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WHEN HIS WEIGHT REACHED
583 POUNDS FAT MAN DIED

ASHLAND. Wis, Jan. 5.-After
taking on flesh for the last twelve
months at the rate of a pound daily,
Abraham Bouny. of GIidden, died here
Of fatty degeneration of the heart
Bouny was twenty-five years old and
weighed at the time of his death $50
pounds IL was necessary to have a
special coffin made for him 1t was
taken to the cemetery IN a draE-
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GEOGRAPHIC S0CIETYS
LECTURE THIS EVENING

The National Geographic Society an
aounces that owing to Melville 2. Stone
being called suddenly TO the Pacific
Coast. his anticipated lecture On Rus
sia,' scheduled for tonight, must be
tpOned ia his place the society Sc
cured Edward 5. Curtis Pictorial Talk
on the Northwest Plains Indians" with
20 picturl- OF Indians and Indian life.
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NEW NIGHT CLASSES
FOR BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL

Two new nisht classes are now haing
formed at the new Business High Soboa1
TO be held on Monday "Wednesday ana
Friday nights Of each week until fbe
close Of the night school term. These
classes VIII begin the regular course of
study the same as the other scbooIs ala
il the fal so no one who desires 4, at
tend will be barred because of failure r.
enter any nf the other schools al the he
shining Of the term.
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COMMERCE COMMITTEE
CONSIDERS RAILROAD RATES

Railroad rate legislation measures Will
be given their first consideration by the
House Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce on Friday, January "a
The committee at its meeting today del
hearings.
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Prisoner Talks About
His Brother S Death

Il had been engaged in the Criminal
Superior Court all day Tuesday" SAID
Maxcy Hitler when seen in his home in
Temple street, 'and the first intimation
I had OF Mr.. Edwards presence ia this
city was when. on my way home, !
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LEAPS TO DEATH,
BABE IN ARMS
Farmers Wife Fees From
Brutal Attack.
P0LAhDER SUSPECTED
Woman Ran From House, and to Avoid
Pursuit Plunged Into
Creek.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, January s.
Choosing death rather than dishonor
and clasping her eighteen-months-old
son TO her breast Mrs. Alfred O'clock,
wife Of wealthy young farmer. near
Amber Pa. is believed 10 have fed
from her home, and closely pursued. 10
have Ieaped into the swiftly running wa
Jers OF the Wissahickon creek, which
runs In the rear OF the farm.
The WOman's body has been recovered
frcm the stream. which is now being
dragged for that OF the child
In the Amber jail. John Vincezi. d
Pole. is locked up. and is Taying madly
and tearing his hair out I'm handfuls. He
was found hiding IN the barn shortly
after The Disappearance Of the woman
and child was discovered, by the fran
tic husband, who chOked HIM into in
sensibility and would probably have
killed him had not others inte~fered.
Securing Country for Polanders.
\ posse Of citizens. headed by Frank
Craft q brOthsr of the dead woman,
and Constable Richard Ford is securing
the countryside fer others OF Il band OF
Polanders. who have been seen hanging
around Amber for several weeks past
II is the theory of these men and OF
Chief Of Police Boileau that after Mr.
O'clock had left the farm shortly be
fore noon yesterday Vencenzi, and prob
ably others Of the band of Poles as
well, came to the house and either at
tempted TO assault her or otherwise
gave her such a fright that she snatch
sd up her baby and ran from the house,
Footprints Give Clue.
Her footprints in the soft soil made
as she ran from the creek were plainly
discernible and mingled with them in
confusion were the marks of heavy
boots
The belief is that one or more of the
men closely pursued Mrs Dedock and
that rather than fail into their hands
she leaped into the swiftly running
stream, there finding death both for
herself and her babe.
The dead woman was a daughter of
J. Watson Craft, the wealthiest mer-
chant in Amber, and that entire sec
tion of Montgomery county is aroused
at it has not been before in years.
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sI.as to Baltimore and Return, su.as.

