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The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
TO HONOR FAMOUS AUTHOR.
Francis scott Key VIII he EuIogized
by Prominent Men Tomorrow.

Commissioner Macfarland. Justice Thom-
as H. Anderson. A s. Goldsborough. Of
Baltimore. and +. S. Key Smith viii
make addresses at the ceremonies attend
ing the fag-raising at the old Francis
Scott Key Home, in Georgetown. to-mor-
row afternoon.
Elaborate plans have been completed to
make the occasion auspicious. and Il is
expected the various patriotic organiza-
uons Of the District will participate
As Miss Mabel Key Smith. a great
granddaughter Of the famous author
raises duplicate flag TO the one that
inspired THE Star Spangled Banner a
salute will be fred by the L. S s.
Dolphin.
Admiral Dewey and the Cabinet officers
will attend
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
BUSINESS HIGH ON RIVER.
Students Celebrate Close of School
with Excursion.

Nearly 1,5OO Business High School stu
dents celebrated the close Of school with
an excursion TO Marshall Hall yesterday.
Although the school term closes formally
to-day, real work ended yesterday.
Due TO threatening weather. only a few
hundred persons went to the resort on the
2:30 o'clock boat, but when the Charles
Manchester left her dock at $50 o'clock
last night her decks were covered with
girls and boys.
Dancing proved the chief attraction at
the hall. with the baseball game between
the students and the alumni in second
place for popularity. The game was won
by the students by a score variously esti-
mated from Is to to to g. No official
score card was kept.
on the return trip the brilliant moon
that lighted the heavens persuaded the
students TO sing. and melodies filed the
night air all the way up the river.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
HISTORICAL WRITER DEAD.
Col. william Lecte stone Wrote of
Revolutionary Affairs.

Mount Vernon. n. Y. June 11.-Col.
William Leete Stone. a commissioner of
the Hudson Fulton memorial celebration.
and a welI-known author of historical
works. died to-day after a three-weeks
illness
Col. Stone. who was seventy-three years
Of age. was a member of numerous his
torical societies throughout the country.
Most of his historical works dealt with
revolutionary affairs. particularly Gen.
Burgoynes campaigns In and around
Saratoga. He also wrote n history Of
New York City.
Col. Stone was centennial historian for
New York State in connection with the
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in
1876
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
BOYS COLLIDE; ONE HURT.
Fracture of Skull Follows Ball
Game I'm White Lcr.

James Loffier, fourteen years old. Of
1881 Twelfth street northwest. was taken
to the Emergency Hospital last evening
suffering from a concussion Of the braii
received in baseball game on the White
Lot. The boy received treatment, and
was later taken home by his father.
Young Lofller was running 10 get
under fly ball and collided with a feI-
low-player Of about the same age. Roth
boys fell to the ground. Loffller uncon-
scious. Alarmed. his teammates placed
the boy IN a taxicab and rushed him to
the hnSnltal
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK FREE.
Actor Released Under Bond After
AcquittaI on Onr Charge.

New York. June n-Raymond Hitch
cock, the actor, who was acquitted AZ 3
o'clock this morning Of the charge that
he attempted 10 assault Helen Won Ha-
gen, fifteen years OF age was released
from the Tombs about noon Justice
Gon fixed bail at $500 on the other four
indictments against him. and the bail
was put up by Martin Engel Hitch
cocks wife was at the Criminal Courts
this morning early, and she went away
with him 90 their home, at Great Neck
II was announced that he had left
Henry w. Savage. and would appear
hereafter under the management Of Felix
Isman. His hrst appearance will prob
ably be at the Circle Theater in the
Merry Go Round" in a week or so.
Then he viii play at one Of the beach
theaters
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
MEAT PRICES GO UP.

London. June H.-Owing to the deple-
ton in the cattle supply in the United
States and Canada. and the shortage in
the United Kingdom, the Federal Meat
Trade Associations have given notice Of
an increase in retail prices. probably from
a penny to twopence per pound.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
CHILD MAKES PLEA
FOR LIFE OF FATHER
Emotional Crowd Fills The
ater to Ask Pardon.
BILLIK TO BE HANGED TO-DAY
NecrOmancer, Guilty of Poisoning
woman and Her Children for
Their Insurance, Denied RcprieVc.
Committee viii Make Appeal to
Governor to Spare Life of Prisoner.

