-
mas and produce. The loss of stock
was total. The building was owned
by r. l.. Stringfellow and was not
protected by insurance,
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
Death sentence Affirmed

HI Paso, oct. ga special from
chihuahua, Mex. says the supreme
court today affirmed the death SEM
tence OF Richardson Harle and Ma
son, New York Life Insurance COM
pany swlndlers. Both will be shot
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
Removed 70 Blrmlngham

Birmingham, Ala, Oct S.--Cor-
nelius Robinson. whom a mob tried
to lynch at the Mobile jail last night
was brought to the local county Jail
for safe keeping. He denies his
guilt.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
Two Men Dead, Two Injured
and Train No. 20 In
a Heap,
FRIDGE GIVES WAY.
Sweet Ia Cruz Creek, % Miles Northwest
From Amarillo, The ScsRs,..BwGsn
Truck The Cause.

CFromrsr tuesdays Daily Panhandlc.)
Two men dead. two men wounded
and train No, 20 in n tangled heap
below tho Sweet la Cruz bridge
such are tho facts Of tho latest wreck
misfortune ON tho Denver.
ghic afternoon between 1 and 2
o'clock train No, 20. southbouud
ireisht. wrecked at tho Sweet La
uB bridge twonty-eIght miles
ortsenSt Of Amarillo. Az noarly AZ
"a he found. a broken truck gave
way just as tho train started over the
fridge. Ordinarily such an accident
would not necessarily cause a So
rious wreck. But at the bridge the
broken truck demolished somo OF
ihe under structure and tho balance
~ the train fell through the bridge
70 the shallow stream below.
Tho dead are:
----- Clark, Frederick, o. T.
Man in charge Of immigrant car
supposed TO be buried in the wreck
Two other wanderers who were
With Clark. beating their way in q
box car. were brought here to the
ssnitsrium. ono has a crushed foot
and hip and the other his left arm
ind chest infvyod Both viii recover
Tho engine and one car went across
safely and tho men in the caboosc
escaped injury, None of the train
crew was injured, The engine
brought the Injured men to town al
once and started therelief train from
here.
A. N. Mullinix, the bridge art
building superintendent, who 4
building tho Denver round house, al
once went with his work train to the
wreck. Tho regular wreck train
came through from chIldress about
aO. Justice Kidd went with the
rst train to hold inquests over PIC
dead men.
Superintendent Mulinlx hoped Il
get the bridge in passable condition
IN few hours. but the nature Of the
wreck made It impossible to predict
With certainty how soon traffic cac
be resumed,
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
DECLARE DIVIDEND
Santa Tc Receipts Show Increase ov,
or Last Year

New York, Oct. 3.--Dlrectors Of
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa re
railway today declared a semi-annual
dividend of 2M per cent on common
stock. This is an increase of ono.
half per cent over the last semi-an-
nual dividends.
The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-10-05
EIIiott's Body Recovered

Az day break this morning the
searchers at Sweet La Cruz succeed
ed after their all night labors, in
Receiving the crushed, shapless body
OF w. NJ. Elliott. It seems that the
unfortunate jumped free of the train
but the ears came down upon him
He was driven several feet into tbs
quick sand Of the stream and his owr
car OF household goods. a car ol
horses and a ear of fruit, making y
heap twenty-five feet deep, lfilec
above him.
The body was brought here a.e
will be prepared for burial and sllir
lped back to Claiming tonight.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
THE BLUEFISH BRIGADE.
What Happens When the HImes Make
ChnrGe Llnm Memhnhen.

