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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
AMARILLO MEN To
1 Build CAR LINES

bc1n going on for some time and
already several important contracts
have been signed. The Houston
Carter Lumber company, Of Hous-
ton. after competition with other
companies has secured the first tlo
contract for 1900 ties. These will
begin 10 arrive as soon as tho lum-
Der company can got 10 work on the
order Mr. Chase representing a
company for supplying poles was
here yesterday in consultation with
tho directors and it IS likely that a
large order for poles will be made
from his company. Representatives
from q nummher OF other companies
supplying various parts Of the many
kinds of material needed in construc-
don have been here and with as
much dispatch as they deem cXpc-
dent tho board is purchasing steel
rails, copper cables. ana such mate
rial. 10 Is probable that with pres
cnt crowded state of most Of the fac
tories which supply machinery and
material, some Of the orders will
have 10 wait for several months be-
foro being filled.
According to the terms OF the
franchise actual work much have
commenced by April II and three
miles 40 least must have been con-
strrtcd and be in operation within
the limits Of the town by Nov. H..
The directors say that at least eight
miles viii he i'm operation within
tho time specified The location Of
tho lines, however, IS not given
out and the promoters make no se-
uot of ,hc fact that the company
viii realize considerable profit
from real estate promotion. The
three miles I'm the city limits must
De constructed within tho compare
lively narrow bounds Of the town at
tho time franchise was granted
Motor power and car equipment,
the diroctors say win be hard to
obtain in the time specified but the
company expects to borrow if nee
essary car equipment for the lines
ull their own cars are completed. |
Tho cars on the lines will be OF the
most modern type seating seventy
passengers and costing $4,000.
Another enterprise before the
company for consideration Is the cs-
adjustment Of recreation parks but
this, Hike the location Of the lines,
is sdll a matter for speculation, as
much, almost with the directors as
with the inquisitiyo general public
which wants to know and likes to be
shown
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Company Organized with Home
{ Offices Stockholders 10
Own Gar Lines.
ORDERS BEING MADE
ss sI I Issiissiisi and Equipment Company Will
Open Office BsadquaIters-.C0r.
sluCiI0n Begins Soon,

(From Thursday Daily Panhandlc)
With homo capital homo stock
holders. home directors and off
GERS, tho Amarillo Street Railway
company Is already an active enter
prise in The town. Organization and
the purchase Of matoreL however,
do not yet constitute an actual street
arilway so Amarillo viii have 10
content herself with tho present
methods OF transportation for SOW
cral months to come. The company
d actively at work and as soon as
Tho work can be done the lines VIII
be- put IN commission.
H. A. Mobiles Is president OF the
company, s. D. Wharton, vice pres
ident, ]. c. Paul, treasurer and
John X. shlrcman, secretary In adj
dltion to these gentlemen the fol-
lowing compose the board OF dlrcc-
tors NJ c. Mobiles. Charles a. lsk,
Jr, j. W. CrudgIngton. G. g. Pash.
and W, Il. Kirk. These nine mon
will hold the majority OF stock in
the concern and the control cannot
PASS to outside parties
Tho capital stock of the company
\ S25O,OOO. OF thls amount Sl2,-
90 ia treamryatock and the balance.
.z2Os,OOO Is owned by tho board of
sctors. Tho treasury stock OF tho.
npany will be for sale to tho clt-
ms OF the town, The stock held
director IS paid up and non-as-
hssahle.
within wcok, II the workmcn
ian finish tho improvements in time
the company win open offices and
headquarters in the basement OF the
Carson building under the Western
Bank & Trust Co. Tho promoters
count thomsolyos fortunate in secur-
ing so central aud accessible a loca-
tion for their office.
Negotiations Tor material hayoI
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
PLANS READY FOR BUILDERS.
Store and Lodge Building for Cor
ncr of Fourth and Taylor.