Pennsylvania Railroad Saturday. and
Sunday: tickets good on all trains ex-
cept Congressional Limteu anc good
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

The great barometriu depression Of the
last few days has passed beyond the
field of ObserKStiOn, although pressIIr,s
is Still abnOrmally low over Tho fal,o
region, and the St. Lawrence valley 4
shallow depression central this naT1i,ler
in Manitoba is moving eastward ana
will tend TO maintain low pressitre .,-ld
unsettled weather in the lower IaLe
region, Fair weather IL probable in an
other parts Of the Washington fcrecasf
district
The temperature viii rise SLOWLY in
Southern districts.
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BARNES
MAKES STATEMENT
Saws Mrs. Morris ShriekS
Aroused White House.
REMOVAL WAS IMPERATIVE
Denies That Colored Messenger Tool
Any Part in Escorung Woman
From Grounds.

a lengthy statement regarding the
Mrs. Morris Incident at the White House
was issued by Mr. Barnes, at the White
House, today. After detailing the cir
cumstances Of Mrs. Morris call. his re
fusaI TO let her see the President and
the vigorous manner in which she pro-
tested against being put out. Mr. Barnes
says:
Mrs. Morris piercing shrieks We're
heard throughout the building, and IL
became necessary in the interest of or
der TO have her removed. She was aC-
COrdlngIy taken in charge by police
officer who had witnessed the whole az
fair.
The officer asked her three times TO
leave the office quietly She shrieiled
her refusal 10 each request. and was
then led from the room. She struggled
violently with two police officers ali the
way from the office building 10 the east
eru entrance of the White House
Had to Garry Her.
AS soon as she was outside OF the
office building she threw herself on the
ground, and It became necessary to
carry her. The officers repeatedly asked
her TO stand up and walk quietly with
them so they would not have 10 use
lB1ttf BuL size EEluSEAi 10 tlD 80 anu Nt--
fed them in shrieks that were heard
throughout the White House.
She was finally removed to Police
Headquarters, where she was charged
with disorderly conduct.
After her arrest she produced an en-
velope addressed to the President
which she asked to have delivered to
him This envelope was found to CON
tain q lengthy poem, on the s1lbiect Of
insomnia, which she said was her own
composition. She stated to the officers
that she had not slept for seven nights
past
Barnes Makes Denial.
Mr.. Barnes denied the published
statement that a Colored messenger
had laid hold OF Mrs. Morris and as
sisted in carrying her out of the build
ing.
Mrs. Morris is i'll as the result Of
her experience at The White House.
She is confined to her room in the
New Willard Hotel, and is under the
care of her physician. Callers are not
permitted TO see her.
Hull Out of Town.
Newspaper men, who called at Rep
FesentatiVe HulPs committee room. at
the Capitol today, were told that he
was ''out Of the city. but might be
back late this afternoon"
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NEW HAVEN. Conn. Jan. 5.-FolIoW-
ing three hours of mental torture under
the relentless verbal fire Of Coroner Mix.
and q day which has injected into the
story even more mystery Than il con-
tanned before the Investigation. Allan
NJ Killer. Yale graduate. politician, and
lawyer. was led 10 his home 10y detec-
tives after midnight this morning. and
held under guard as witness in The
n uTdeT Of his brother-in-laW. Charles \,
Edwards the wealthy New York rner-
chant
Into the tale of how Edwards was
found dead with a bullet wound he
could not have inflicted himself III his
head. the inquest and the excited specu-
lation rife here. have been threaded
these facts. reEarded as highly valuable
by the coroner.
The viii of Mrs. Abigail Hitler. moth
or of the man being detained and who
left an estate valued at some S158.C0n
cannot be found. The prisoner says il
is locked In q safe. the key 10 which
has been lost.
Hitler. his brother Judge Charles Hi
Ter. Edwards and Mrs Edwards had
disputes over the distribution of he
property, and ii is asserted that wnca
Edwards came here the day before mis-
tragic end. he said he was afraid To do
so. as he feared trouble.
MaXcy Hitler handled his mothers af-
fairs and is said TO have drawn on
what she expected 10 leave him au her
death. these drafts on the estate causing
the other bene6ciaries to demand aa
immediate accounting. which never was
given by Maxcy Hitler.
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Mrs. Morris Denies
Mr.. Barnes Statement