Chicago. June u.-Scenes and incidents
Of emotional intensity this afternoon
marked a crowded meeting held at the
Great Northern Theater to plead for the
life of Herman BHik, condemned to
hang tomorrow for the murder of Mary
Vrzal after the Supreme Court at Spring
field had refused to consider his case.
The meeting was one Of the most remark
able that has ever been held in the city
of Chicago. The theater was jammed 10
the doors by a crowd composed largely
Of women. who alternately wept and
cheered as they were aroused first to
enthusiasm for the cause of Bnlik by
Father p. J. O'Callaghan and to pity for
his fate by little Edna Binik and Jerry
Vrzal
The meeting was presided over by
former Mayor Dunno. who made an elo-
quent plea for Biuik An emotional eli
max was reached when Father OCaHa-
CHAN. pastor Of St Mary's Catholic
Church, broke dc.a as he was appealing
for action which would lead to interfer-
ence for Binik by Gov Deneen. and wept
Ike a child as he talked
Believes BilIik Innocent.
In a dramatic manner. Father O'Cal-
laghan led up to his climax. He as
serted his belief in BnIk's innocence
and reviewed his case
Il not only think this man is inno-
cent; I know it," he said. IF he dies to-
morrow it will be nothing but legal muir
der
There was roar of applause and the
priest continued: IF Bulik goes TO the
gallows tomorrow his last words will
be those of an oath which he has prom
ised 10 take. He viii swear that he
never committed murder He would only
ruin his chances TO meet his Creator. II
ii were untrue. II is only because he is
innocent that he would take it,"
At this point Father O'Callaghan broke
down. Tears trckled down his cheeks
and he was obliged TO take his seat His
sobs We're echoed by those Of botn men
and women i'm the audience. Again the
tears were called forth when little Edna
Billik. n pathetic figure stepped to the
AVul OF the stage ana holding the hand
of Father O'Callaghan raised her tiny
voice in a plea for her father.
Child Makes Appeal.
PLEASE help me save my father. Talk
to the governor" were the simple words
which completed her speech and added
10 the dramatic force OF the appeal Of
the priest.
Then came Jerry Vrzal SON of the
woman who is alleged TO have been one
Of Billk's victims, and brother Of the
children whom the necromancer is said 10
have slain. He told his story, admitting
perjury NJ the first trial. and declaring
that he had been forced 10 give false
testimony by the police and the States
attorneys Office. Volunteers were called
for to form a committee which left for
Springfield tonight 10 urge the COVER
nor 20 prevent the execution Of BMik
tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
MRS. NANCY SLEMP DEAD.
Widow of Col. Campbell SIemp and
Mother of Representative.

Widow of Col. Campbell SIemp and
Mother of Representative.
Special % The Washington Herald.
Big Stone Cap Va. June L-Mrs.
Nancy Cawood Slemp. widow Of the late
member OF Congress. Campbell Slemp.
and mother Of Representative c. Baseom
Slemp. died at the home Of her daughter.
Mrs. J. p Edmunds at Stonega, Va,
this morning. Mrs. SlemP had been in
poor health for nearly year
At the time Of the death Of her husband
she was so III that she was not advised
OF his death until several weeks after his
demise She was born in Harlan County.
Ky, sixty-eight years ago. Shortly after
the close Of the civil war she became the
wife OF Col Slemp. who represented the
Ninth Virginia district in Congress for
two terms. and who was serving his
third term at the time Of his death.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
WILL WATCH TORPEDO SHOT.
Taft and MetcnIf TO View Monitor
Under Fire.

Secretary or the Navy Victor H Met
calf and Secretary Of War William f.
Taft will leave Washington this after
noon on board the Presidents yacht
Mayfiower. to attend the torpedo test on
the monitor Florida in Hampton Roads
tomorrow morning.
Mr. Metcalf and Mr.. Taft will view the
experiment from the deck Of the May
flower. and as soon as the test is com
pleted. the MayfOwer will return 10
Washington, arriving early Sunday morn
ing
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
FORGER AT AGE OF "a.
Charles Bartlett Pleads Guilty. and
Expects to Die in Prison.