The plans for the new Wayland
building arc now complete and the
work of construction, will begin as
soon as arrangements for material
can be made, The new building will
occupy the twoslots on the corner
of Fourth and Taylor streets and
will be sixty by one hundred and
twenty feet, two stories in height
with basement underneath. The
body material will DO red pressed
Coffeyyille brick with stone and ter
IA Gotta trimmings. The terra Gotta
caps and column effect will give the
building different treatment than
that which characterizes most of the
Amarillo buildings.
The first floor of the building will
be given over to two store rooms
about 2Sx6S in size facing on Fourth
stsoet. The Fourth street front will
be Of solid plate and prism glass
like the other Wayland building. At
the property line on the Taylor
street side will be the vestibule en-
trance to the stairway leading to
the second floor.
The second floor will have three
office rooms facing on Fourth and
Taylor streets and the rest Of the
floor will be given over to commo-
dious lodge rooms, There will be
lodge room about 2Sx6S with
waiting, ante rooms and other CON
veniences, and a banquet room
2Sx30. A wide light corridor will
make the entire second floor light
and airy.
The basement will be devoted to
a heating pint that will supply steam
heat for both Wayland buildings. At
present the site for the Wayland
building is vacant save for the small
frame building now occupied by the
Loving printing company.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
{. P. Nipple
SUICIDES
Brother Of Philadelphia Finar-
CiaI WrGCkGr Takes His
Own Life,
Associated Press

Associated Press
Philadelphia, Feb. Edward =.
Nipple, bsother of tho late Frank
Nipple, who ended his life last sum
mcr after wrccking tho Real Estate
Trust company Of this city, of which
he was president committed sui
eide at his home here today with
revolver Mr. Nipples family was
at breakfast when ne committed the
decd. His wife heard the unusual
noise and sending her son upstairs
to investigate, he found his father
in the bath room with bullet
wound in head. lie was hurried to
the hospital but died on the way.
Mr.. Nipple was about 20 years Of
age and had been in the real estate
business. The police say it Is not
yet learned the cause for the suicide
but 1t is believed he broodod over
the tragic ending OF his brothers
life.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Oklahoma wrestling Match.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Feb. L.
Kid Parker, alleged light weight
wrestling champion of the world,
will meet Red Wlckline, local
wrestler, before the Oklahoma City
Athletic association tonight. Catch
as-catch-can sulos will govern the
match, the victor to win two out
OF three falls. In a recent exhlbl-
ton match before tho Indiahoma
club the men wrestled two falls,
each winning one.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
EIGHT BUILDINGS
BURN IN HARRISBURG
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Harrisburg, Pa Feb. Eight
buildings in the center of the bust
ness district were either destroyed
or badly damaged by fire thls morn
ing involving "a loss estimated at
$1,OOO,OOO. The grand opera house
in which we're five stores was de-
stroyed. The Duncan building oppo-
site, occupied by three stores, was
also destroyed. The Park hotel and
Columbus hotel were badly dam
aged. The United Telephone build
ing, Security Trust building, Bijou
theater, College block, Harrisburg
Gas company building and others
were damaged. The fire started
from an explosion in a hat store in
the opera house block.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Rcdncc Pullman Faro.

Special to Daily Panhandle
Austin, Feb. THE order Of the
state railroad commission, making
a reduction of 20 per cent in Pull
man fares in Texas went in effect
today. Efforts made by the rail
road companies to purchase or lease
sleeping cars to be operated by
themselves, so as to comply with
the order Of the commission, have
not been successful. The Pullman
company threatens to withdraw its
sars from the state rather than ac-
cept the reduced fares.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Conflict Of Authority.
ipeclal to Dally Panhandle.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
Chicago, Feb. IA hearing was
held today in connection with a mum
Der of cases in which Mayor Dunno
and Municipal Judge Cleland have
had conflicts of authority. Judge
Cleland alleges that the mayor has
interfered in an unwarrantable man
ner with judicial affairs and has
pardoned certain persons convicted
in his. court without adequate cause,
Mayor Dunno declares that Judge
Cleland has RENTED fines without
proper reasons City Comptroller
Mccain and Aldermen Bowler and
Flick testified in the case.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
EARTHQUAKE RESULT
IN SOLOMON ISLANDS
Associated Press

Associated Press.
San Francisco, Feb, t.-solomon
Islands in the South Seas were Wis
tied by frequent earthquake shocks
several months ago, and so heavy
was the force that the earth was
opened and deep gorges created and
the entire appearance of the islands
were changed by the great upheayal
but so far as can be learned no loss
Of life has occurred. 1t Is probable
that the quake was the one recorded
on seismographs in various parts of
the world but which was believed to
have occurred at sea. The news
was brought yesterday by the steam
or Sierra from Apla which was
reached from Samoa by a trading
schooner from the Solomon group
and the details are very meager.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
PERIL FROM FLOOD IN
LOWER MISSISSIPPI
LGyGG Has Broken at Memphis, Tennessee, and Much
Of the City Is Flooded and People Are
Driven From Their Homes,

