Times-promoter., 1907-01-11

age containing $1,000, became
known late Sunday night. A man
under arrest is charged with the
crime. Nearly $500 of the money
was returned by him to the detectives
and a confession made, telling who
his confederates were and where they
had gone with the other $1,700.
This second man was in st. Louis
one week ago, according to letter
sent from there to the man now in
custody at Dallas. The writer of the
letter stated that he might remain in
st. Louis or go to Chicago. Detec-
tives in these two cities were notified
of the facts. The money stolen was
consigned to Dallas bank, but what
bank or from where has not been
made public.
The year just closing was the
best year in the history of the Yell
vile, Ark, zinc district. Notwith-
standing the fact that there has only
been - months in operation and
that for the most part in very hap
hazard way, there has been shipped
from this district during 1906 some
thing over 1000 tons of ore, that
brought the top price and will aver
age about $40 per ton. Many Of
these mines did not get started until
late in the year, and most of the
others, on account of spending so
much time in opening the mine and
equipping it, did not run the mill
over one day out of the week; SO that
instead Of a solid years work, the
1000 represent about thirty days
work each for the mines mentioned,
or about solid years work for one
Of them. In cash, this means about
$4,000, or net profit Of about $780,
900.
The steamer Panama, which it
was feared had been wrecked, ar
rived at Matanzas, Mexico, from San
Francisco, with all on board safe
and we'll.
More than five hundred Of the
thousand corporations doing business
in New Mexico have failed to file
their annual report with Territorial
Secretary James W. Reynolds, as re-
quired by law, and suit was brought
against forty-three Of them by As
sistant Attorney General Revert G.
Gortner in the First judicial district
court.
A proposition to increase postal
clerks salaries and the proposed
abandonment of the "back stamp"
on letters are discussed by First AS
sistant Postmaster General Hitch
cock in his annual report made
public. The report shows that at
the close Of the fiscal year $4,000
postoffices were in operation and
that the total number of employees,
not including postmasters and assist
ant postmasters, was nearly 100000.
The total personnel Of postoffices
of all classes aggregated 215,288.
The gain in postoffice revenue dur
ing the year, about $13,000,0O0, was
Unexpectedly large, and the returns
for the present fiscal year thus far
indicate that the unprecedented gain
is being maintained. So great is
this gain, Mr.. Hitchcock points out,
that the additional appropriations
requested Of congress scarcely will be
sufficient to maintain the service.
s. Spivey Of Little Rock, presi-
dent Of the Arkansas Travellers AS
sociation has issued an appeal to the
voters Of Arkansas to rally to the
support Of the travelling men and
aid in the fight for the enactment Of
q fiat 2-cent passenger rate law in
the next legislature. In asking for
the general support he points out
that the rate is sought for everybody
in the state and not for the travelling
men solely.
Capt. Greed Taylor, reported to
be III years old, died at his home
near Knoxville, Kimble county,