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The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
semi.Centennial Of Gable.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
New York, Aug. 17.--Today Is a
notable anniversary in the history of
the progress of inventive genius,
since it was Just fifty years ago that
the first Atlantic cable flashed its
first message under the seas and
welded the new world to the old.
Queen Victoria sent the first message
to President Buchanan, and on the
following days the entire country
celebrated, While this cable did not
long remain in operation, it demon
strated the feasibility Of the scheme
which had, in the years preceding,
been denounced as foolhardy pro-
iect. Cyrus w, Field was the pro-
moter of the Atlantic cable, and its
final successful installation was at
tributed to his genius and persever-
ance. The semi-centennial anniver-
sary OF the linking OF the two con-
tinents by submarine telegraph has
not passed unnoticed in New York,
although there has been no extern
sive celebration. The wireless tele-
graph and other wonders OF the last
decade have somewhat furnished the
fame of the cable system, considered
as the supreme test OF mans inven-
tive genius, as it was considered fiji
ty years ago.
The period from August s, when
the cable was landed, to the last OF
August, 1858, was one OF rejoicing
in New York. Festivities of all kinds
were INDUCED in by the people of the
city, and the sending of the first
message was declared to be the
greatest event of the century.
One of the features OF the cele-
bration was great procession, head
ed by the firemen and police, and
including 100 laborers and 500
carts from the Park and the Croton
Reservoir, then in process OF con-
struction, all led by Messrs. Ohm
stead. Waring, Miller, and Grant.
Altogether the procession was three
miles long, and was properly review
ed at the city hall by Mayor Tie
mann. As it passed the Manhattan
hotel, a Waldorf-Astoria OF the day,
its members read this sign:
MARRIED, AUGUST, 1858,
BY
CYRIrq w FIELD
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
California Hibcrnlans.
to Daily Panhandle.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
Oakland, Call Aug, 17,-Cahfor'
MIA Irishmen, with their wives and
families, to the number OF several
hundreds, are taking part In the
state convention opened here today
by the Ancient order OF Hibenians.
Following high mass the transaction
OF routine business occupied tho
opening session.
An exciting contest IS expected
when the election of officers Is hele
on wednesday, as several candidates
are in the field for state president Of
the order.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20

Chicago, Aug, IA Law and Or
der League, composed Of negro resi-
dents Of the South Side, to stamp
out lawlessness and crime in the
black belts OF Chicago and prevent
any such happenings as that which
marked the last three days at Spring
field, will be formed tonight at a
mass meeting in the Institutional
African Methodist Episcopal church,
The decision 10 form such an organ
ization was the result OF a stirring
appeal yesterday by Rev. Stewart.
pastor of the church.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
DROWNED IN
PALO DURO
Young Man SuCCumbS While Try,
Ing Our Patent Life Saver
Near DTeamIand Falls
From Mondays DailyD

news mas redcned mere OF the trAB-
ic death by drowning of Will H..
Walsh Of Dallas, near the Dream
between - and l O'Clock yester-
day,
It seems that Mr., Walsh with a
party Of friends was camped near the
falls for the formers health, who
had been suffering from consump-
ton, Not being able to swim and
having desire to sport in the clear
waters of the Palo Duro, he had pur-
chased from some mail order house
device which was represented as
an absolute safeguard against drown
ing and by the use Of which per-
son could learn to swim at the first
trial in the water. Consequently,
this apparatus having arrived, tho
young man told his friends that he
would go down to certain deep hole
he knew of not far away and have
his first swim before dinner. He
was accompanied by Swear old boy
who was In the party. In about
thirty minutes the boy returned and
reported that VIII had gone under
the water all right but would not
come out at all, and had ignored his
entreaties to do so, This news was
Of course taken as significant and
DR.. Savage, who was also on the
canyon was called. A number OF
other Amarillo people were also in
the vicinity and quite a party hur-
ried to the spot where the boy had
left Walsh and search was imme-
diately instituted After several
deep dives, Mr.. Mcclure, who lives
on Lincoln street in this city, sue
ceeded in locating the body which
was flshed out by Engineer Crotty
Of the Santa Fe. DR.. Savage pumped
his stomach out thoroughly, and for
time 1t was thought that he would
revive, but having been under the
water for about two hours his lungs
were too weak to stand the shock
and it was soon found that he was
beyond human help.
In accordance with the legal re-
quirements in such cases, his body
was laid under a shelving rock where
It remained until coroner could
be called form Cnayon City after
which II was removed 20 that place.
Manager Griggs OF the Maddrey &
Kenyon Co., here went to Canyon
City this morning and prepared body
for shipment to Dallas where the
funeral services will be held to-
morrow
Deceased was a young men about
21-year OF age and was an electrl-
clan by trade. Having discovered
the symptoms OF consumption he had
abandoned his profession and IN
company with A. A, Vardelle and
Mrs. DR.. Cant had sought the PAN
handle climate for relief. He is the
son OF George c, Walsh, of Dallas,
and has a host Of friends in his home
city who will regre to learn of his
untimely and tragic death.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
MANY ARE KILLED
IN ILL. RACE WAR
"NegrO-LOVng" Northern State Gets Taste Of
Southern Medicine Troops Restore Order
and Grand Jury Gets Active