Mrs. Morris was seen at the Willard
Hotel this afternoon by a Times report-
eT and made the following statement
in reply 10 that of AfT Barnes,
81 do not thinE in justice to woman
hood this statement should be publish
ed. IL is a tissue of falsehoods and a
fabrication from one end TO another
81 do not want il thought that l was
attending to my husbands business. He
and his friends had been trying to re-
open his case for three or four years
IT was in accordance with the sugges-
tion OF many of my friends that I made
the visit 10 the White House yesterday
! want TO s5y this. that If Mr.. Loeb
was less inaccessible, and had come o
me In digniiied manner as he should
have done. this thing would never have
happened.
Directed to War Department.
They told me to go to the War De
partment ana / said that 1t was useless
20 go 10 the War Department: that thev
had failed 10 do anything for five years.
said that President Roosevelt was the
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CRAZEO BY STORM
SHE CANNOT LAND
Aged English GentleWOman
Ordered Dep0rted.
WEALTHY RELATIVES HERE
Crossed the Ocean fer the First Time
Mind Affected by the
Strain.

NEW YORK. Jan 5.-Demented by the
terrors Of a rough ocean voyage. Mrs.
Lydia Thompson. the aged vile Of an
English country gentleman, and a reIa-
tive of a wealthy family in Overlook,
Pa. one NJ the fashionable suburbs Of
Philadelphia, who arrived in New York
last Monday ou the steamer Minneapolis
from London. has been ordered deporJed
by the authorities II Ellis Island on the
ground or insanity.
Mrs. Thompson crossed the Atlantic at
the invitation Of her distant relative. the
mother of r. Marshall Scuu. a Philadel-
phia publisher, and a resident OF over
brook. She had never made an ocean
voyage before.
Strain Too Great.
The Minneapolis encountered extreme
Iy rough weather. and pitched and toss
cd so that even passengers experienced
in ocean travelling were alarmed The
strain was too much FOR Mrs Thompson,
who is sixty-six years old and quite ner-
vous. and her mind gave way.
Although she did not become insane
in violent manner. she imagined that
she heard terrible voices calling TO her
from out of the sea voices which threat
ened her life She imagiIed that she
was being prosecuted. It was IL this
state that she was found BY the surg
con who boarded the steamer at Quar-
antiue They reported the matter to
Immigration Commissioner Watchorn,
who ordered the woman depOrted. the
law being explicit on the subject.
Pleads for Release
Mr.. scun pleaded for her release, but
without avail The case is one that
does not regularly permit of appeal to
the authorities at Washington It Is
possible that Mr.. SCull may obtain the
revocation of the decision through
! friends at Washington but ne has about
given up hope. The Minneapolis sails
! tomorrow. and unless the decision of the
[ Ellis Island authorities is OverFuled at
Washington. nothing can prevent her
departure.
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Under the Table.

The evidence on the specification that
Foster ordered Roberts 70 do physical
stunts was not of a positive character,
but on he specifications setting forth
thai on gwo occasions the accused had
ordered Roberts under the table. there
was little room for doubt II was shown
by the testimony that il was "A first
class rate 10 order a plebo under the
table, and that "a second class man could
not enjoy the privilege Of this rate
without first obtaining permission from
first class man. There was a general
reluctance on the part of the witnesses
TO testify. Especially was this true of
Roberts. the chief witness Tor the pro-
s-cutiou. and more than once did Can
tain Reess president Of the court adj
m0uISh Roberts that he was under oath
and must tell everything or he might
get into trouble.
Midshipmen J. Fl. Ingram. second class.
and w c. Barker, first class, were ex-
Cused from answering several questions
asked by the judge advocate. and the
court. on the ground that il might in
CTimlnate them This was construed
that they. too. are on the black list
When the witnesses were explaining
the first rate privilege OF ordering plebes
under the table, every member of the
court wore a smile which supgasfa3
memories Of their midshfpman davs al
me Academy when they. too. INDUCED
themselves in the first rate privilege,
Punishment for Plebes.
It was brought out by the testimony
that the plebe is reported" and order
ed under the table for a failure to
guess what the middies VIII have for
dessert. This was what constituted
Roberts offending. OF course there
is nothing in the regulations that pre-
scribe this, but it's an unwritten law
Of the first class, and it must be obeved.
On the two occasions that Roberts wa
ordered under the table dates was the
dessert one day and bananas the other
II was not stated what dessert Roberts
guessed.
The Judge Advocate submitted the
case without comment.
Counsel Theall, for the accused
argued that il should not be held
against Foster because ne did not take
the stand. A TeasOna ole doubt. he said
had been raised by the testimony No
witness, he said, was willing to swear
positively that It was Foster who gave
Roberts the order TO get under the
table In regard to the stunts the wit
ness, Roberts. he said. testified that he
went through the physical exercise in
response TO signals made bV hand Of
someone he did not know and he could
not tell who ordered him 10 DO il There
was reasonable doubt in Roberts tes-
timony. and the accused was entitled 10
the benefit of it
At the conclusion of his brief arsu-
ment Mr.. Theau shook hands with fba
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Murder Theory.

