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Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-04-12

Books with cattle bills of sale.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-04-12
HELLER & KNIGHT.

j. z. Culwell, a former citizen
here, now of Melrose, n. NJ, was
in town Tuesday. He says the
Santa Fe shop building at that
point has been transferred to
Clovis, and that things are very
quiet from a business standpoint
at Melrose now.
A full stock on hand and new
goods of fine quality and up-to
tomorrow in style and texture in
every department arriving every
day at the Canyon Mercantile
Co.'S big store. Come in and
keep in touch with all the latest
and best, whether you wish tc
purchase or not.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
WORK AMONG CRIPPLED CHILDREN.
Guilds Officers Need Assistance to Extend
Range of Usefulness.

In a statement issued yesterday attention IS
called to the work done by the Guild for Crippled
Children and to the aims and hopes Of the guild 8
ofhcials. The association Incorporated eight
years ago. with the object of establishing day
schools for crippled children in various parts of the
city and OF maintaining and directing the schools
thus established until strong enough to support and
direct themselves
In pursuance of this policy four schools have been
established-in 1900 the William H. Davis Free
School for Crippled Children. the Free Indus
trial School for Crippled Children No All West 57th
street; 1901 the East Side Free School for Crippled
Children, now the Crippled Children's East Side
Free School. No. % Montgomery street; 1902 the
Day Home and School for Crippled Children No
2ll Madison avenue, and In 1904 the Crippled Chill
dren' West Side Free School. No IS Leroy street
The first three are and have been for some time
past entirely self-supporting. The school at No
y Leroy street, however, is sti supported by the
guild, and IL Is the urgent and Immediate object of
the guild 20 secure large band OF active workers
10 develop It into the large and vigorous organiZa-
ton which the neighborhood urgently needs
All are cordially invited 10 join the guild on the
following terms: Member 50; associate member, s.:
patron. 80 10 $50; donor, 800 and upward The
ofhoers OF the guild are: Or. James Porter Fiske.
No 70 West S6th street. president: the Rev. DR. H
Pere'ra Mendes No. % Central Park West first
president; Miss Myra Il. Martin. No. 27 Will
lam street, treasurer, and Lyman Beecher Stowe
No SCI West 9Sth street secretary. Any de-
string further particulars about the society may
apply 70 Mr.. stowe
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
HAMnERSTEIN,S VICTORY.
an Produce Puccim Operas
Perbal Contract Upheld.

The last echo OF the applause that greeted Mime.
Meba on Wednesday night could still have been
hearu when a messenger boy rushed into the
Manhattan Opera House yesterday to tell Oscar
HammersteiR that Judge Townsend had refused
! 10 grant c. Riccordi & Co.'S application for in
junction to restrain the production of La Boheme'
at the new opera house the ground of
elusive contract with Mr.. Conried. Loud the
Joy' but there feeble note of protest.
thoush 1t wasn't really sounded Miss Anna
Marble tired out from the strain OF providing
anxious city with the facts concerning the return
OF Nine Melba. saw what was coming for the
secretary" II cama
Inc night over La Boheme" was made a test
case Ior the other Puccini operas which Mr.. Ham
inerstein wants TO give-'"Tosca' and "Manon
Lescaut G. Riccordi & Co. Of Milan own the
copyright of all the Puccin works For America
they have transferred these rights to George Max
We'll According TO Mr.. Hammersten. Maxwell
maze verbal contract with him early last year.
by which he was to receive the usual license to
Proouce any or Pucciri's operas except Mime
Butterfly, on the payment Of royalties of $50 a
performance At the timo came a suggestion
from Mr. Maxwell for the engagement of signor
Bonc which. all New York knows is an ac-
complished fact
Mr.. Hammerstein in his affidavit SAYS that he
mas spent more than $4,000 in preparation for the
IS Nine Me6ss aRort Re Se s6a of Mimi ma in
ie Inds dssiFe T 70 make ner hrst appearance in it.
ndvs Maven and TITO Recordi ars i9ai in 'S Sem a
ensy sGhGent ht to show that the claim that
Mr. Conrled were not made until long after Ham
would be interposed to his production He also
says that the argument that IL was Mr. Conreds
one. - '9
Nathan Vtdaver, Mr.. Hammerstein's counsel said
that the suit of the Records could not be tried
until after the present season. and that Mr.. Ham
nnerseln could go ahead and produce the operas in
Qspute as often as he wanted to- Ex-Judge Dit
tenhoerer counsel for the Records. said that
there would be an appeal. and asked relieved
from making any further statement. Mr.. Meltzer.
MT Conrled's secretary, had nothing say. \
man IN position 10 know. however. admitted for
the Conred Interests that there way left
10 prevent the production of La Boheme' and the
other two works this season.
oscar Hammerstein happy and didn't hesitate
20 say so. This is where / win again." he said.
There Is nothing much that say except that
/ am very much pleased. It is not my victory
alone though II Is triumph for the freedom OF
wrong and II was bound to fail
Mr., Hammerstein had decided yesterday
whether 10 put La Roheme' on next week His
decision will be announced to-day
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04

