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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-23

Dr. Albert BUSHNELL Hart of Cam"
bridge, Mass, has recently been IN"
speeding Texas and her possibilities
Tho doctor devoted some time to a
careful invoice OF Houston and Cal
weston, and is much interested in tho
commission form OF government; in
fact, his visit here was induced to
know of the working of this kind
of government, and from what no
has learned he is much pleased at its
progress. lie is strong in his express
sion Of the greatness of Texas and
tho prosperity of her people, and
predicts that within two generations
Texas will have as large a population
as the state OF New York.--sulphur
Springs Gazette.
Texas Is showing many new and
rich natterns in municipal govern
mont natural resources and indus
trial enterprise. In state where
every agricultural product common
|. to the temperature zone flourishes'
where nearly every mineral Of CONF
mercIsI Importance is represented,
where timbering, shipping, stock"
raising and manufacturing are carr
ried on with continuous success, and
where the cotton crop alone is worth
$500, 100000 annually. there ought
TO be something to interest the out-
side world,-Dallas News.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-23
DIED or PNEUMONIA.
Joe Moore, Mexican, TO BE Buricd
by Fellow Countrymcn.


(From Tuesdays Daily0
Late yesterday Joe Moore MoXi-
can, who had been employed about
Amarillo in various capacities died
at 700 North POLK His fellow coun-
trymen here are taking charge OF
the remains and will conduct the
funeral from the Eakle undertaking
rooms tomorrow
Moore came here several months
ago from down near the Mexican Dor
der. He failed to get work here for
time and was then employed IN
restaurant until he became lamed by
running nail in his foot Exposure
brought on the attack OF pneumonia
which proved fatal.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-23
CAPT. PADDOCK HELPS
AMARILLO GROW
tFvom Fridays Daily)

The following letter from Captain
F. 3. Paddock, the veteran city
builder, who as secretary, mas made
Fort Worth's Board of Trade one Of
the most potent influences in the
commercial life Of Texas, is a char
acleristic expression OF the generous
spirit in which Captain Paddock and
the city he represents are co-operat-
ing in the development Of Amarillo
and the Panhandle
Mr.. j. il. Avery,
Amarillo, Texas.
Dear Sir;--I am in receipt OF your
esteemed favor OF the 18th inst, Gu
closing your check for $50 in pay
mcnt Of my expenses on my recent
trip to Amarillo, which you say -
must accept
most respectful beg leave to
return same to YOU, and ask you to
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-23

regulates iIs advertising pages by
reasonable requirements regarding
display aud Illustrations, 80 that tho
page presents pleasing whole,'-E
EN,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-23

w F. Storley, general freight
agent of the Fort Worth Il Denver,
is hero today attending the inter-
state commerce commission hearing.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-23
Will Cement Together.

The rock used for the work Is the
decomposed limestone from north oil
Amarillo. II Is reasonably hard and
when crushed has many of the quail
tiles OF cement so that 1t viii set
together in hard compact mass.
The contractor believes that by the
building the street Of this and sur
facing it with the finer crushed rock
that a surface will he secured which
will be almost as durable az cement
concrete itself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
TAFT PEOPLE FINALLY WON
Republican Delegates From Kentucky
Instructed for the Secre-
tary of War.

Louisville, May After having con-
trolled the organization and seated
their delegates in all save few of the
contested counties during an all-night
session of the committee on creden-
tials. the Taft men were apparently
about to put their slate of delegates at
large through without a hitch at to-
days session of the Kentucky Repub-
lican convention, when the program
was endangered and the slate at one
time apparently broken by a harmony
speech made by Senator-elect William
o. Bradley, the Fairbanks leader In
stead of winding up the business of Sc
lecting delegates at large to the Re-
publican convention i'm an hour or two,
there was a session lasting from 10 a.
m. until $50 o'clock, when, after hours
of disorder wfrepulling and suspense,
the Taft men finally won out and elect
ed the following delegates at large, in
structed for the secretary of war, to
the Chicago convention:
Governor A. f. Wilson, Judge A. r.
Burnam, Richmond: Marshal Built,
Louisville; Z. ID. Kane (negrO), Louis
Vile
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
FOUL MURDER ON
THE RIO GRANDE
Express Messenger Charles H.
Wright Killed by Bandits
in Colorado.

