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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
DIES FROM
HYDROPHOBIA
Though Laughing at Idea Of
DYING, Man SuCCumbS 10 e.
feet Of Dog Bite
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
New York, Aug 1i.-Although
Conrad stelngruber laughed at Christ
hospital physicians In Jersey CITY,
who said he would die In twenty
four hours from the effects Of dog
bite. tho prophecy was fulfilled to-
day. stolngruber was disoelIeyer
In hydrophobla and said he would
be we'll In a few days. lie rapidly
grew worse, however. lie was con-
sclous until the end, and almost his
last words were that he would re-
cover. lie was bitten by dog litls
over three weeks ago.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
REAR ADMIRAL
COGSWELL DEAD
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Milwaukee, Wis Aug, lA.--Rear
Admiral James X. CogswelL U, S, N"
retired, Is dead at Jacksonville, Fla
This information was conveyed to
his brother-in-law, Lieutenant Cen
eral Arthur Macarthur, In telegram
received today which simply an
nounces his death Macarthur says
the news is a surprise to him as no
did not know Cogswell was i'll.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
Real Estate Transfers.

W. H. Fuqua, Frederick Kendall
and ]. L. Smith, trustees Of the
Baptist church, to c. X. Chanslor
a warranty deed, total considera-
ton of which Is $4,000, covering
lots ! and 2, of block SO, city OF
Amarillo.
n. NJ. Boyd to C. P. Watkins, lot
10, block 211, of the Holland add
ton, $1,000.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
California Belle to We'd.
,eclal to Daily Panhandle.

Special to Daily panhandle.
San Francisco, Aug. 14.-That dis
lance is no hindrance to the schemes
Of Cupid will be demonstrated here
tomorrow, when Miss Grace Lew
ellyn Jones, the daughter of Mrs. l..
Llewellyn Jones, a leader in San
Francisco society, will become the
bride Of Robert Gibson, Jr, a we'll
known New York society man and
lawyer. Miss Jones has often been
called "the most beautiful girl on
the Pacific coast" The ceremony
will be performed tomorrow in fash
ionable Trinity church.
Miss Jones is a beautiful blonde,
and her golden hair and delicate
coloring have attracted the atten-
ton Of many artists Eve Almona
Wlthrow and Matteo Sandona, the
Veronese artist, are among those
who have put in oils the fair daugh-
ter OF the Golden state She is the
granddaughter of j. C. Burnett, ex-
governor of California
Mr.. Gibson Is a graduate Of the
! Columbia University Law School ant
q member OF the New York Bar AS
ISOLATION and several metropolitan
clubs. The young couple will make
their home in new York.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20

=. Charles T. stewart night "a'on-
man for the Santa Fe system here
was found dead on the tracks about
!, O'Clock this morning by Edward
sCmnn, tho night cali boy, who was
ON Ss way to make a call FOR train
man FOR carly duty There was
bullet wound over the left eye,
rb, hod,, wae found living between
-. ,.. oors ,yirc.o IN IFS
WV
back Snlos' ''''''o'''''' u" '"'
The yah Offices OF the Fo't "o''" "
Denyc tracks, hundred yards or
50 cad Of the depot.
o,,t, -, - road voro nou-
.,,,.bo
lI0u "' tue oou! woe '''''0
EaAlc undertaking '"'a"''S"' "'"'
where an autopsy performed this
mo,nic nv mrs. Thomas and Gist
So, 49, ,,o, ma, tho bullol
- ,-u,, A.
""''' We J." az ''''' $500.
cah'H vas l'eu ''o'u GUS '''
eieNttd position and at very close
raRe = Ia entered above the left
r.4rs, al tho INNER line of the
,,,d
io'e WY" Nv w. -,
coh'' {, y ,"ai'' poU vs., ,.,, .iao
bas OF ING BRAN on the ''l' ''u ~,
Ianmust hVe causeu instant u'"'A
men toPd' the Douy wac OF w"
ndon us nCh' ana Tue ''''''u ~
N"e' wac '""u ''o', w 49, ,.od
orer' not aSnot ua''"s oe'" '''''
teretrom'
II Is reHePereu oS peopI' ." ,'I
nelghoornoou Yhat at ll'4V 'Uo
vas tlreo' pu'notn'ns 'e,ne app ,'
tent az tne uHN no lu,,".' N.Y.
was TAKEN UNIV the eau w, a w,
,dentaiy StumoIeloNe tue pou'' u"
'V'P'' vac '' -, "a
some ume' SO tn Snot nra'u AZ WI
Tune was IN al prooSO''','' Wv, Wv
lhat enueu 'ouT o'e"''' . ~, II,
car man Wo'Nn'' j" Tue va, 70 ~ ~
PUNE says nc Wau inc '"o' "'U ~
Va man run"'nl away |" az, s,o
the poll'e wee mere S'I' ,,,r, OIL ~,
the dlSco'erS''Hu l'""i"s 'oo'"'" D,, i"
which applre'Iy lea III NO p'' ~
aiar direction 'ney pong .,I,'
and re'raceo 20 olte" ,"'S m"Oo
Hu' ''u sea-, ""N - ,'a,
a man mahlg away !" ''''0'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
.ICHT WATCHMAN
SHOT AND KILLED
On Duty in Railroad Yards When Shot Down By
Unknown Man at Close Range, Bullet Rip
ping Through Left Side Of Head