nc life as bearer of arms. for he was major In
rs rhe state National Guard and later inspector OF
OF Mr. Crosbys love of peace declared that HE
FERNS FERNS 10 oe hled with the sort of tranquzing
Mattn NJ Hana at me news Of the disturbance at the
NleIhodlst 9 meeting house
IIjitS, ny, November T. 1856 his father, the Rev. Dr.
howard Crosby, celebrated the event he always
ated from Columbia in 1876 and two years later
from the Columbia Law School. He then entered
clated with Theodore RocFtveit. In 1887 he sue
ceeded Mr. Roosevelt as Assemblyman from the
three times, to be killed by Governor Hill. He also
was chairman of the Cities Committee for two
In 1889 Mr.. Crosby. through the nomination Of
tFtSldelt Harrison. was appointed by the Khedve
10 6g Judge OF the Court Of First Instance at Alex
ahdrla; Although virtually a life position. he re-
nnqulshed 1t after some five years TO come home
ana preach the do2trnes of Tolstoy. On his way
nome he stopped Russia long enough to establish
lasting friendship with the barefooted Russian
Rnal4tsopher and to arrange for the American pub
Ii BIS hIst book was "A collection of called
form alone rosembled those OF Whitman and had
appeared n sucn publications Gaylord VIII
shrt privately owned soCialistiC magazine and
and Plowshares." ''Tolstoy and His Message" :"
William LLOYD Garrison Non Resistant and Abo-
cast" ~
What he considered his great book was Captain
Winslow and several other OF his Boston friends
hailed as the bludgson which would break the back
II was a blending OF fact. satire and the anti
ex2ansonistic argument OF the day. The book was
Or. Lewis Jones. who had just listened teio to Mr.
Crosby talking about the "kbsurdites Of Militia
Mr.. Crosby was the first president Of the Social
Kcform Club. president of the New York Anti
ITmpSsrialist TnIS aH League the civic Council OF New
York Vegetarian Society.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
W. P. LETcHwoRTH's GIFT TO STATE.
Offers Estate at Portage-To Be in Care Of
Scenic Preservation Society.