Denver Colo. May Train robbers,
who boarded Denver & Rio Grande train
No. at Castle Rock, early this morn
ing, murdered Express Messenger Charles
II Wright, aged 20 years, employed by the
Globe Express company. From the dead
messenger the robbers took the KEYS to
a small safe in the baggage car, which
they opened and took the contents. in ali
worth less than 500.
big safe in the car, which contained
a large sum Of money, and the combina-
ton OF which is known only to clerks
OF the company in the principal stations
along the route, was tempered with but
the robbers were unable to enter it, The
body was discovered by G. NJ Bishop.
chief night clerk of the Globe company's
otfice at the Denver Union depot and
b. NJ. Peterson, his assistant These men
went TO the car to get express and could
not get through the door, which should
have been opened by Wright. Wright
was lying beside the big safe in pool
of blood.
Wright was one of the oldest messengers
in the BUSINESS and lived with his wife
and family at 242 Lincoln avenue Den
YER
The train was a through one from Og-
den; Utah, TO Denver, and carried no
mail.
The robbers entered through a side
window, which they broke open. From
this window they shot and killed the
messenger, who died with his gun in his
hand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN
Massachusetts, Delegates to Demo-
cratic National Convention in
Nebraskan's Column.

Boston, May THE Democratic state
convention for the nomination of dele
gates-at-large to the national convention
at Denver, held here today. was thrown
into confusion over the question of adopt
ing resolutions instTucting for Bryan and
whether the delegates should be elected
by reclamation. The committee on reso-
buttons didNnOt come TO a decision on the
Bryan question until after the hour for
the convention TO meet had passed. As
finally accepted by the committee the
resolutions instructed the delegates to
vote for Bryan.
The resolutions as presented to the con-
VentiOn were declared adopted bv the
chairman. but the action was doubted. A
motion to reconsider was ieered. and was
not submitted to the assembly. The prom
osition to elect the Observation-Disclosures nv
with considerable heat
The motion to elect the ticket by ac-
clamation was carried by vote of 400
to 152 The convention then confirmed
George Fred Williams. John B. Moran of
Boston. Daniel T. Doherty of WestfieId
and John w Ccughlin of Fall River as
delegates-at-large by reclamation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
Ranch Hand Arraigned for Dynamit-
ina BURLINGTON Train,

Butte. Mont, May LEWIS Ferris, aged
% ranch hand, was arraigned in a local
court today, charged with the murder of
Engineer Albert c. Bussey of Missoula
who was killed when the Burlington east
bound train was dynamited here last
Friday night. Ferris. who confessed to
the crime TO the county attorney yester-
day, waived preliminary examination and
was remanded without bail. He will face
two other murder charges growing out
of the same case, for the deaths of Fire
man George Ehle and of Carl Ming the
tramp who was killed
Ferries denied, when arraigned in court
today. any knowledge of the ATTEMPTED
hOldup of the North Coast Limited near
Butte last Thursday night. about twenty
four hours before the Burlington out
rage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
POSTPONED TWO DAYS.

POughkeepsie, n. Y. May The ha
beas corpus proceedings of Harry X.
Thaw to procure his release from the
Matteawan state hospital will be begun
here next Wednesday before Justice
MOrschauser, instead of next Monday.
the date heretofore set. This arrange
ment was made today by District At
torney Mack of Duchess county, and
James G. Graham, counsel for Thaw.
The postponement was made TO suit
the convenience of District Attorney
Jerome, whose enga gements will NOT
permit him to come to Poughkeepsie
until Wednesday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
MRS. GUINNESS
LOVE LETTERS
TRANSLATED
Woman Shared Andrew Hedge
lein by Profession of En-
dearing Terms.
ONE WRITTEN TO CARL
PETERSON OF WISCONSIN
FURTHER EXCAVATIONS AT THE
FARM PREVENTED BY RAIN
INVESTIGATION IN CHICAGO.

