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Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
LAMPHERt'S CASE
BEFORE GRAND JURY
Prosecutor Announces That He Is
Ready and Charges Against
Former EmplOye of the Widow
May be Taken UP Toddy--NO
New Evidence Found.

La Porte, Ind, May 12.-Addition-
al evidence regarding the methods by
which the persons whose corpses were
found on the Guinness farm met their
deaths was unearthed this morning.
Almost two dozen pairs of scissors,
bent and curved in the fasion of sur
gical instruments, are said to have
been found in the ashes of the cellar
and in addition three knives, two of
surgical character and another, un-
mistakably a dirk, were picked up.
In the absence Of evidence to the con-
trary it is believed the dirk may have
been the chief weapon employed in
the series of murders.
There is a bare possibility that the
grand jury which convened yesterday
may begin the consideration of the
charges against Ray Lamphere today.
A few days ago this investigation was
postponed until May IS, but Prose-
cutor Smith now declares himself
ready to proceed. 1t is expected
that the Lamphere charges will be
considered not later than Thursday at
the outside
The gold crown of tooth was
found in the debris OF the burned
house on the Guinness farm today and
II Is believed to be from the head Of
the missing woman. This discovery
tends 70 strengthen the first report
that she was burned with her chill
dren in the home, although the state
ments Of doctors and friends who
have examined the wOman's body
found in the house. assert that ii Is
not that Of Mrs. Guinness. EXa amina-
ton Of the debris continues and 1t is
hoped to establish by tonight beyond
a reasonable doubt whether the body
found in the house is that of Mrs.
Guinness or one of her victims placed
there with the intention of deceiving
any one who should attempt to in
yestigate.
Excavating about the farm was
continued today and arrangements
completed for dragging the small
lakes near the house. No evidence Of
other bodies buried has been discov-
cred, but it is stated that the investi-
cation will be kept up until every
spot on the place is searched.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
BLACK MICE DESTROY
CROPS IN NEVADA
According TO Government Report
Damage Aggregating "a Quarter
of Million Dollars Has
Been Done.

Reno, New, May IA horde of
black mice, carrying destruction from
field TO field, has caused damage esti-
mated by the officials OF the depart
ment of agriculture at $25O,OOO in the
Carson river valley The press of
that part of the state reports that
whole fields of alfalfa have been de-
vastated, potato crops ruined and
shade trees even stripped of their
leaves.
The government station on the Car
son river has placed men in the field
to exterminate the plague. Strych-
nine is being used in many cases, as
was done by the Danberg rangers
south of here. The black mice plague
ragged In Humboldt county last fall.
and during the winter was reported
near Genoa.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS MISSING
Robbers Wore Uniforms of Brake
men and We're Able to Gain En-
trance to Car Without Attract
Ing Attention. Messenger
Severely Injured.

Seattle, May 12.-E. j. Perrine. a
Great Northern express messenger on
the train which left Seattle at S:10
TINS morning for Vancouver, was
beaten over the head with his own
gun and tied hand and foot by two
men who entered the train Just as Ii
was leaving Seattle and who, after
overpowering the messenger looted
the strong box of a sum of money
estimated at from $1,000 to $4,000
The robbers escaped. They were
dressed in uniforms of brakemen and
Perrine paid little attention to them
when they entered the express car.
AS he was STOPPING over the strong
box, which was unlocked, one of the
men snatched Perrine's revolver from
his pocket and struck him over the
head. He did not lose consciousness
but was beaten until powerless, al
though still able to know what was
going on.
The highwaymen tied him hand
and foot with heavy wrapping cord
and proceeded to loot the strong box.
Perrine was not discovered until the
train was within two miles of Ballard,
when Brakeman Latham entered and
found the messenger boeno and With
a towel wrapped around his head. He
notified the conductor and the train
backed into Ballard where Assistant
superintendent Chapman was noti-
fled.
A brakeman's cap was worn by one
of the robbers with the name Ander-
son written in ink in the inside. IL
Is presumed the robber stole it, Both
men were young.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
HUGHES WON'T ACCEPT
VICE ppEsSlfnGY
HE SAYS
New YOrk'S Governor Not in
Line for Second Place on
National Ticket.
HAS BOOD REASON
FOR HIS REFUSAL

New York, May 12.-Gov. Hughes
will not accept the nomination for the
vice presidency. This announcement Il
made in letter from the governor
to General Stewart l.. Woodford. In
his letter the governor says:
For reasons which are controlling
and which leave no room for discus
sion, and though ! would be deeply
sensible of the honor thereby confer
red, | should not be able to accept
and would not in any contingency ac-
cept the nomination for the vice
presidency and even were elected |
could not serve"
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
MACKAY 10 MAINTAIN SCHOOL.