Seven Of the best physicians in the
country. working with Prof. Charles J.
Bartlett. OF Yale. have determined that
Mr.. Edwards did not commit suicide
They extracted small bullet from The
head during the autopsy. The missile
had struck the base Of the brain. and
never could have been inflicted by the
man whom it -illed
The holding OF MaXcy Hitler as a wit
ness for the inquest which was resumed
this morning, was preceded BY eDer-
getfc Investigations which formed a
chain OF events coherent enough to lead
Coroner Mix to believe the detention
OF the man wise.
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Said That Officials Are
Determined to "Bllge"
Him.
MARZ0NI COMES NEXT
Papers in Other Cases With
Officials for Final
Decision.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. Jan 5.-WhiIe Il can
not be confirmed officially here because
the result is 10 be given out at the Navy
Department, the impression prevails
around the Academy that the court in
the case Of Aiidshipman stephen Deca-
tuT. jT.. first class. whose trial ended
Wednesday evening found for the ac-
cused. the verdict being not guilty Of
the charge and specifications.
Decatur was charged with hazing Md
shipmen MCCraTy and Church of the
fourth class. but the evidence submitted
by the prosecution failed signaly to
substantiate the charge and the four
specifications and the defense clearly es-
tablished an alihi. If the belief in the
verdict Of acqUiJtaI is We'll founded. then
according to the report circulated last
night Decatur viii again be brought be
fore a coUrt-marti8l on additional charg-
IS. 1t seems to be taken for granted
that the young man Of historic name
and fame is TO DE ''bilged'' and that the
authorities have il in for him.
a notable fact I'm connection with the
charges brought against Midshpmen
Coffin. Decatur and Foster is that ali
of the offenses alleged took place just
about the beginning of the academic
year in October and up TO the second
week in December. If any senior haz-
ing took place during the latter part Of
December. The speCI4. board Of inquiry
is reiigiousiy keeping back such iHfor-
nation.
The trial of MidshiDman Worth Wright
Roster. first class. on the charge of
hazlng Midshipnan 4. :. Roberts. of the
fourth class was concluded Yesterday
afternoon about o'clock. and in little
over an hours deifbcrati0n the court
reached IT'S verdict I'm view Of the tes-
1imony there is but one opinion here,
and that is that thu court found the
accused guilty. The accused did not
..lt...-r.ta -ttI.lrI
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Possible Motive.

A diary ia which il is believed that
the late Mrs Hitler kept account Of tho
generous manner in which she had ad-
vanced money TO one of her sons had
been in The possession of Mr.. Edwards.
but the book has disappeared, and it is
believed that his slayer took it,
That it might have furnished mo-
tive for the crime is one of the theories
on which the authorities are working
The unusual proceeding of having
plumbers practically rip up the house
IN which Edwards was killed failed ro
reveal the revolver with which the crime
was committed.
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Barnes Makes Denial.
Hull Out of Town.

Newspaper men, who called AZ Rep
resentatiVe Hulls committee room. at
the Capitol today, were told that he
was out Of the city. but might be
back late this afternoon
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Directed to War Department.

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The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-07-13

William D. Wiltse, sec /, 7,9
Jose Ysidor Gallegos, sec 13, 40
Ysahel Maestas, sec 13 4, 6
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-07-13
PRAISES CITIZENS OF
ESTANCIA VALLEY
Judge Morrison Writes of His Impressions of Country and its
People.