LapOrte. Ind, May THE Identified
ton Of another of the bodies dug up on
the Guinness farm near here as that of
Ole B. Budsberg of lola Wis, and evil
dence that he, like Andrew Helgelein of
Mansfield, S. D., had been brought into
Mrs. Bella Guinness net through mat
rimOniar' advertisements was one of the
clarifying features of tOday's develop
ments of the case. The identification of
the bundle of bones and flesh as the re-
mains of Budsberg was made by the
man s sons, Mat Budsberg, aged % years,
and Oscar H, two years his junior. The
young men arrived here this afternoon.
The soaking rain which fell cOntnu-
ously for twenty-four hours prevented
further excavation about the farm, and
Sheriff Smutzer devoted his day to I'M
eaTthing possible evidence which may be
used in the trial of Ray Lamphere on the
charge of having caused the death of
Mrs. Guinness and her three children.
The result of his Investigations was such
that Prosecuting Attorney Smith an
nounced that he win seek the immediate
indictment of Lamphere and will endeavor
to have the case called for trial at the
next term of court, which is scheduled
TO start Nav il.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
Complaint Made by Heinze.

According to a detective of the dis
trict attorneys office. who made the
arrest, Brennan came to New York
several days ago after having been in
communication with Heinze for some
time. The complaint which led to Bren-
mans arrest was made by Heinze at
the district attorneys office yesterday
He said that an attempt was being
made to extort money from him, and
that Brennan has told him that he
(Heinze) had violated the laws of Mon
tana in some of his copper transactions
there, and he charged that Brennan
threatened TO start the law after
Heinze if he was not paid $4,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
Led Into d Trap.

the first threats were made by let
ter. according to Heinze and. getting no
satisfaction in that way, Brennan came
to New York and visited Heinze in his
Broadway office. The detective was as
signed to the case and had Heinze
make an appointment with Brennan
today. Before the appointed hour the
detective concealed himself in q closet
where he could see and hear all that
was said. According to the police,
after a conversation Heinze made out
three demand notes for Brennan. One
note was for $4,000, and two notes for
$4,000 each. After these notes had
been made out and passed over to the
Butte man the detective placed him
under arrest.
Although he had no bOndsmen i'm
court when bail was fixed at 5000.
Brennan said that he thought that he
could furnish il without any trouble.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
BUTTE LAWYER
LED into TRAP
Tries to Separate F. Aug.
Heinze From the Tidy Little
Sum of $4,000.
LATTER REFUSES TOILET GO
NEW YORK DETECTIVES COLLAR
THE ATTORNEY.
LATTER REFUSES TOILET GO

New York, May Edward E. Bren-
nan, a lawyer of Butte, Mont, was ar
rested in the Office of F. Augustus
Heinze late this afternoon, charged
with attempting to extort $4,000 from
Mr.. Heinze.
Brennan is 81 years old, and his peo-
pie are said to be prominent residents
of Indianapolis. When he was ar
raigned Immediately after his arrest
he was held fOrty-eight hours for fur
Their examination
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
GONPERS INSISTS THAT CONGRESS
ENACT CERTAIN LABOR LEGISLATION
Yelled Hint That Failure Will Bring Down Wrath of Voters
Upon the Representatives.

lation or for its failure who will vote for
adjournment before the enactment Of
these measures, may imagine themselves
in FOOLS paradise, but I am confident
that the people Will hold them respon-
sible for the vote 10 adjourn equally as
though they had voted against the meas
ures to which | refer
The Labor Bills.
He enumeratcs the following as the
measures which labor viii insist shall be
enacted on before Adjournment
The Wilson bill amending the Sherman
antitrust law.
The Pearre bill regulating the issuing of
the injunetive writ 10 its original and
beueficent purposes.
Extension of the eight-hour law to all
government employees and 10 employees Of
contractors or sub-contra ctors performing
work for the government.
A general employers liability law appli-
cable to all workers so far as the federal
jurisdiction extends.
Mr.. GOmpers says that from his knOW9-
edge of the members of the house ''he is
fully persuaded that there are enough
members of the majority who would act
with the minority members on the neces-
sary bills to secure their passage and
have them go over for the senate's action
before the adjournment of this session of
congress
1t is understood that these bills were
referred TO the judiciary committee in ac-
cordance with the house rules requiring
the reference to that committee of ali
bills involving new legislation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
Defended Heinze's Partner,

Butte, Mont. May ATTORNEY Ed,
z. Brennan was counsel for A. B.
Clements, former cashier of the Aetna
Banking & Trust company, in whose
failure F. \. Heinze was involved.
Clements was acquitted, of a charge of
violating the state laws upon bank in
corporations.
Brennan was formerly a San Fran
cisco attorney, removing to this city
two months after the earthquake there
He is the law partner now of City At
torney e. S. Booth of Butte, Booth be-
ing one of the prominent Republican
politicians of the state
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
AFRAID TO TOUCH IT.
Republicans Will Sidestep Anti-In.
junction Measure.