Reno, New, May l2.-Clarence IL.
Mackdy Of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany, in addition to 100000 for the
Mackay School Of Mines, S3O,O for
the John w. Mackay statue and $780,
600 for campus improvements at the
University of Nevada, has announced
that he Will give enough money to
furnish the school of Mines and an
annual contribution Of $4,000 for
maintenance Of the school. The re-
gents Of the university have accepted
the gift and a holiday viii be declared
by the governor on the occasion Of
the unyeiling OF the MaCkay statue at
which Clarence MaCkay and many
other noted men will be present. The
Mackay fortune was made on the
Comstock lode with that Of Flood,
Fair aud O'Rrien.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
SURRENDER Of YAQU|S
NOT OFFICIALLY TOLD
Mexican Government Hears Nothing
of Importance From Sonora
and VIII Treat Indians as
In the Past.

Mexico City. May 12.-The war de-
partment last night announced that
1t has no information relative to the
reports from Sonora of the surrender
Of Yaqui Indians, ana are inclined to
minimize the importance of any ac-
tiOn taken 0y the local military au-
thorities. The Yaquis are regarded
as outlaws and any prisoners taken
will be treated judicially according
to the depredations in which they
participated. The deportation policy
and breaking up of tribal organiza-
ton will continue.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
SAILORS WILL ATTEND
TWO RECEPTIONS
TONIGHT
CdllfOrnidnS Entertain Blue.
jackets In Lavish Style
Sports Program.
THREE THOUSAND
MEN WILL DANCE

San Francisco, May 12-Excursions
of officers and men from the Atlantic
fleet to San Jose and Vallejo, includ-
Ing visit to the Mare Island navy
yard were features of today's pro-
gram. In the afternoon there was an
inter-squadron boat race for a silver
trophy cup. and baseball game at
the Preside between teams from the
army and navy.
Tonight there will be a reception
and ball to $500 bluejackets under
the auspices OF the California Wo-
mans club and a reception to officers
and men by the local posts. G.. A. r.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
PUBLISHERS ARE
REFUSING TO TESTIFY
Chairman Mann Says Pulp inyestiga-
tion d Tagging and He Can't Get
His Report in shape.

Washington, May l2.-In cOnnec-
ton with the wood pulp tariff inves-
tisation Chairman Mann OF the House
committee having the matter in
charge, today made sharp complaint
of the failure of newspaper publish
ers TO come forward and supply the
committee with facts bearing upon
their charges
He called attention 10 their criti-
Cisms and then contrdsted them with
the refusal of many to supply the in
formation which he said Is necessary
the committee should have in pre-
pairing its report to the House.
He declared II the desire Of the
committee to report during this ses-
sion but lntlmated the course OF the
publishers might prevent it's doing so.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
FIGHTING BOB SCORES
WOULD-BE STATESMEN
says We viii Always Have War and
The More HaitIeShips We Have
and the Fever Statesmen,
the Longer VIII We Have
Peace.

North Platte Neb, May 12-Ad-
miral Evans passed through here on
The Union Pacific Overland this
morning ana stopped long enough 10
hobble to the rear OF the train and
make a seech in which he said:
We will always have war as long
as We have anything worth while To-
fight over and more battleships and
fewer statesmen we have. the longer
We will have peace"
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
FIRE BURNS OUT ENTIRE BLOCK

Tonopah, New. May 12.-Fire
which completely laid in ruins the
Palace hotel block in Tonopah, start
ed in the hotel at 1880 last night
and the fire was not under control
until | p. m. The loss Is S150,000.
There was no insurance as the block
was so inflammable that the insur-
ancc companies refused the risk The
origin Of the fire Is unknown.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
CONGRESS- HAS ORDERED
THE MOTTO REPLACED

Washington, May 12,-The Senate
committee on finance today voted
unanimously to report the bin already
passed by the House providing for
permanent restoration Of the words
In God We Trust" to the gold and
silver coins Of the United States The
motto was directed omitted from
the coins by order OF the president.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
SEVERAL COUNTIES
WERE DEVASTATED
Storms Swept Farm Houses Away
Killing and lnjuring the OcCu-
pdntS--One Town Destroyed
and Several Others Badly
Wrecked by Winds.