or age and the son Of c, NJ, stewart
special detective agent for the santa
Fe. lie left last evening for a short
trip down the line, nut has been
reached by telegraph and reached
town before noon,
Deceased was young man VINO
was generally respected and a mem
her of Clcburno lodge No. SILL B
p. o. E.
latcr-It appears that the de-
ceased saw Jailor o, p. Martin last
night at the union depot and asked
Martin to accompany him through
the yards. Martin consented to do
this, and this Is his version Of later
happenings,
I'VE started 10 so together at
about lO:45 and went through the
santa Fc yards and then started
through the Denver lie went on
one side of line Of box cars and |
on the other. lie was about car
and a halls length ahead of me when
| heard him call Halt" and then
Immediately followed a gun shot. ]
ran up and saw a man cross string
OF cars. followed and the man
crossed a second string, but before
could catch up and cross the third
string he crossed lost him. so !
walked back Ia the depot and made
enquiries for stewart and learned II
was about time for him 10 DO at the
Saddle Rock restaurant. went
there and not finding him. thought
he had gone off by himself some
where, SO | did not bother about II
any more. We were going up the
track there striking matches and
seeing who we could run out, Anc
IL all happened about ll:45, the
train was five minutes ahead o.
time, and it passed about five min
utes before"
Stewart. father OF the slain younl
man, when seen today was heart
broken he said, IF the boy had al
enemy in the world did not know
of 1t. lie was never in trouble in tn
world, he always got along we'll wit
anybody and | know he did not
think there was anybody who ha
anything against him, He has a.
ways taken an interest in politics
but II could not have been anythin
on that account for he has neve
done anything that anybody coul
take exception to, so far as know
Services will be held some time t
morrow at our home in Glenwoo
! and the remains will be shipped
, Cleburne for burial. That hoy nevC
s had a personal difficulty in his iii
! that | knew Of He was a memb'
= in good standing Of the Odd Fellow
{ Elks and Eagles"
D James Carter, with whom he use
to travel before the formers rem
A val from the force, was visibly a
o fected and spoke in glowing tern
d of the young mans high moral cha
actor. He AYERS Charles Stewart wi
n at the time Of his death, supportir
8 a widowed sister with several oh!
dren.
v He was the only boy OF a iami
>. Of six children and there is no dou
% his loss will be keenly felt,
It The Mexican who was arrested
connection with the case later ga
rs his name as Jose MARTINEZ
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
D|R|GIDLE BALLOON
FLIES over BERLIN
Associated Press.

AssOCiated Fress,
Berlin. Aug. 1i.--The new Parsi-
val balloon which Is constructed on
the flexible system made flight
over and around Berlin today that
lasted two hours and forty-five min
utes.: Various maneuvers against
and with the wind were carried out
at an altitude ranging from 600 to
1000 feet. The airship showed ex-
cellent stability and answered the
will of the pilot easily and satisfac'
torily.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
KILLS
AN OFFICER
And Is Killed in TuTn--Tragedy
on Passenger |, & n.
Train In La,
Press.

New orleans, Aug. 14.-Police-
man John j. Carroll was cut to death
by negro cook, who was afterwart
killed by the police on Louisville
G. Nashville train at the station here
today. The cook was quarreling
with another negro and when the
officer entered the dining car the
cook disembowled him The MUIR
derer fled to the drawing room car,
where he was killed,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
Linton Gun Series.
Special to Daily Panhandle.