Water Is tapping the top Of the
structure and q largo force OF men
arc busily engaged in Strengthening
the weaker places, should the cree
vase occur at Hollybush tho entire
st. Francis basin In Arkansas would
receive the rush Of the water At
Helena the main loyoo remains i'm
tact The northern part of that city
Us flooded from the break in an auy-
Hilary loyoo which occurred ycster-
day and the people living in that
section have been housed elsewhere
Thoro was a steady down pour Of
rain since yesterday and in the VIZ
entity OF Memphis last night Tho
river this morning marks SOS feet
rise of eighteenth OF q foot since
yesterday.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Associated Press.

Associated lfcSa.
Memphis, Tcmo Fob. Many
people have been driven from their
homes in the northern part Of this
city as a result of a break In The
protection loyoo built by the city Of
Memphis ono year ago, Tho loyco
gave way early today and the district
north Of Poplar Boulevard and West
Fourth street Is now under two feet
OF water II the river reaches a
stage of forty-ouo feet which today
seems probable large area near
the business portion Of the city will
feel the effects of the flood,
Adyicos from Marion, Ark this
morning state that the loyco at lGol-
lybush remains intact although Il
break is expected to occur any hour.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
ARE
Being DRAWN
Acknowledgment Building 10
Take the Place Of Frame
Structure,

(From Fridays Daily Panhandle
orders are In tho offices OF o. G
Roquemoro now for the archItcctu
raj drawings and complete building
plans of another handsome building
which will take the place Of tho tive
frame structures on Polk street. The
building now ordered Is for The
other thirty foot lots south of Tho
Holland building now occupied on
the first floor by tho Amarillo Hard
ware company. Az present the site
Is occupied by the frame building.
for Cornelius meat market and
Lewis confectionery. These firm.
viii probably continue as tenants Of
the now building,
The property Is owned by W, L.
Thompson and G. G. Kilbourn who
have now given orders for the inns
provomcnt and will npsh tbo worl,
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The front and general plan Of the
building will be much the same as
that of the Thompson-Wobstor build
irc doscrihod Z, tho n,lv panbap-
~. r,.., r, ,,. a.. min
pc uo'ol'u W 'no s'o'o 'ooi'' '""
the second floor viii be arranged
for offices. The design, construc-
tion and installation throughout will
T.. 49,. .,. ,,a..
WIN inc o'"'r lo' '"' N'''0O' "
Thompson building, only two lois
OF the row will be left with the old
woatbor-bcatcn frame -trustures
Those are tbc buiIdings now oc-
cunied bv the old billiard hall. own.
ed nv Mr.. Grfflths. of Paris
Gnf0ths. A is said IN. already civ
ON his assurance that ne will Joint
fine bpildjnr movement and H. is
llkoly that arrangements will be
made soon for tbo bulldinr nm of
tho other lots
Tho news that the row of frame
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
WIN Make Rcpor.

Washington, d. c., Feb. t.
Committee on interstate and foreign
commerce Of the House decided to-
day to make a favorable report on
the Livingstone resolution providing
for an investigation regarding the
cotton exchange by the department
OF commerce and labor.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Prohibits Gambling.

Phoenix. Arizo Feb 1.-The leg.
islative assembly today passed and
the governor signed the bill pre-.
viously passed by the council repeal
ing the statute permitting licensing
OF gambling In Arizona, The new
law takes effect April 1.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Rlycs Doing Damage.

Associated Press.
Charleston, Mo-, Feb. 1.-The ov-
erflow in the Mississippi river, which
Is filled with great blocks of float
ing ice, has swept away two resi-
dcnces and a school house at Dorent,
a village twenty-five miles south of
here. No loss Of life is reported.
Doren is off the railroad.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Henry Magrudcr Dead
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Rome. Feb. Henry Magruder,
son Of the late Confederate general,
John Bankhead Magruder, who died
IN Houston, Texas, in 1871, is dead,
Mr.. Magruder had been travelling in
Italy with his niece, Miss Buckler,
who has nursod him during the i'll
ness which ended in his, death.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Herbert Sergeant Dead.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
New York, Feb, 1.-Horbert Ser
geant, an inventor Of international
reputation. died Wednesday night
at his home in Westfiod, n J. The
United States patent office issued
him over fifty patents, several of
which were for rock drills and air
compressors. His development drills
made possible great engineering
feats in the last quarter of CEN
tury.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
RAILROAD WRECK ON
BALTIMORE & OHIO
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. IA Bal
timore & Ohio freight at Black Lick
this county, broke in two today and
the rear end crashed into Penn
sylyania freight train. The wreck
age Is now burning and it is re-
ported that four men were killed.
The railroad officials here decline
to give any information regarding
the wreck.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Two IlngIncs Wrecked.