What Happens When the nImes Make
Charge Uoon nIcnhnaen.
when menlladen or herring are
driven upon the bcach by bluefsh. as
they often are, so that they can he
carried off by the cart load" said a
fisherman, there is very seldom found
ainong them one of their purSuers. and
f one is found it is Likely to DO fish
that is diseased or that has been hurt
10 some way The blueiish follows 10
the very verge Of the water. but there
it stops. and 1t is so powerful and
alert n swimmer that. close rs it is. IT
still easily keeps clear Of the land.
The monhaden or herring arc no mean
swimmers. They could come as close
and ioop of tho shore rs easily rs tie
hi1"'Sli do. hu not wien The Glunrsll
are aitnr thcm Then they are like
men pursued to the c'lgo Of Il rrncl
uicr II IS almost certain death to
jump. but th"y must do that or turn
and take tho chances OF breaking
through tho pursuing line
hiifn lhh llhpuSll--tllern may he
StHp or i.pno of them together sight
= school Of ncihahcn. thcy 20 for il
Ike u hrigndn Of Heavy cavalry. cut
iinu nm! siastIng. snnpping ami biting
right ANA lnfi The mrnlalrn are sim
bly, ovcrhoiuc ~ superior weight. and
tir'c IS poihiii;, for them Ia do hut
l'cr. " thcy are driven toward the
tbnrr Tho land il IN ihou v-hot lin
prc"ip"n would lie to The man They
must take Il nr they must turn and try
10 ilg>t th"r way through. Many do
t'iu AnI Try to swim under or over
NJ around ~" savage bl,lciisl. ana
snmc ns'Hp" IN This way. ana some are
snappch III. nI'd some arc maimcd mud
Then cast ashore. AMI lnnpy Of thcm.
rrowding together. are 50 closely press
"l tlai they are practically forced
lshor"
"$pm times fish that are not cast IN
very far llpp down into lie water
again \ hi.;h wave may Sct some
frnc \ fish thus liberated may find
rs fins 50 damaged that it can't swim
anl il is cast up again. Wcakcurd by
its rough experience, it may fan n prey
In some of tho bluciish vet lingering
pItshorc. 1t may escape. Now York
News
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
TINY Trcc..

Tho midget of the whole tree family
5 the Greenland birch. 1t is a perfect
ircc in every sense of that term and
lives its allotted number OF ycnrs from
- 10 13n inst ms other species of the
great birch family do. although it's
height under the most favorable condi,
bluffs Of the cast AMI southeast coast
IF Greenland arc covered with thick.
cts" of this dminu,ive species Of
woody plant, and in many places
where the soil is uncommonly poor and
'rozen from eight To ten months year
l forest of these trees will flourish
for half century without growing to
Il height exceeding four inches.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
DAVID coPPERFlELD.
Miss o1ovrclier In the Flesh Called
the Novelist to Account

When Dickens was young man
with literary ambitions he contcmpat
ed writing his own life David Cop
pcriicld" however, was not written
until Dickens fame as an author was
established
Many Of the adventures ascrihed to
David Copperfeld were undergone by
Dickens himself, and not n few of the
characters presented in the novel wer,
the authors personal friends.
The original of the famous MIR. Nj
cawber was Mr. Dickens. ST.. the nov
clist's own father. an unfortunate bu,
agreeable gentleman. who afforded hi,
son much innocent amusement by rea
sou OF his grnndiloquent language AMI
inordinate love of letter writing
When Dickens was a boy his father
like Wilkins NIicawher, was imprison
cd for debt, and Charles. like David
went daily TO and fro between his
lodgings and the jail
His experiences IT Huneerford mar
ket, his horror of his rough and rude
companions and his daily wnnhering,
faithfully recorded in those chapters Of
David Copperield'' dealing with the
hero's stay at the house of Murdsione
and Grinby
Davids subsequent adoption by his
aunt. Miss Betsy Trotwood, who, by
the way. is an imaginary parsonage
and his apprenticeship at Doctors com
mons owe something TO real life. Dick
ems was for many years connected
with Doctors commons. but not. Ike
David, rs a student. but as n shorthand
writer in the court Tho incidents OF
David's life IL chambers, however.
nrn copied very faithfully from those
Of Dickens.
Readers of the novel will not forget
Miss Mowcher, although she makes but
Two brief appearances. She would
certainly have been more prominent
had not Dickens, upon reading the
twenty second chapter, in which She
tirst appears. received letter from
the original Of the character calling
him 10 account for the liberty he had
taken. Dickens was sincerely sorry To
have given oTcnsc and expressed his
regret that by copying too closely the
peculiarities of his grotcsque little
friend he should have caused her 70 he
recognized. He had Intended TO use
Miss Mowcher in an unpleasant man
ner, but be promised TO change her
character in such way that only an
agreeable impression should be left.
This he did in chapter 80 of the novel.
which undoes much of chapter %.
All Dickens books were great reali-
ties to him, David Copperfeld" espe-
cially so. He loved the Peggotty group
of characters best of all and was very
fond indeed Of Little Emily. On the
chapter called Tempest" which dc
scrihes the shipwreck off Yarmouth
and the death OF Ham and Steerforth.
the author spent fourteen and half
laborious hours and finished utterly
exhausted,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
Rejected.