Special TO Daily Pdnnduuie'
Chicago, Aug. IA three days
Yacht race meeting which will sur
pass all previous contests Of the lip
ton cup series will be commenced to-
morrow, continuing Monday and
tuesday. interest among the yachts
men of the lakes region Is intense,
a.. the races promise to be exceed
tngly Co - 4
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
ROBBER
IS KILLED
While Gang Was Attempting to
Rob a Saloon in Bright
Daylight
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Chicago, Aug. 14--Leonard Smith,
alias william Fay, was shot and kill
ed today in an attempt to rob a West
Madison saloon, 1t was broad day
light and many pedestrians were
passing when Smith, accompanied by
two companions, entered the saloon.
Their command to throw up hands
was met by Lawrence McGaw, a bar
tender, with fusilade of shots, one
Of which killed Smith. His compan-
ions were arrestct,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
Battleships Leave for sydney

Auckland, Aug. ti.-The Ameri-
can battleships are to leave tomor-
row morning at 8 o'clock They go
to Sidney, n. S. W.. where they are
due August 90, and will remain a
week. American sailors have won
unstinted praise OF the people OF
Auckland for their behavior during
their stay Thousands Of the men
have been ashore day after day and
there has been no disturbance u
peace.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20

Miss Ethel Maud Maple, Of Chiea'
go, arrived in Amarillo yesterday /
Tor A short visit before entering up |
on her duties as trimmer for Mrs, j,
w, swanson In the new millinery
store TO he opened the latter part OF
the month in tho Num- building,
W. b Johnson, sheriff OF Hemp
hin county, came In this noon with
VIII Johnson and VIII shirley two
suspects arrested In box ear Of Ca
madam, who viii be held In CON
ncction with tho stewart shooting
case, pending inquiries.
&C. Golding Is quite III today
I'd Engman is a business visitor
In DALLAS today,
Nose Wesley Of Cola, was a Wis
itor here yesterday
Jim Amanhscr, Of Claude, was
shopping hero yesterday.
John Hutson, Of Canyon, was 10
tho city today on business,
l.. b. Wright, OF Rosebud Is Wis
iting with friends here today.
Mrs. sheuy Of Washburn, spent
yesterday shopping in Amarillo
TAYLOR Bassett has returned from
a trip to Fort Worth aud Dallas
Charlie Kclscr ana family Of Can
yon city arc shopping here today
Mr. and Mrs. D. e, Mckinney took
a trip down the Denver last night,
Hamp Brown and John Clary are
business visitors in Washburn today,
Captain W. II. lngorton just re-
turned from a business trip to Dal'
laa.
f. W. HAYS returned last night
from two weeks stay at Kansas
| City.
Mrs George f. Altman, Of Vernon
is visiting with Miss Mable Ea5um
this week.
DR.. T. o. Maxwell and wife Of Aus
tin, are visiting with the family o.
J. w. Collins.
r, l.. "Kokomo" Smith, Of Aka
homa City, is transactins business
in Amarillo today.
!. w. Kelly returned TO Crane
Ridge, ILL.,, after a few weeks visi
on the south plains.
Britt Eden and family and Yves
Cameron, OF Waco, arc visiting tn
family Of John Golding.
H. f. smith, OF the Morrow-Thom
as Hardware company, has returne
( from a two weeks stay at Minera
= Wells.
Mrs. Luther Patton, Of WOODWARD
I Okla, Is in the city for a visit wit
q Mrs. L, S. stowell, at 1910 Lincol
street.
4 Mrs. Beard mother Of Mrs. WI
j. A. Miller left for Frederick, Okla
today and thence to her home
s Decatur, Texas.
s Mutt Chidrcss, sheriff of Law
renee county, Arkansas, stopped ov'
4 in Amarillo last night en- route
= Memphis, Texas, on business.
D. l.. Meyers, general passeng'
agent for the p. V lines has retur
p ed from a trip to Roswell Carlsba
Planvlew, and other points on Il
road.
x Mrs Estella T. Ritter, formerly
N Dothan, Ala, but at present res
dent Of Roswell is here to spend
ot few days with Mrs. L. S. Stowe
n on South Lincoln street.
G. w. Wilson, of Denton, is loo
d ing over Amarillo again. Mr. Wils'
% says If he had stopped when he "
90 here ten years ago he would ha
L. been worth as much as any Amari'
r. man.
w. P. Wilson of the industrial
ID partment of the Santa Fe, wi
T., headquarters at Chicago, was he
yesterday and left for Carlsbad a
Cd Roswell in the afternoon. MIR, W
or son is working in the interest Of
"a. irrigation congress TO be held
Albuquerque the last of septemb
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
Ira u. sankey Dead.