Governor Hughes's announcement, in his mes
sage TO the Legislature Wednesday, of William
fIyCr LetchwOrth's offer to give the state of New
1oIh MS superb estate at Portage, y. Y, makes
pupiic one of the most notable benefactions of
klhd IN the history of the country said DR.. George
frederick kunz, acting president of the American
Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. yester-
day.
MI Letchworths deed OF gift makes the Scenic
society the custodian of the property which in
Guides about one thousand acres. upon which Mr.
Letchworth has spent about 100000 The property.
called by Mr.. Letchworth Glen Iris. lies on both
sides of the canyon Of the Upper Genesee River
distance Of three miles north of Portage Bridge,
ana embraces the three famous Portage falls
These falls with aggregate descent of $50 feet
and the canyon with sheer walls $50 feet high have
neen called the second great natural curiosity in
tIhe state or New York. The Portage canyon and
lts formations were made the subject OF special
STUDY by Professor James Hall the state geoogist,
III iSfS and the exposures of rocks gave rise to the
ggeoioslc term the Portage group" The famous
Portage Bridge, 500 feet long and 234 feet high
spans gorge in this property.
OF more than a quarter of a century Mr.. Letch-
worth mas devoted himself to charitable work and
aiinost from the first has had the idea Of making
InlS estate public benefaction. For twenty five
Seeats' 1oeelnnfng In 1873. he was member Of the
stare board of Charities. of the time presi-
uent, ana gave his time. services and incidental
S1Peises without ever putting in bill to the
ms Investigations led to many radical reforms
tne management of charitable institutions of the
STATE, ana his works the of insane and
kind. Va ~
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
BISHOP POTTER MARRIEs ACTOR.
Mrs. Forbes Curtis Weds Member of Richard
Mansfeld's Company.

Bishop Potter. for the first time in his life. mar
risd an actor yesterday. and at the same time per-
formed the first marriage ceremony in the new
Cathedral OF ST. John the Divine Mornngside
Heights. The bride Mrs. Forbes Curtis. niece
OF Ward McAllister and widow OF a well known
actor. and the bridegroom was Damon Lyon. who
has been In Richard Mansfeld's company for some
time The wedding performed IN the after
noon in the crypt of the cathedral.
Both the bride and the bridegroom were confirmed
years ago by the Bishop. After a wedding supper
at the New York home Of the bride, No. 262 West
49d street. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon went their honey
moon. Mrs. Lyon is daughter OF the late Dr.
Sa anueI Francis, pioneer typewriter inventor in
this country. Her mother Miss Harriet Nc
Allister. the only sister OF the late Ward McAnis
ter She IS a first cousin to +. Marion Crawford
Mrs Julia Ward Howe and Mrs. Richard Aldrich.
who was Miss Margaret Livingston Chanlsr. The
bride is also a relative OF Mrs William Astor She
was of the organizers of the Actors Church
Alliance, and since its organization has taken an
active part in the furthering OF the society.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Forecast.-washington. Jan. s.
remains OF the for the last
few days central tonight extreme West
North Pacific States and Mont0na. severe storm is
extends northern district
west OF tho Rocky Mountains.
There also general rains Texts ; and from tho
Mississippi Valley eastward. except along the Middle
Atlantic the Atlantic and East Gulf
States
Temperatures high for the the Ohio
Valley the lower luke region and tho
Gulf They have fallen considerably in
Mississippi and Missouri valleys and again
rising rapidly the Northwest and extreme West.
Friday the Middle States
rain in New England and the lower lake
region upper Ohio Valley accompanied by
rerature in latter districts
II Will be colder Saturday in tho Atlantic States
orally. In the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and the
slope region the weather will bo generally fair Friday
Saturday rising temperature In the
Northwest. where there will be rain or snow. beginning
North and fair weather the South
west OF the Rocky Mountains
The winds along the New England will brisk
southeast south, becoming northwest Saturday
fresh southeast to south becoming
west and brisk by Saturday South Atlantic coast light
and mostly southeast to south; East Gulf
fresh north northeast lower Michigan
northwest to north. becoming east Saturday.
Steamers departing Friday for European ports will
brisk southeast to south winds becoming northwest
Erday, with rain TO the Grand Banks.
Storm warnings displayed the Pacific Coast
Francisco northward. Flood warnings have boen
and White rivers OF Arkansas and the Ohio River at
Evansville. Ind.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
HACKMAN BARONET.
Claims Estates Of Henry SiegePs
English .SOn-in-Lar.