NU"TITWTIW T TVUHl
MiBsoula Mont Fob, 1.-Two On.
gIncs upon which q number of men
were riding who had been breaking
tho snow blockade near Saltcsse,
Mont, plunged over an cmbankment
near DcBorgla yesterday killing two
and injured nearly a score seriously
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
LOTTERY OUT
OF BUSINESS
Honduras Lottery Company Of
Louisiana Said TO Have
Quit Business.
AssocIatod Press.

Associated Fro6s.
Neworleans, Feb. Although
none OF the officials Of the Honduras
Lottery company in this city allow
themselves to be quoted, It is stated
on reliable authority that the COM
pany on Tuesday last officially went
out OF business 50 far as tho United
states Is concerned, It IS also stated
anticipation o ehtfIpebyciirn-wamaf
anticipation Of tho announcement
from Washington last night, that6n-
tlictmeRis would be returned against
tho agents Of tho company in Bos-
ton, Mobile and Wilmington, DEL
was one OF tho causes for the order
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07

FOR Macaroni or Du-
rum spring wheat and speltz. Both
clean and absolutely free from
Johnson grass and other grain,
a, CAYToN,
Six miles Southeast OF Washbum.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07

The subscription lists Of the Daily
Panhandle are growing. II has sup
planted the need of the foreign city
papers.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07

issued Tuesday Diminishing all em-
ployes Of the company in this couu-
try The leading officials Of the
Honduras Lottery reside in Louis
lana.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
AssocIated Press.

London, Feb. 1.r-Goyernor SWEET
tenham has notified the colonial Of
flee that slight earthquake shocks
sontinue to be felt at Kingston.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07

Get in the band wagon and be a
booster for Amarillo, the best city
in this portion Of Texas.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07
Associated Press.

Melbourne, Australia, Feb. Ia
Several earthquake shocks are re-
ported Tuesday in Tasmania, There
was no damage, but people are
greatly alarmed
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07

The building boom will be on in
earnest in Amarillo If this fine
weather continues.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07

If this fine weather continues.
farm work will soon begin in this
locality.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-02-07

Remember, the watchword for
Amarillo for 1907 is 20 city Of 15,-
600 inhabitants before 1905"
The Dickinson press., 1907-06-01
SeasonabIe Suggestions

This is the time of the year when
cleaning up and keeping clean is in
order. Now that spring is getting busy
the SHOWS of winter gone and Jack Frost
has loosened his hold on the earth so
that the accumulated debris of the past
season is exposed to view, it belooves us
to make our premises conform to the
ideal of beauty and purity.
Garbage piles in hot North Dakota
SIN make ideal breeding places for in
fcction carriers, as we'll as being regular
hotbeds for the propagation of the dis
ease germs themselves. Thus in clean
| ing up you are doing good service in
Riding your premises of multitudes Of
insects, in eliminating posi-.
bic incubation beds for disease germs, in
removing unsightly and unsavory accu.
mutations of filth, as we'll as doing you,
duty as citizen, presenting an object
lesson for sanitary reform to others who
are not so strongly endowed with keer
civic conscience.
Start at your own back door and with
out saying word to anyone; in shor
time your next door neighbor will be
seen following suit. Thus the good work
will 60 on, and ere long every home ir
our state will be model of what home
should be as far as sanitary conditions
are concerned.
The Dickinson press., 1907-06-01
DR. WESTON SUICIDES
u Fit s'. sof De'spoandsncy Takes Acon'te in His
/ Rot 3 q: Death Came After Twenty
B a Hours of Suffering