New York, Aug 14.--lra D. San.
kew, singing evangelist, died at his
home in Brooklyn last night.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20

7 NJ. Trulock and c. w Trulock,
Of Paris, are registered at the Elm
hirst.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20

possibilities OF the plains as a farm
ing country,
The camp voted their next three
reunions here.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-17
bull often we had opportunity to

bull often we had opportunity to
watch the others at their daily affairs,
and even the unresponsive Thrackles
was struck with their almost human
intelligence. Did you know that seals
kiss each other and weep tears when
| grieved?
The men often discussed among
themselves the narrow, dry cave. There
the animals were practically penned
In. They agreed that a great killing
could be made there, but the impossi-
bility Of distinguishing between the
bulls and the cows deferred them. The
cave was quite dark.
Immersed in our own affairs thus
the days, weeks and months went by.
Events had slipped beyond my con-
troll. l had embarked on a journals
tic enterprise, and now that purpose
was entirely out Of my reach.
Up the valley DIR. Schermerhorn and
his assistant were engaged in some ex-
pertinent OF whose very nature was
still ignorant; also I was likely to re-
main so. The precautions taken
against interference by the men were
equally effective against me. As II
that were not enough, any move Of
investigation on my part would be
radically misinterpreted and to my
own danger by the men. I might as
well have been In London.
However. as to my first purpose in
this adventure I had evolved another
plan and therefore was content.
made up my mind that on the voyage
home, II nothing prevented, I would
tell my story to Percy barrow and
throw myself on his mercy. The re-
suits Of the experiment would proba-
bly, by then be ready for the public.
and there was no reason, as far as /
could see. why should not get the
SCOOP" at first hand.
Certainly my sincerity would be
without question. and hoped that
two years or more of service such as
/ had rendered would tickle DIR. Scher-
merhorn's sense Of his own impor-
lance. So adequate did this plan
seem that I gave up thought on the
subject.
My whole life now lay on the shores.
was not again permitted to board
the Laughing Lass. Captain Selover
I saw twice at a distance. Both times
he seemed TO be rather uncertain. The
men did not remark Il. The days
went BIZ. I reIapSed into that state 80
well known to you all when one seems
caught In the meshes Of a dream ex-
istence which has had no beginning
and which Is destined never to have
an end.
We were to hunt seals and ssh and
pry bivslves from the rocks az low
tide and build fires and tax and al
ternate between suspicion and securi-
II. between the danger Of sedftion and
the insanity Of men without defined
purPose. world Without end forever.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-17
mo need to be-" he continued.
said NOTHING

mo need to be" he continued.
said nothing.
He looked at me shrewdlv. then
stood off on another tack.
well, sir, I didn't mean just that.
I didn't mean you was really scared
of us. But we're gettin' to know each
other, livin' here on this old island,
: brothers-like. There amt no officers
When we gets back to the old Laugh
ing Lass, then we drops back into our
dooty again all right and proper. You
can kiss the book on that. Old Scrubs,
he knows that. He don't want no
shore in his. He knows enough to
stay aboard, where ue'd all rather
| be-"
Ha stopped abruptly. spat and look
ed at me. l wondered whittier this
devious diplomacy led us.
"Still, in one way, an officers ar
officer, and seaman's a seaman,
thinks you, and discipline must be
held up among mates ashore or afioat,
thinks you. Quite proper, sir. And l
can see you think that the arms is
for the afterguard except in case Of
trouble. Quite proper. You can do
the shooting. and you can keep the
cartridges always by you. Just for
discipline. sir"
The mans boldness in so fully arm
ing me was astonishing. and his care
lessness in allowing me aboard with
Captain Selover astonished me still
more Nevertheless l promised to go
for the desired cartridges, fully re-
solved TO make an appeal.
A further consideration Of the ele-
ments Of the game convinced me, how
ever, Of the fellows shrewdness. II
was no more dangerous 10 allow me a
riae-under direct surveillance the
purposes Of hunting than 20 leave me
my sawed OF revolver. which I still
retained. The arguments he had used
against my shooting Perdosa were
quite as cogent now. AS 10 the sec
ond point. I. finding the sun uneI-
psctedly strong. returned from the
core for my hat and so overheard the
following between ThrackIes and his
leader:
What's to keep him from staying
aboard" cried ThrackIes. protesting.
We'll. he might" acknowledged
Handy Solomon. and then are ve the
worse OFF, You amt going to make
q boat attack against Old Scrubs. are
youTr
ThrsckIes hesitated-
You can kiss the book on Il you
amt went On Handy solomon easily.
''Nor me nor Pulz nor the greaser nor
the niger nor none q Us all together.
We've had Cur dose Of that Well. n
BE goes sb0ard and stays where are
ws the worse on I asks you that
But be wont This IL v'ars EoIn' To
happen says he to Old sorub.. sir.
tie men Bssds yoa to hash In their
keads' Bash 'sm In yourself says
be. that's vat you're for Ard n he
sboald cone ashore vat oosH he doi
I ASKS yoa that We AMT disoteyed
70 orders doosy delivered Were ready
10 pail billiards at she uorSi No. Bet
hIn 20 sbosrd- ard Il -be pe2ches q
tse cd nzn- shy. al TIE better. fer
L tzst gets the cd Ran d. O. hi1
~Hgw ahez1 0sd scr1h~
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-17