Washington, May mo Republican
conference on anti-iniunctiOn measures
will be called until after the adjourned
conference on the currency question.
which is to be held next Monday night
and there is no certainty that the injunc-
ton subject will be considered in con-
ference at all. A member of that COM
mttee said today:
1T is apparently impossible to draft n
bill which would satisfy capital and
labor and pass muster in the house. 1t
looks like a first rate job TO let alone
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.

Bakersfield, Cal. May w. e. Loucke.
his wife and their baby were instantly
killed this morning, when an automobile
in which they were riding was struck by
a Southern Pacific train at Reedley. a
station on the line between Fresno and
Tulare counties. Scott Manlovel. driver
of the automobile. escaped uninjured
According to his account of the acct
dent none of the occupants of the auto
mobile saw the train until 1t was too late
TO avoid collision. Loucke was a prom
inent business man of Selma.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
DIVORCE FOR THE MIXES.

Paris. May The legal expert of the
court presented his conclusion In the Nc
Kee divorce case today. His finding was
in favor of granting a divorce. holding
both Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee responsible,
Formal judgment will be rendered Nav
A. The suit was brought in this CITY
by Mrs. Hart Mckee. formerly Mrs. Hugh
Tevis. The first hearing took place in
March.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
OHIO RASCAL CAUGHT.

Columbus, May Nelson A Cannon.
Columbus agent of the Cleveland Trini-
dad Paving company. on whose confession
of bribery the members of a former board
of public service and the officers of the
Cleveland Trinidad company were indict-
ed. is reported under arrest at Hamilton
Ontario. The charges were never brought
to trial. owing to the flight of Cannon
the chief witness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
FORCED TO WALL
BY PAPER TRUST
House Committee Presented
With Array of Facts by
the Publishers.

Washington May THAT there will he
no secret record in the committee of the
house investigating the wood pulp and
print paper question was made evident to-
day when Chairman Mann refused to re-
ceive from a witness, in confidence. the
names of certain newspaper publishers.
The incident arose during the testimony
of c. l.. Knight. publisher of the Akron
(O.) Beacon-JournaL
Mr.. Knight had stated that TO his knowl-
edge the increase in the price of paper had
wiped out the profits of a number of pa
of them to- the necessity of borrowing
money to meet its payTolls. When called
upon by Chairman Mann TO give the
names of these papers, he declined to do
So on the ground that the information
came to him in a personal manner and
that the publishers had been hit hard
enough already without prOclaiming to
the world the fact that they We're bank
TllDt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08

Mr.. Foraker reminded Mr. CuIberson that
he tMr CulbersOn) had voted for that
law. When the rate law passed. he add
ed, ii was supposed It would result in
lower rates, but with the exception of
action taken shortly after its passage.
the commission had affected rates only
to increase them.
The law authorizes the commission to
fix rates only on complaint, interposed
Mr. CulherSon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
cONsIsToRY POSTPONED.

Rome. May 7.-AccordiDg to a semi-of-
fetal statement made at the vatican the
pope has postponed his cOnsistOry from
June until September. wishing it TO coin
eide with his priesthood jubilee
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
Refused to Receive Names.

He did say, however. that he would give
the names to the committee in conf
dence, and that the committee could sum-
mon them and that they could tell their
experiences if they so desired.
Chairman Mann refused to receive the
names under this condition. stating that if
he was able TO prevent it the committee
would receive no information that did not
go onto the record
A large number OF publishers of news
papers in different sections of the country
were examined today. and they all told
the same story of a steady advance in the
price of paper. Among the publishers
heard was Frank b. NOyes president of
the Associated Press and editor and pro-
prietor of the Chicago Record Herald,
who told of going into the market, ow
ing TO fear of scarcity of paper. and buy
ing 900 tons of paper at $245 per 100
pounds, when the maximum of his con-
tract with another company was $40.
The committee will leave tomorrow for
Corinth y. Y, where an investigation OF
the Hudson River mill will be held.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
Money Didn't Believe 1t.