Youlg TyrTell William Cavendishs marriage to
Mss Julia Siegel, daughter OF Henry Segel of
New York, serves to recall the fact that
,be-e IS a claimant to the estate OF Crake-
marsh Hall, Uttoxeter. now owned by Mr. Siegers
English son-in-law- In fact, the suit is I believe
etiIl pending against him. The claimant is Ben
Tv-rell oneIegsed cabdriver OF Burton-on-Trent
and incidentally he claims a large sum OF money
IN the neighborhood Of S.000.C00 received by Tyr
ren Cavendish's cousin Harry Cavendish some
evenly years ago. from the sale of Thornton Hail.
IN Buckinghamshire. He also puts forward preten-
sions 10 the ancient TyrreH baronetcy
The latter created by Charles !, in favor of
his master Of the buckhounds, Sir Timothy Tyr
reu Another Tyrrell was privy councillor, a third
distinguished general and fourth a gentleman
tu-waiting the King. Tho cabman claims to be
descended from Sir Thomas Tyrrel, who died in
I76 At Sir Thomas's death the estates and title
descended TO his grandson, Charles. third of
his eldest son. and on Charles's death the baro-
netcy was understood TO become extinct, while the
estates We're claimed by the family attorney, a
man by name of Sheppard. who had taken the
urecaution of marrying niece of Sir Charles Tyr
rsIl and who able the property on
the strength Of this union. One of Sheppard's de-
scendants, the of the Tyrrell estates, which
included Crakemarsh Hall, was krghted. and be-
came Sir Thomas Sheppard. He died without is
sue leaving the property TO niece, Elizabeth
Hart by name, who married the Hon. Richard
Cavendish. son of the second Lord Waterpark. 1t
is the Hon. Richard Cayendish who in this way
became possessed of the Crakemarsh Hall estates.
and OF the other Tyrre property who was the
grandfather of the young Enslishman married last
week in New York TO Miss Julia Siegel
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
HEIR TO wArERPARK PEERAGE.

T,rrell cavendish is a cousin OF Harry CaveTl-
dish the traveller and explorer. who was divorced
last year by Isabel Jay the popular actress OF savoy
Theatre fame Harry Cavendisn stands be1oTe
TyrreII Cavendlsh IN the line Of succession TO lhe
Waterpark peerage. In fact, there are three 1lEes
between Henry Siegel's son-in-law ana the r'ie,
namely that OF Lord Waterparks only son anu
lair q Young 1ndshipman; of Harry Cavenolsh
+he African explorer, who had no son by MS mar
r,are and OF Harry Cavendsh's younger brothel'
2 voung officer in the army. The Waterpark peerese
was created at the close Of the eighteenth century
and The founder OF this branch Of the Cavehoishes
vas SIR Henry Cavendish. very remote kihsHlal'
indeed OF the third Duke OF Devonshire. VINO ac-
cornuanied that noblemen 10 Ireland when the ouhe
went there as Lord Lieutenant. in the reign oA
George I Curiously enough. that particular eii
Henry Cavendish had mother a daughter OF BIZ
Timothy TvrreII the founder Of the Iyrreh lam :
ilv Of whom mention has been MADE ABOVE an"
who robably never dreant that two centuries iare
his own descendant Ben Tyrren. the capIlal'
voud he suing the descendants Of his son-ih-la"'
gym Cayendish Cfather OF Sir Henry CaVehoisiiJ
for the possession Of his (that is. the IyrreliS
estates AS for the connection between 'he Ca'eh,
dishes Of Lord waterparks family ana the uuca.
house Of Devonshire. there has been mono i'' "
least three or four hundred years
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04

The Prince Chap is TO be produced in
Paris: For the French version the scene OF the
play is laid in Paris.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
CLAIMANT HAS ONLY ONE LEG.