Woodward, Okla, May 12.-Lack
OF communication has prevented de.
tails of the damage done by lorna
does in the district twenty-five miles
south of this place reaching Wood
ward, as all telephone and telegraph
facilities were destroyed by the storm
ana meager reports are brought by
messengers
| tion it is believed that only one town,
Vici. was entirely destroyed although
several others were badly damaged
and farm houses through several
counties we're wrecked. There were
five tornadoes.
The list of dead so far secured Is
as follows:
MIR. AND MRS j. E. HALE, Lit
tleob, Ellis county.
TWO UNKNOWN PERSONS. Ar
nett. Ellis county.
DIR. j. w. HoWSER. Wei, Wood
ward county.
ARTHUR sIBEL, Mutual. Wood
ward county.
WILL HAND. Estelle, Major coun-
ty.
MRS YOUNG. Selling. Dewey
county.
Thirty persons are reported injur-
ed near the town of Arnett but a list
of injured cannot be secured.
Thrilling incidents are being relat-
ed by all who have received any in
fp mi "a atn
Hale of Littleobe, was one of the
most prominent cattlemen in that To-
cality. DR.. Howser, at Vici, was TAX
ing refuge in a dugout when he was
killed.
A horse was lifted by the wind and
dashed through the top of the dug
out, burying the victim beneath the
entire earth roof of the dugout and
the weight of the animals body. A
horse belonging to Mr.. Sibel of Mu-
tual, was killed by a piece of two by
four lumber being driven through its
body. At Mutual fifteen young per-
sons had gathered for a Sunday even
ing social. The storm lifted the house
completely off the floor on which
they we're seated. leaving the floor
and the young people unharmed. o.
u. Null and daughter of the vicinity
Of Arnett, were overtaken by the
storm while driving. They took ref
uge in a hollow tree, but their horses
were killed when a nearby tree fell.
Reports from the neighborhood of
Wei state that the heavy hail that ac-
companied the storm did much dam
age to properly, crops and cattle.
Hail stones measuring fifteen inches
in circumference are said to have
fallen. AS there is a farm on every
section of land in the storm area.
which is a mile wide and about fifty
miles long, definite figures on the
number of victims are not obtalna BILE.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
Assawatoime, May 12.-In a storI

Assawatoime, May 12.-In a storm
which blew down her home near
here yesterday, Mrs. Minnie Johnson,
widow, and her two year old son
were killed. A boy was wounded with
a nail driven through his head. A
fourteen year old daughter was pin
ned down by wreckage and seriously
injured Many barns in the vicinity
We're blown down and much damage
is reported from the surrounding dis
triCt
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-12
WEATHER FORECAST

'acsnsr, colo., May I2.-Tonight local
showers In west portion. Wednesday fair.
, 1908-10-19
Discrimination
WOULD Be RESULT
BRYAN'S BANK GUARANTEE PLAN
NOT FAIR TO ALL PARTIES
AFFECTED BY MEASURE.
One Class of Wage-Earners Protected
And Another Not-Building Asso.
Citations Have Hundred Thousand
New Members and Investments
Amounting to Nearly a Billion.

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 19.-One of the
strongest objections to the Bryan plan
of a government guarantee for bank
deposits is that 1t would be an unjust
discrimination In favor of one form OF
wealth accumulated by labor and
against other forms equally deserving.
1t would establish distinctions between
one class Of wage-earners and other
classes for which there is absolutely
no warrant whatever.
Building Associations.
II, for instance, bank deposits are
guaranteed, why should not tine same
protection be provided for the vast
sums invested in building associa-
lions? Those organizations serve a
most useful purpose, and in many COM
munities hey have enabled wage.earn-
ers to become the owners Of the houses
hey occupy They encourage the han.
it of thrift, offer safe repositories for
the savings Of their members and have
contributed powerfully to the better
ment Of Industrial conditions.
Democratic Distress Not Evident.
1t appears that on March /, 1908, the
building associations of the United
States were %custodians of 1928. 00O, 900
belonging 10 their members. The mem.
eership of the associations increased
more than 1O0, 900 during the year 1907,
and their assets increased $55, 900 900
n the same period. That showing is'a
striking comment upon the democratic
pretence that the workmen are in dis
tress.
To Purchase Homes.
The members of these associations
are almost invariably persons of small
means. Their savings are boarded in
nire cases out of ten with a view to
he purchase of homes. Their jepos-
is are entitled to all the protection
that Mr.. Bryan would compel the gov.
eminent to give to deposits in banks.
# the government is to go into the
surety business it should treat all the
people alike, and guarantee the secur-
, 1908-10-19
GREAT BIG RALLY
IN SPITE OF STORM,