'Mr. LdseA, uUnt you want TO go
huntingY or MIR. Eagen, / guess I'll
just go along with You TO stretch my
legs" had given way to, We're going
fishing. You'd better come along"
/ had known for long time that I
had lost any real control Of them,
and that perhaps Inundated me a lit
tie. However. my inexperience at
handling such men and the anomalous
character Of my position to some ex-
tent consoled me. In the fllaments
brushed across the face of my under
standing / could discover none so
strong as to support IN overt act on
my part. cannot doubt that had the
affair come TO a focus should have
warned the scientists even at the risk
of my life. In fact. as shall have oc-
casion to show you. l did my best.
But at the moment in all policy could
see my way to little besides acquies-
cence.
We killed seals by sequestrating the
bulls. surrounding them and clubbing
them at a certain point Of the fore
head. 1t was surprising 10 see how
bard they fought and how quickly
they succumbed to a blow properly d.
rected Then we stripped the mask
erith its bristle Of long whiskers. took
the gall and dragged the carcass into
the surf, where II was devoured by
fish. At first the men. pleased by the
novelty. stripped the skins. The blub-
Der. often two or three inches I'm thick
ness. had then 10 be cut away from
The pelt, cube by cube. II was a long.
an oily and odOriferous job. We stunk
nightly Of seal oil Our garments
were shiny with II. The very pores
Of our skins seemed TO oOze il. And
even after the pelt was fairy well
cleared Il had still to be tanned Percy
parroE suggested the method. but the
process was long and generally unsat-
iSfactory. With the acquisition q the
eth greasy. heavy and I'll smelling
piece Of fur the mems interest in pelt-
res vraRcd They confined themselves
IN all strictness TO the trimmings
Percy Darrou showed Us how t.
clean the whiskers. The process was
evil The masks were quite simply to
IL advanced 80 far in the way Os pu-
trsfactiUa that the b-istles world part
readily from their sockets. The first
izafch the men hung cut GA q line A
few moments later ne heard q mighty
spawning and rusbei cut 70 End the
island ravens making Of with the en-
tire catch Protec1io1 Of netting had
to b rizEed We caught sezEs for q
Eoz-h q 50 There Uas novelty in Il.
sad Il Sz.isaed the list fo- killing As
LIE vent On the balls grew waTiar.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-17

Then we made expeditions to outlying
rocks.
Later Handy Solomon approached
me on another diplomatic errand.
THE seals is getting shy, sir" said
I he.
They are" saidI.
THE only way to do is TO shoot
them" said he.
"Quite like" agreed.
A pause ensued.
We've got no cartridges" he insinu-
ated.
And you've taken charge of my RI
fie." pointed Gus.
"Oh. not a bit. sir" he cried. "Thrac-
kles, be just took 1t to clean ii. You
can have it whenever you want it.
sir"
Il have no cartridges. as you have
observed" said l.
There's plenty aboard" he suggest
ed
And they're in very good hands
there" said l.
He ruminated a moment. polishing
the steel Of his hook against the other