The people Of Dickinson were much
excited Wednesday when it was learned
that DR.. F.. w. Weston had taken aconite
athis room in the ]. 1. Hughes residence.
The rash deed was committed soon
after 10 o'clock in the morning and was
discovered little after II o'clock.
Physicians were called and everything
possible done to save his life. Death
came as relief the following morning,
after twenty hours Of intense pain 1t is
believed that after taking the aconi,e
DR.. Weston took some opiate which
accounts for his lingering so long,
DR.. Weston had been respondent for
six weeks and at times has acted
queerly. To those to whom he had con-
fided his troubles he had repeatedly
said that his life was not worth living.
Deceased was 26 years of age. He
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Weston,
of Kansas City, Kansas, and came to
this place little over two years ago as
federal live stock inspector. Subse-
quently he was appointed veterinarian
for the nth district.
Last year DR.. Weston's mind was
temporarily deranged by the death Of a
young lady in Kansas and he spent
some time in a private retreat. On re-
turning to Dickinson he seemed quite
himself again and was re.appointed
district veterinarian, which position he
held until the Office was abolished early
this spring.
DR.. Weston came of fine family, bis
father being well-to-do flour and feed
dealer in Kansas City, and he was him
self cultured, energetic and young
man of excellent habits. He was a
church member. taking an active inter.
est in religious work, especially in choir
work. His tragic end is very sad.
Kansas City relatives telegraphed
late Thursday to have the body EN-
balmed. @
The Dickinson press., 1907-06-01
MEM oRIAL DAY
Observed in
l:.,. Dickinson.

Appropriately Observed in
Dickinson.
At 1890 o'clock Thursday morning,
the veterans of the Civil war, both Of the
blue and the gray, met in front Of the
city hall, where they were Joined by the
members of Company K, the fire depart
ment and citizens and school children,
numbering one hundred strong, and all
then proceeded to the cemetery, where
the old soldiers performed the patriotic
duty of decorating the graves of the de-
ceased veterans.
]. G. Campbell was elected captain for
the day and had in his squad 10 veterans,
who made the journey to and from the
cemetery in automobiles. Mayor Dan
Manning, Col. P. H. Swift, George Auld,
A. P. Folsom, c. H. Pond, L. K. Gran.
teer, Miles M. Vineyard, L. M. P. Girls
void, A. T. Crowl, c. H. Merry, Pat
Walsh, Walter Sterland, Capt. J.. G,
Campbell, ]. H. Field and ]. G. Saun-
ders made up the veterans squad,
Messrs. Saunders and Field being vet
erans of the Confederate army, and
Mr.. Sterland veteran of the Sioux war
waged during the seventies.
After decorating the graves of the de.
ceased veterans among others being
that Of Harold Davis, son of DR.. and
Mrs. H. A. Davis, who died at sea on his
return from the Philippine Islands
where he served with Company K dur:
ing the Spanish-American war-praye,
was offered by Rev. F. w. Gress.
Company K, in charge Of Capt. Os
born, numbered 80 men, in uniform, who
assisted in decorating the soldiers
graves, and fired the memorial salute
before returning to the armory.
At 1890 p. m. the opera house wa.
crowded with patriotic people in, answe
to the Invitation to assist in the observ
ance of the day.
The program opened with music, "Th'
Star Spangled Banner, by the orchestra
composed of the Misses Crowl and Hole
moe and Joseph Snyder.
| The second number was a vocal duet
"Tenting Tonight" beautifully rendered
by the Misses Margaret Stuart and Hail,
Lee. sa
r. w. S. Campfeld of, Gladstone ren
dered very nicely the appropriate solo
"When Old Glory Floats from Every
where" '1' z.''-
7 Col. P. H. Swift, the speaker of th'
day, delivered short and very interest
ing address. He gave brief outline o
the conditions of the country before tn
war, during the war and since the war t
| the present time, showing that, although
this country has been through the great
est war in history, it is still the creates
nation in the world. In his reference
to the soldiers his remarks were YER
touching and his feelings were of tn
kindest nature toward all veterans
whether blue or gray-who fought an,
bled for what they considered was igh,
and his greatest satisfaction was the fac
that all are now happily united unde
the one grand flag sosnany have Tough
and died for. @Er 'f5
Following the address by Col. Swif,
Miss Jessie Messersn1ith, Dickinson
popular soloist, sang the "Star Spangle'
Banner. in manner that touched tn
heart Of every listener.
i Capt. A. j. Osborn was master Of cere
/ monies at the hall. There. were n
especial decorations on account of tn
matinee, held later in the afternoon, an
1 the exercises closed with a selection b
the orchestra.