me one-legged cabman bases his claim upon the
fact that Sir Thomas Tyrrell had three sons name
" Charles. Thomas and John. the last named born
November Is, 1854. and attempts TO prove that John
married and had male children who were living at
the time when their cousin, Sir Charles Tyrrell,
sied without issue. and should therefore have in
herited the baronetcy and the estates. Mutilated
parish registers the Intentional destruction and re-
naovai Of monuments and tablets TO the memory OF
members of the Tyrrell family in the parish church,
ecc are cited show that there was some foui
pay. presumably the part of the family at'or-
ney Sheppard. when he seized the estates on the
strength of his marriage TO Sir Charles IyTell
niece The ca bman is able TO prove his descent IN
an unbroken line from Sir Thomas Tyrrels son
John and so strong is his that II has been
taken Up by a number of people. who are furrlsh
ing him with funds TO prosecute his claims
-rba cabn,an is about sixty-three years old. and
while hostler lost his leg in stopping runaway
carriage and pair. His father was farm laooEer
and was employed at Burton for many years IN
r,7e Bass brewery. 1t may be added that the stat
NE Of limitations has bearing this particular
case for although until now Ben Tyrrel. ms
father his grandfather and his sreat-grandfather
have never had money enough 10 cover the eh-
penditure involved by long acuon AT Jaw Hes
have nevertheless kept alive their rights either oy
Falling an isolated the estates or by taxing
possesson Of a cottage the property, each time
eorr,-tfns, an act OF ownership regardless OF the
tr,,+alitr with which these acts were resented
when their purport was discovered
There IS no end 20 the romances of this kini
sn,one the titled families of England. due to the
e. mar in olden times the guardianship OF the
arish registers containing the only official RECORDS
Of births marriages and deaths. upon which I'M
r,ense interests depended were left 10 the care OF
the parish sexton. who, in many cases. WAS uiS
honest always badly paid and. therefore. atneha-
be TO financial persuasion on the part OF Designing
attorneys In the days when there wes no regu4aF
postal system or facile means OF communication
people frequently lost sight OF their relatives on
moving 10 other counties remained IN ignorance Vi
1beir fate and themselves died without noufylhs
their children of any prospects that they might
have had In this way the rightful heirs TO tities
ard estates often remained in ignorance OF their
rights sometimes for generations. until they were
made oognizant thereof by mere chahce
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

Meeting Of the New York League Of Unitarian Women
Second Unitarian Church Citation and Congress
Brooklyn. IL n.
Meeting Of the New York Suffrage League Hotel Astor
p IN.
Annual meeting and luncheon Of the Inges'ds League
Hotel Manhattan p. IN.
Benefit performance Robert Brownings Colombo
Birthday for Virginia Day Nursery Hudson Theatre.
afternoon
Lecture b. Mario Casenza An Student at
Rome Normal College 4:16 p. m.
Memorial meeting for Dr. Mary Putnam jacob by the
Women's Medical Association OF New York City.
Academy Of Medicine evening.
Lecture by Morris Hilquit Socialism" at Cooper
Union, p.
Dinner OF tho Ibes Club. Hotel Astor p. m
Concert under the auspices womens Philharmonic
Society OF New York, Carnegie Hall. s:15 p.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
DEATH ENDS HANoTAUx ROMANCE