"I have called" said the confident
young man, with manuscript sticking
out Of his pocket, "to see whether there
Is vacancy In this office"
No" replied the melancholy edito.
az lie looked round the place; I'm sor.
ry to say there is none Even the
waste paper basket Is full"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
HAMPTON PHOEBUS AND OLD POINT Continued

william A Tyson Calhoun. Ala Car
center: Lee Walls. Danville. Va.
Tailor; Robert ] Watson. Savage
crossing. Va. Carpenter. a Hugo
Williams. Washington. y. c.. Steam
filter. Elijah i, Williams. Phoebus.
Va. Tailor. John II Williams. Garry
vile. VA, Whnelwright. Robert r..
Williams. Seneca, $ c.. Tailor:
George Winfield. llaycrhill, Mass.
MnChimlgi
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
The ST. Grnnna.

The three summer graces are the
Anne Arundel strawberry. the Eastert
Shore peach and the Maryland water
melon, all from the land. The third
winter graces are the oyster the terra.
pin and the cnnvasback. all from ice
water.-Baltlmore American.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
shrerrd Gness.

Senior Partner-We must be careful
not to give Billings any more credit
He's evidently losing money. Junior
Partner-ilow do you know? Senio!
Partner heard his remark today tha.
life is full of ups and downs" No
man ever admits that until he begins
to strike the down. Philadelphia Press.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
4 Cl,nnee.

"Well, we'll There goes Miss Strong
When saw her last she was posing
as bachelor girl That's her hobby"
"All That's changed now. She drou
ped her hobby for hubby" = Ez.
change.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
Nat IIrc.

you should he very proud of having
won the love of such n man"
''Tben YOU advise me to marry him:"
By all means. He is one of natures
nohlomen."
mo doubt. But considcr--ths ma
ture fad Will inevitably pass Puck.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
LIZ You Drink Coffee

Why, of course you want the best.
Beasley and Bush will sell you the
best coffee ever put on the market ut
y cents per pound We haye 1t
cheaper, II you want it. Phone IS. ct
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
The Important Change

Teacher--When water becomes Ice,
what important change takes placer
Pupil-The change in price.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
Your Phone order.

Will receive The prcmptest attep.
ton at, Beasley and Bushs. PROMPT
delivery Is our guiding star and we
rave many satisfied customers on
''ia' account. fhone is. a.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28

He that speaks Of things that do not
concern him shall hear of things that
will not please him. Arabian Prover,a.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28

Mr. anu Mrs II ". Saunders re
turned yesterday from visit in
Baltimore
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
PERSONALS AID BRIEFS.
The Coming and the Going of the
People You L<Movy.

Mr.. and AIRS James & Bickford
returned from their wedding tou.
Yesterday AMI are now AT home in
,helr cottage al Buckioe.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-28
r1l.o
z efriig;erator
Problem,
Solved

THE VERDICT OF
HuNul,Eps or GUS
MljRs SOW lIaING
"NQRlil STAR" I.
WIG ia This!
II Is because they are
scientific III construction
aul !or that reason are
perfect food prcscrvers.
They have packing of
sranulateh cork (tlo
best npn ruuduci,T
hnownh. lG inches
tllrlt arnu,I en'ire CASH,
that protects tho iro.
THEY haze handsomely
finished cases. They
always pleaac.
If you arc going 10 got
81 refrlgarnicr, why not
have Tho bnstl North
stars" co5t no mora
than n,nny less than
some hest at any price.
G5 different styles and
sizes IN retrigeratorB
and Ice boxes from
which to sclcc,-SS up.
Cash or casy payments.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-21
GROWING BANKS IN KANSAS.
Crop Of New pepositorIes
Makes One for Every 1854
PeFton6.


NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Kansas has
added to new claims to- her boast Of
superiority. When it became certain
that bumper crops OF corn. as well as
wheat, were to be harvested this sea
son some comp1acent Kansan figured
out from the bank deposits and other
less tangible statistics that when the
dollars came in for tho new crop there
would be $500 for every man. woman
and child in the State. Now the It'd.
tngs comes from Topeka that, count.
ing in twenty new banks started with
in the past wo months, Kansas has
more banks in proportion to her pop.
ulation than any other State in the
Union. "A capital Of $4,000 is ample
on which. to start bank in the grain
country very few have more. Out Of
the total of sSG banks in the State
only 181 are national banks and II
private institutions One bank of the
$4,000 class showed in examination
recently 100000 deposits, of which
three fourths was In cash and sight
exchange.