New York, June u.-When Charles
Bartlett, alias Paul Brigham. eighty-four
years Of age pleaded guilty 10 forgery
in the second degree in the General Ses-
sions to-day. he said that he expected TO
de in prison. and preferred TO do so
He asked that the sentence be post
poned until Monday, so that he could
settle up his affairs. He was convicted
Of cashing a forged check for Sl25 He
Is an old-time crook, and has served Jail
terms aggreeating twenty-seven years.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
NEW PEST IN GRAPE BELT.
insect Deposits Eggs in Bud and
Crop Is Nearly Ruined.

Buffalo, n. Y, June 1.-THE great
Brockton grape belt is up against new
pest that is puzzling the experts at Cor
nell and Geneva. The insect deposits
eggs In the bud where grubs develop and
eat out the hearts. The infected bud turns
red, and it is said that 80 per cent Of
the buds Of each cluster I'm the .Fre-
donia crop are ruined.
Growers say ii is not the grape berry
moth. an old enemy, but a brand-new
pest.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
Ocenn Steamships.

New York. June u-AuiVed: Adriatic. from South
anton; Bremen. from Bremen. May 90
Arrived out: Graf WalderSee at Hamburg
Sailed from foreign ports: Majestic from Queens
town; Arabic, from Liverpool
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12

While you think Of 1t, telephone your
Want Ad. to The Washington Herald, and
bill will be sent you at 1 cent a word.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
MOTHER OF THIRTY
Woman, Aged Thirty-twO,
Sets a New Record.
QUADRUPLETS THE LAST TIME

Married Sixteen Years, and Annual
Visitation of the StOrk, Usually
with Two or Three Baskets-FOur-
teen of the Children Are Living
on Little New Jersey Farm.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12
The Glass Officers.

Aargest Morning Circulation.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12

"A semadc must have poor opinion of the job if he
neelects refuses insure it.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12

A Little Sum in Investment
Age 25.-
S20.14x20 years=$402.80
Subtract guar d returns, $4,000
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12

HenJ. R. Coles g CO., OPhOistcrinE O6
.sn kinda Sin srgsrA GO RA Nv. ~ EIA
The Washington herald., 1908-06-12

SIIE,OU- .ZU-So,o4
Which is the average annual cost
per $1,000.
To be reduced further by divi-
dends.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
AeadOn Collision Between Pas
SHngeT and Extra Freight
In Kansas
ONE ENGINEER KILLED
twenty-five Persons Injured
and Forty Head Of Cat
lie Dead

Newton, Kan, Oct. I8.-AtchiSon,
Topeka a. Santa Fe passenger train
No. IL, westbound, the Oklahoma
and Texas express, which left Kansas
City last night, cOllided headon with
an extra stock train eastbound near
Braddock, thirteen miles cast OF
Newton, today.
David Roberts, engineer OF the
stock train, was killed and twenty.
two passengers more or less injured,
none, it is believed, fatally.
The collision occurred Just east
OF the station at Braddock and both
trains were running full speed.
II is thought the accident was
caused by crew on No. IL running
by vlock signal.
Forty head Of cattle were killed.
With the exception Of two persons,
who live in Philadelphia and 81. Jo-
seph, Mo-, all the injured live in
Kansas.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
5 BISHOPS
AT FUNERAL
Conduct Imposing Service in
Memory Of Bishop Hen
y Potter
Associated Press.