g. the death of Nine. Gabriel Hanotauh ~ iasI
wei, her husband one Of the foremost s'a'esiiieh
Of Frame may be said 10 have oeen iee'oi'U ~
public life and to have recovered ms piaoo i -
political running for the premiership anu t'' 80
Presidency Of the Republic. which he was con-
s,5arad 20 have sacrificed two years ago through
his marriage His wife was Mime. Flcioiiiie
NavadeIle the mother Of his two chhoreh' io" IA
their teens and the marriage had the e1ect VI
le,;+t-nzine them It took place very quietly IN d
iS,aa -esr Nantes in the presence Of only half
8 6ozen Of the statesman's most intimate frienos'
who while they deplored what appeared 10 'ieiii
- he the wreck of his political prospects, couid
m, h,,t respect and approve the motives whlch ieo
HsnotauE 10 offer this tardy rePai@'i''i ~ ~ N'
dren and TO their mother
The prestige OF the Republic suffered SO cfueiis
during the Presidency Of Jules GreVy iIoih 'Ne
fsct that he had married Nine. Grevy. VINO mao
bser b,s cook only when their daughter no" ''e
.y-,.a % r,oriel wilson had attained womanhood
that ,be French made UP their nina 'hal no oio
should ever be again permitted 10 hoid tlie ~
Of Chief Magistrate the antecedents OF whose "'ie
were not entirely above criticism and reproach
Il vas for this reason that Mime. Leonie Leon VINO
ded about two weeks ago. refused 10 the iasl 10
marry Gambetta taking the ground that II WIN
ruin his prospects OF becoming President Oh t'e
Republic: and. ike this Egeria or tanloeI'a' MINI
gictorine Meyadele refused for many years to
yed Gabriel Hanotaux lest he should iRJure MS
political future thereby. II her marriage was so
long delayed the fault was hers rather thah ms
ogn and when she eventually consented 10 Wed
him II was with the utmost reluctance. In deier-
ence 10 his entreates and for the sake OF thelf
children.
There are other similar instances that could
Mention Of devotion and unselhsh abnegatloh on
the par, OF women in the private ives OF fre'ch
statesmen a condition Of affairs arising largely
from the fact that in some the leading men
cf the Third Republic in France have suddenIy
Sprung into prominence, have achieved fame al
most overnight. and have been unwilling 70 aoa,,-
oon the women who have been their associates IN
TIE days ~ their obscurity and poverty.
Hahotaux. after hts mourning has elapsed VIII
feenter public life once more, with the addiuonaI
prestige Of having done the right thing by ms
wife and children at what appeared at the time 10
" the sacrifice Of his entire future political career
fof there IS no one who will not think more kindiy
~ hin to-day than formerly. Member CT me
saery. for many years Minister OF FoFegh
i@5z of Frsnce. and famous throughout Europe
- al 'iutlor and a historian. he Is bound IN
A&tlrsl OF events TO come once more
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
OBITUARY.
ERNEST HOWARD CROSBY,

News of the sudden deash of Ernest Howard
crosby in Baltimore received in this city yes
terday.
Mr.. Crosby, a most militant advocate of neaca
came or American stock that never before had
SHOWN any particular aversion to strife His great
grandfather. DR.. Ebenezer Crosby a professor at
Columbia, was surgeon OF Washington. Guards
IN the Revolution. Through his grandmother he
was a descendant of William Floyd one of the
sturdy slgners of the Declaration of independence
anu ana through his mother from Rip Van Dam one
tliiS acunS Governor of the Province of New York
+ii H'nongh ms great desire apparently in
slll a 1oIstoyan horror of into the Amer
lean mind, Mr.. Crosby practically started his pIIb-
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
HARVARD INSTRUCTOR A SUICIDE.
No Cause for Action of Walter Dana Swan
Known.

Cambridge Mass, Jan. 2.-Walter Dana
Swan, an instructor in architecture at Harvard
University, died to-day after having shot him
self the heart. The shooting took place
in Belmont last night the grounds of pri-
vate house, and the wounded man was found by
two mon, who informed the police. Swan was
removed to the Waltham Hospital, where he
died several hours later A revolver found
in his hand
No cause for the suicide is known. Swan was
appointed assistant In architecture at Harvard
in 1897, and instructor in 1901. He was thirty
wears old. He leaves wife and two children.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-04
Makes an Offer for Christopher M. Bell Villa
on the Cliffs.
fRv r.leeranh 70 The Trttnne ]

Newport. R. 7, Jan at learned to-day
that George D. WIdener. OF Philadelphia, had
made an offer for the Christopher NJ Bell estate
on the Cliffs Newport which IS at present, since
the sale OF the Frederick W. Vanderbilt estate
the only summer estate In that district for sale
Mr. and Mrs. Widener have for several years
been summer residents OF Newport. but they have
never purchased an estate of their own, always
renting a yia- For the last few summers they
have occupied the George r. Fearing estate IN
Narragansett avenue. The Bell estate has not
been occupied since the death of DIR. Bel. several
years
The estate is a short distance from Bellevue
nue. and is among the prettest the cliffs. The
villa is OF brick and stone. and the estate com
prises about 10000 square feet.