that the best proofs saw of their deter
mination was the presence of their wives
and children, and splendid specimens of
American Womanhood and childhood
they snrely are. The family is the unit
Of society; its presence means religion,
morality, happiness, energy, and success;
its absence means the absence of all these
blessings We owe AS much to the
women of the revolution as to the men
and even as the spirit of the men descend
ed to the sons, the spirit of the women
has descended to the daughters. The
parents of the "Days that tried mems
souls, were worthy of each other, and
the parents of the present day are equally
deserving of each other, as the Irish say;
AS God made them he matched them"
In speaking thus of the American people,
by no means desire to underestimate
the sturdy immigrants who are casting
their lot with you; they are from the best
races of Europe, brave, liberty-lovng men
who have fled, as so many of US have
done, from European despotism, to enjoy
the blessing of American freedom, and to
build up happy homes beneath the benign
shadow of the Stars and Stripes; Long
may they wave, with such women, such
men, such soil and such an unparelled
climate, there should be, and | am certain
there will be, no such word as fail.
Hoping the good God will endow you all
with every moral, mental, and physical
blessing and bestoW on you happy homes
and bounteous harvests.
am, dear Mr.. Speckmann,
your sincere friend,
A. L. Morrison.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-07-13
Plating Additional Townsite

Some time ago w. 9, Walker commu
cd his homestead adjoining the town
site on the west and has received his
final receipt. A company represented
by Estancia Land & Livestock Co.. has
bought this tract and is plating the
same in town lots. The land lies nicely,
has a slight elevation over the Estanca
townsite, and with prices right, should
sell we'll especially as residence lots.
John W. Corbett has the contract to do
the surveying.
On account Of Mrs. Walkers health
Mr.. Walker will seek home in lower
altitude
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-07-13
Will Help Homeseeekers
And immigration

We are in receipt of copy of the second
edition of "To the Land of Sunshine"
which is an enlarged and improved work,
gotten UP by Col. Max Frost, secretary of
the Bureau of immigration OF the Territory
assisted by Paul A. F. Walter, of Santa
Fe. The work is not merely a gathering
of dry statistics, but beautiful word and
picture painting of the geography, history
geology, physical features and climate Of
the territory, its peoples, its advantages
and Its prospects. The land of opportuni-
ties is shown 10 exist right here today.
The many fertile acres OF public domain,
the pine covered mountains, the productive
mines, the extensive irrigation system,
and the vast'grazing lands are all shown
to possess wonderfully attractive pos
sibties both for the eastern capitalist
and the eastern homeseekers. The propi-
tous climate of the Sunshine Territory is
given due notice, while prehistoric ruins,
health and pleasure resorts are not forgot.
ton. That the work is of nestimable
value to the territory is undisputed and
without doubt it will be the cause of many
people leaving the overburdened east and
seeking in the land of Sunshine, there
future homes.
This is only one of the publications of
the Bureau of immigration but it alone
would merit the praise of the whole terri
tory and the continuance of the Bureau.
Col. Frost has been compelled to give up
the work of secretary on account of his
mutitudinous duties, but his interest in
the work will always remain.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-07-13
Struck Plenty or Good Water

J. T. Bliney, who had the drilling on
his well west of town, stopped when he
went east some time ago, has been drilling
again the past week, and struck a bounti-
full flow of good water at a depth of 1870
feet This is on the higher land several
miles west After penetrating a gravely
formation, he struck quicksand, which
hindered further drilling. The water
stands about fifteen feet deep in the we'll.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-07-13
Claims That Victims are Buried

Mrs. Clara Corbin, proprietor of the
ruins of Gran Qaivra in the southern part
of the county, was in town last Saturday
She was trying to secure aid from the
county, to assist her in raveling her de.
lusion under which she has been for some
time that there are a number of persons
buried in the ruins and held as slaves
there. She has told her story so often
that she believes it herself now.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-07-13
Strange Phenomenon

On Saturday evening just after dark,
while the shower from the northwest
was keeping most people indoors, there
appeared IN the southwest one of the
most beautiful rainbows we ever beheld.
While all the western sky was covered
with clouds, the moon was rising in the
east, its rays rejecting on the falling
rain, produced the strange, phenomenon.
While not as distinct as daylight rain
bows, the colors were we'll defined and
clear.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-07-13
In the Clerks Office.

Licenses Issued.
John w. Corbett, Insurance Agent,
Estanc1a.
Peterson Bros, Real Estate and Locat-
ing Agents, Estancia.
Ham & Rawson. Real Estate Agents,
Estancia.
Mrs. H. Averill, Hotel, Fstancia.
Torres & Vallejos, Retail Liquor Deal
ers, Punta.
Juan @. Jaramillo, Retail Merchants,
Torreon.
Homestead Filings
Isidora Salas, sec 13, 4,6
James Sturm, sec 80, g.