New York, Oct. 1S.-Five bishops
will take part in the funeral SER
vice for Bishop Henry Potter, who
died at his summer home at Coop
erstown,. n, Y. July 81, least, which
viii take place at Grace Episcopal
church, Broadway and Tenth streets,
at IL o'clock tomorrow morning.
Bishop David Greer, successor to
Bishop Potter, will be in charge.
The Others are Right Rev Lawrence,
bishop of MASSACHUSETTS; Right Rev.
McVickers, Rhode Island; Right Rev.
Smith. cOsdjuter bishop OF Penn
sylvania, and Right Rev. Hare, mis-
sionaTy bishop of South Dakota.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
3 STREET CARS
RACE WITH
DEATH
Pile Up In Wreck at Foot Of
Steep Hill IN Kan
SaS City
UNE PASSENGER kILLEp
Coach Near Top Of Grade
BUSHES Back on Two
Following
ONE PASSENGER KILLED
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Kansas City, oct. 1S.-Three troll
ley cars on the Troost avenue line
collided at Thirteenth street and
Troost avenue today.
One man was killed and fifteen
other passengers more or less Sc
yerely injured.
The airbrake failed on one Of the
cars at Tenth street and Troost ave-
nue. and ran back down the steep
hill.
There were two cars coming up
the hill back of the first car and
for two blocks these two lower cars
backed away in a thrilling attempt
TO escape.
The cars we're crowded with pas
sengers bound to town, many Of
mem business men.
For three blocks before the cars
finally oolhded men and women
jumped franticaily TO the street and
many were hurt In an effort TO es-
cape.
II. L. Smith OF Nevada, No, aged
A5, was killed when the front end Of
the rear car crushed in.
All three GERS were wrecked.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22

Fire discovered at 5:2S O'Clock
Sunday morning destroyed the Santa
Fe roundhouse and shops, eleven
locomotives and other property In
this city, entailing loss of approx
imstely Sl25,OOO. The insurance
is $4,000. The store rooms are
about all that escaped the ravages
OF the flames, yet stores, to the
amount of $1,000 were destroyed.
The origin OF the fire is unknown.
The Daily Panhandle made an ei-
fort today TO secure some definite
word from the officials OF the road
regarding the question OF rebuilding
the plant in this city, but it was stat
cd that it is too early at this time
to give positive answer, Yet an
order has come from headquarters
to at once erect temporary sheds and
care for all work for the present as
heretofore.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22

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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22

or the eleven locomotives includ-
ed in the br"n some OF these will be
an almost total loss, in view of the
fact that water was turned upon the
heated metal in efforts of the fire
fighters to control the conflagratIoA.
Those engines which went tAroGEA
the fire, but which were not sprayed
with water, are believed 10 Do In
fair shape for rebuilding.
The blaze originated in the south
east corner OF the roundhouse and
was carried by stiff wind from the
south and east through the entire
shops, rendering the latter a total
loss.
In the meantime flames took hold
upon the coal chutes, coal cars, heaps
of coal, the pumping station and
stationary engine rooms Of the plant,
as well as the water tank, which
latter had been emptied in the fight
to save the storeroom.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22

On account Of the advanced state
of the flames when discovered and
the oil-soaked condition of the TIM
bers of the roundhouse and shops,
together with the prevailing winds,
and the fact that the buildings were
located outside OF the fire limits, the
fight to save the property was one
against greatest odds. Switchmen
and other employees Of the company,
as well as the city volunteer depart
ment, responded promptly and rem
dered all aid possible. The railroad
men busted themselves with moving
engines to places OF safety, while
the firemen directed their attention
in an effort to prevent spread OF
the flames to merchandise and other
in the yards, and also to
the protection Of adjoining buildings.
Within two hours from the time
fire was discovered the vast prop
critics lay in a heap OF ruins.
Local officials OF the road mar
shaled their forces and soon the de-
bris was being removed, and tracks
cleared. This work was continued
throughout the day with fine effect.
Through the work OF the fire de-
partment the greater part of the coal
cute was saved, although a car loaded
with coal was burned at the highest
point of the chute and pitched into
a roaring furnace beneath, a distance
Of thirty-five feet.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
STATUE OF WASHINGTON
THROWN INTO LAKE
Associated Press.