Mr. Money of Mississippi declared that
he could not believe that the president
mad agreed to any such thing as an in
crease of rates and the 'plunder of the
people"
Mr.. Foraker said he knew nothing of
the presidents connection with this mat
ter. i don't believe" he said, he will
De lound to be a party to any agreement
20 raise rates in violation of law. His
Wnole concern has been that the shippers
should have the benefit of reduced rates"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
SMOOT IS THE
WHOLE WORKS
IN CONVENTION
Slate Goes Through With a
Whoop, Harry Joseph
LaShing LaggardS.
RIDE0UT RESOLUTION
CAUSES EXCITEMENT
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM FAVoRs
ROOSEVELT WITH TAFT AS
SECOND CHOICE.


Amld tempestuous scenes OF rage and
resentment at the filings Of the little band
OF insurgents the followers of SEN
ator Reed SmOOt gained an overwhelming
victory at the Republican state conven-
ton at the Salt Lake theatre Yesterday.
Fhe Rideout resolution, calling for the
domination by the state convention next
fall of the Republican, candfdate Tor aIas.'
ton to the United States, was rejected
by vote which betrayed the apparent
Iy pittablc weakness of the 'iDsIrgentS -
\ platform was adopted faVoring the
ISilolilihd liOh Of President Theodore
Roosevelt as the Republican candidate FOR
the presidency with William II. Taft as
second choice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08

in advertising it does not pay TO
mlsrepresent thing that you have to
SELL II does not pay to resort to meth |
obs that cannot stand the light and so
IN politics il never pays to advertise .
thing beyond what the merits Of the
thing will justify: just as it is never
wise in politics to misrepresent an Op- 4
ponent or to overpraise. William J. |
Bryan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08

Washington, May Responding to
letter from Representative Brumm of the
Twelfth Pennsylvania congressional dis
trict. President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor has written "a letter
in which he strongly urges that congress
shall remain in session long enough to
enact certain legislation which he euumer-
ates. In his letter Mr.. Brumm says:
Il wish to say that | solemnly protest
against the proposed early adjournment
OF congress. as it will be impossible TO
act upon and pass such legislation as is
demanded by the people and asked for
by the president. / will be willing TO join
with others to insist upon the several bills
being brought out of the committees and
acted upon promptly. There is no dis
guising the fact that Speaker Cannon
intended to prevent legislation on these
lines by referring the presidents message
and other bills to the congressional Gre
matory known as the judiciary commit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-08
Discovered by Examiner.

The alleged defalcation was discov-
cred and the complaint filed by Nation
al Bank Examiner William L. Folds.
Soon after the close of banking hours
the warrant was issued and the arrest
followed.
According to Examiner Folds. the
populations have been going on for sew
eral years and were covered I'D on the
occasion of each visit of the examiners
by means of a cashiers check.
The recent defalcation for more than
81 ,000,O 0O by two employees of the FARM
ers' Deposit National bank is said TO
be indirectly responsible for the discov-
cry in the Allegheny National Since
the exposure of the peculatiOn in the
Farmers. it is said, most of the banks
of the city have been shifting clerks
from one position to another for he
purpose of discovering Irregularities.
should any exist. Through such a shift
suspicion was aroused in connection
with the affairs of the Allegheny Ma
tiOnal.
A "PoIiticar' Bank.
Thes Allegheny National is one of the
older and generally regarded as one of
the stronger institutions of the city. 1t
has more or less associated with the
politics Of western Pennsylvania and
the directors room was the scene OF
many important political conferences.
particularly during the life of the late
Senator Quay
Mr.. Montgomery has always been
prominent in politics. and was a close
friend of the late Senator QUAY He
was also prominent socially.
Examiner Folds expressed the belief
after making the charges that Mont
gomery had used the funds of the bank
to assist friends who were in tight
places financially