Hon. Frank W. Mondell of Newcas,
tie, the efficient and able representa-
tive in congress from this state, ano
who is sure of his election two weeks
from tomorrow, arrived yesterday from
Hanna, where he held one of the larg-
est and most enthusiastic meetings of
the present campaign. The Finnish
Temperance hall was filed to overflow.
ing, in spite of one of the worst storms
of the season, and Mr.. Mondell was
not able to get away to his hotel I'M
til 3 o'clock in the morning, why. l
wouldn't have gone out into that storm
to hear the best speaker on earth, and
the way they 1ocked to that hall would
fl anyone's soul with pride. 1t was a
hearty welcome and we all enjoyed it.
The people of Hanna are alive to the
issues and the republican party will
have a good strong vote in that com.
mun.ty, l can tell you.''.
, 1908-10-19
The LARAMIE REPUBLICAN, DAILY EDITION MosOAY. OCTOBER 49, 1908

inspire confidence and retard panics,
One of New York's greatest bankers
replies to this as follows: "Panlcs are
not begun with bank failures, they
usually come after failures. A panic
is a fright, a state of mind. Creating
confidence does not solve the problem.
II you travel over q railroad you can
not sit calmly In your seat and avoid
accidents by having confidence. To
precent accidents there must be eff
fic.ent conduct Of that railroad. To
prevent panic and financial disaster
there must be sound and economic
administration OF banking. The best
antidote l know Of 10 good assets.
Guaranteed bank deposits would mean
the substitution OF speculative banking
for character banking"
Some Of the Arguments
Some Of the arguments against this
plausible sounding innovation are:
That it will encourage and put a pre-
MUM on wildcat and speculative
banking; cause conservative banks to
be responsible for the losses Of reck-
less banks; reduce the prestige and
power Of strong, we'll managed insti-
tutions; destroy individuality in bank
ing; cause depositors and bankers in
one Fart Of the country to pay losses
In other possibly distant parts, where
they know nothing about the manage
ment; and thus tend to cheaper and
endanger the whole banking business.
Respectfully submitted, with apollo
gies to those who know much about
banking.
, 1908-10-19
STICKING TO THE POINT
The Question That Won . Good Posi-
ton For . Boy.

ton For . Boy.
A lawyer wanted an apprentice and
placed an advertisement In the local
paper. A number Of boys replied. SO
he gathered them all together in his
Office at once and looked them over.
He found It pretty hard to make a
choice, but at length a happy idea
struck him.
'"Once upon a time" he said, "a
farmer was very much annoyed by a
huge rat that made a very comfortable
living by feeding upon his grain and
other products. He tried trips Of all
kinds to catch 1t. but the willy rodent
evaded them all and apparently en-
joyed the game OF hide and seek that
the farmer had devised for its recrea-
ton. One day. however. as the farmer
turned the corner Of a haystack, car
rying n gun In his hand. he spied the
troublesome rodent at the edge Of the
hay. Instantly raising his gun. he
fired. but the blazing gun wad dropped
among the hay
Here the lawyer stopped, and, look
ing at the boys. he said. If any of you
want to ask a question, write 1t on a
piece of paper" Each did as sug-
gested, and here are some Of the ques-
tons that were asked:
did he set the hay on fre?"
WAS the stack burned to the
groundT"
"Did the farmer have his hay in
gured?'
WAS the fire engine near at handT"
"Was the rat killedT'
The boy that asked the last question
was chosen because he STUCK to the
point.-American Photography.
, 1908-10-19
PATE DE EolE R A
Fearful Cruelty That Makes Thi,
Dainty a Possibility.