4 Associated Press. 4
r Lusano, Switzerland, Oct. 10. 4
X During last night a bronze stat 4
h ne Of George Washington was 4
4 removed from the top OF It's 1
4 monument on the quay here, \
4 and 1t is believed it was thrown 4
4 into the lake by rowdies. In 4
K habitants OF the town are fndig- 4
4 nant at the outrage. The statue \
4 was madein 1851 for a country 4
\ home OF an American resident. 4
4 Subsequently it was purchased 4
4 by the municipality. \
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FOR SALE--Brood sowS, bred by
thoroughbred boar. ]. F. Roberts
st. Francis, Texas. sSSp
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22

Only the saving OF the storerooms
makes the operation possible as It is
today. The most acute confusion
is in the record department Of the
master mechanics office, but even
these records will be restored by Sc
curing copies from the different cor
respondents.
All engines of the Santa Pc are
now watering at the tanks OF the
Fort Worth L. Denver City, and will
continue until pumping may be re-
sumed at the company reservoir.
The present force clearing I'M the
grounds and caring for the salvage
viii be maintained and probably aug
nepted.
This was the most disastrous fire
in the records of Amarillo, and de-
struction was so swift that many cit
liens did not realize that the shops
were burning until the plant was
a heap of ashes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
STORM RACES
IN COLORADO
One Death Reported and All
Rail Traffic Is Greatly
lmpsdSd
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
/Denver, Oct. 19.--Storms, accom-
panied by rain, which later changed
into snow, prevailed in northeast
Colorado for the last forty-eight
hours.
In the mountain sections the
snowfall was heavy.
Considerable damage was done to
electric light wires, and telegraph
and telephone wires are seriously ef-
fected,
Railways and interurban electric
lines are interrupted and in some
instances they are completely
blocked,
Several accidents, and at least one
death have resulted from persons
coming in contact with broken live
wires.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
0. P. MARTIN
GETS BAIL

Justice Holman today admitted
Oliver p. Martin 10 bail in the
sum OF $1,000, at Ithe close of a
habeas corpus hearing continuing
over a week.
Martin was arrested August 10, a
few hours after they discovery OF the
dead body OF Charles Stewart, and
taken to Canadian,
The defendant was returned to
Amarillo one week ago today to
have his examining trial, the result
of which has already been given.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
WIND INJURIES CIRCUS

The sells-Floto shows Iailed to
put on their performance here to-
day on account OF the stormy condi-
tins, One Of the tents Of the COM
pany was blown down with such
force that a Shetland pony was
killed and other damage to the live
stock sustained. About the time the
parade was billed to appear in the
streets, the show was loading for its
next stop.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
TEXAS GINS
ARE BURNED
Jacksonville Section Scene Of
EIghtddIAg OepredatIOns..
Other Plants Close

Palestine, Texas, Oct. 1s.-Bsrney
Pearlstone of this city received a
dispatch today from Buffalo, Leon
county, that his gin was not oper-
atins, a notice having been sent
through the mails threatening to
burn the plant il continued.
Other gins in Leon county received
similar warnings.
II is reported from Jacksonville
that several gins in that section were
burned last night.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
TEXS WOMAN KILLED.
Special to Daily Panhandle.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
Shreveport, La, oct 19.-Mrs.
Bonnie Medlock, formerly Miss Will
lace of Lone Star, Cherokee county,
Texas, was found dead in her home
here last night with her brains blown
out and a revolver in her hand. The
self-destruction of this 11-year-Old
bride followed a dispute with her
husband as to which church they
should attend.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22
BRIDEGROOM IN TROUBLE.
Special to Daily Panhandle.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
Waco, Oct. 1s.-Within an hour
after G.. w. Wheeler married Ella
Warren OF Oklahoma, complaint was
filed by Dovie Warren. the brides
cousin, charging Wheeler with Grim
inally deceiving her under promise
of marriage. Wheeler made bond
for examining trial Wednesday.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-10-22

The explosion of a tank contain
ing $50 gallons of machine oil added
touch OF sensation after the fire
had begun to die away. The flames,
following the burning of the oil tank
promised again to visit destruction
upon the storerooms that had been
saved through the heroic efforts of
the men engaged in that department,
led by Storekeeper Davis. The roof
.of the store was again covered with
men, and soon the bucket brigade
was doing excellent service. Even
through last night several men were
kept on watch at the storeroom to
protect the supplies against the pos