DAINTY q Possibility.
To the ordinary man and woman no
conception of the torture to which the
poor. unfortunate goose is put could
possibly be formed.
The geese when about nine months
old are taken from the pastures and
placed In an underground cellar. where
broad. slanting stone slabs stand In
rows. and are bound fast to the ia.
bles. They are literally crucihed.
Feet. wings and bodies are spread
out and bound by bands. SO that only
the neck Is left free. AS may be imag.
ined. the animal struggles with all its
might against this stretching till. after
days of vain endeavor to free itself
from the bands and its position. its
powers of resistance are overcome, and
a dull resignation. broken only by its
low cries. takes possession of 1t. Two
months must pass away before death
brings relief.
The animals are meanwhile crammed
with dlmplings made OF dough Of
buckwheat. chestnuts and stewed
maize. Every two hours. six times a
day. they receive from three to five
dumping pills. which In time become
80 sweet to the tortured creatures that
they stretch their necks to be cram
med,
The most difficult task is to deter
mine the right moment for death.
I bose who die Of their OWE accord are
lost TO the liver factory; therefore a
kind of study is needed to see when
the cup of agony Is brimmIng full aud
the liver Is ripe for taking The bod
les of such ripe ones are Ike pnmp-
kins Whrre ordinarily fingers are
hnrlri in flesh and tat nothing but
ska and lioae are found. The iivcrs
" absorbed all The strength aud
hrs
, 1908-10-19
LOWERING THE FLAG.
Tho Regulation Method Of Half Mast
ing the Colors.

Tho Regulation Method of Half Mast
ing the CoIors.
The method of showing honor to the
dead through the position of the flag,
placing it at half mast-it is termed
in naval circles. In the army. at half
staf-is described in article Al, par
agraph 42s. OF the United States army
regulations as follows:
Where the flag is displayed at half
staff It is lowered to that position
from the top of the staff. 1t is after
ward hoisted to the top before 1t is
finally lowered"
AT military posts" said a sergeant
Of the army recruiting station. where
the flag staff Is planted In the ground
1t Is usually in two sections and about
eighty feet high. When the flag Is
placed at half staff 1t is customary to
lower it to the middle of the upper
section. which In this case Is consider
ed the staff. At forts and other posts
where flags are on top of buildings the
flag. when placed ut half staff. is hang
Ing from the middle Of the staff. the
central point of the flag. the lower
corner Of star section coinciding will
a point midway between the top and
bottom of the staff"
when a flag is placed at half mas
in the navy" said a lieutenant Of the
United States naval recruiting station
"the distance between the top Of tht
dag and the top Of the mast is made t.
equal approximately the distance be
tween the bottom of the flag and the
base of the mast."-Kansas City Times
, 1908-10-19
|NsUu[ AGAINST
Loss UNDER BRYAN
GREAT WOOL FIRM PREPARING
FOR INEVITABLE DROP IN
PRICES If ELECTED.
SHERMAN Brothers, Who Handle
Twenty Million Pounds a Year, 90
sure Policy for Ono Hundred
Thousand Dollars from LIoyd's-
World says New York for Taft.

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct 19.-The October
issue of the American Sheep Breeder,
which was issued yesterday, prints the
following editorial:
"Silberman Brothers, the well-known
Chicago wool firm, handing Is, 200, 900
pounds Of wool annually, predict Taft's
election, out are taking no chances
and have taken out a policy In the
English Lloyds, insuring them against
Bryan's election.
Insuring Against Bryan.
"The policy calls for $100.O 900 in case
Of Bryan's election AMI the premium
Is $4,000. If Bryan is elected, 81. Der
nan Brothers anticipate an immediate
slump in the wool market or S cents
per round. they say. In case the Ne
braskan wins, they expect a consider.
able loss on a large amount of wool
they have purchased this season.
First to Be Noted.
This is the first transaction of the
kind we have heard of and shows what
one of the largest wool firms in the
United States thinks will happen In
- .
the American wool market If Bryan is
elected.
"Ferdinan d Silberman of the wool
firm explained that the firm was anx-
ious to place a policy of this sort, but
had not succeeded.
A Fair Business Proposition.
ct is rather unusual, to he sure,
said he, but it is a far business prop.
o%sition. We have no Idea of playing
politics. but simply wish to insure
ourselves against the drop which we
figure will hit the wool market should
Mr.. Bryan be elected. We have pre-
sented the request for a policy of that
sort to the English Lloyds, but the
matter has o been acted upon def.
initely. We expect to have a favorable
report, as it is simply business, al
though unusual"