Among the refugees at the arsenal
Is Mrs. William Donnegan, white
widow OF the aged negro who was
lynchcd Saturday night 1t was be-
cause OF her marriage to Donnegan
that the mob's feeling against her
husband was aroused. The ponce are
meeting the usual difficulty in their
attempts to discover the leaders OF
the riot, All arrested claim to have
been present merely as spectators,
The patrolmen claim they could not
recognize" any rioters.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
AMARILLO WINS
ENTIRE SERIES
(From Fridays Daily.)

Local fans witnessed a smuggling
match yesterday afternoon at the
Glenwood ball park which resulted
in Amarillo winning the third game
OF series between themselves and
Memphis. The former games, play.
ed on Friday and Saturday also re.
suited in Amarillo victories, and
proved beyond a doubt the superior
ity OF the locals. The standing OF
yesterdays game was Z to 4, the
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
Bathing Is Dangerous.
Special to Daily Panhandle.

opHCldl 10 Ddlly PanndnOle.
London, Aug. 17.-That the use
OF brushes provided at public baths
is highly hazardous is the assertion
OF DR.. Priestly, a prominent Eng
lish health officer. DR.. Priestly re-
Gently made examinations Of bath
brushes and found in tho bristles a
collection OF nearly all the danger
Gus microbes and bacilli known to
science,
Among the animals found by the
scientist in the bath brush menag.
erie were the microbes, bacillus pro-
digiosus, proteous vulgaris, bacillus
colt, steptococcus, the deadly toruloe,
and many others equally as formid
able.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
Halifax Celebrates.
special 10 DAILY Panhandle.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
Halifax, N. S., Aug. 17.--In con-
nection with the annual meeting OF
the Maritime Board of Trade, a cell
6Dration Of the 15Oth anniversary of
the establishment OF responsible
government in Nova Scotia was com
menced here today.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
AiA y WuHalls
know woman'E aunerlnga.
have found thu eure.

Mrs. Walker and little daugher,
Lucille, Of Waco, are visiting Mrs.
c. Q. Good.
Miss Fannie Trolinger returned
last night from three months visit
IN Tennessee.
Grover c. Elder returned last
night from two weeks visit with
friends in Roswell,
S. p. Dennlng, OF Roswell, stop
ped over yesterday in Amarillo en-
route to Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Smith, OF Dali
las, are spending the week with the
family of ]. w. Curtis here.
High Campbell returned to his
home in Paris last night after
weeks visit with friends here.
Miss Annie Duke, a Fort Worth
school teacher, is spending a few
days with friends in Amarillo.
w. r. Hollis, who is travelling for
a Kansas City firm, is spending the
week with his family in Amarillo.
A. +. Mantz, OF the Umbarger
Townsite Co., at Canyon City, was a
business visitor in the city today.
O. B. Allen, OF New Orleans, La,
is the guest OF his cousins, H. b.
sadler and sisters, at SOS Buchanan.
Sam Afford. of Texico, passed
through AMARILLO today en- route to
Colorado where he will spend tho
summer.
Il. A. Cahoon, a Roswell banker,
and wife, stopped over in Amarillo
yesterday while on their wedding
trip to Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stearns and
Flavel Coates and family. left this
afternoon for their future homes at
Simmons, Texas.
Mrs. J. N. Haney, Mrs. J. ]. Tay-
lor and Miss Bess Haney, Of Canyon
City, we're here today shopping and
visiting with friends.
Miss Lula and Virginia Corpening
are preparing for a visit East. Miss
Lula will return shortly but Miss
Virginia will be gone about three
months.
B. c. D. Bynum had the misfor-
tune to back his new auto off a cliff
near the club grounds last evening.
but all OCCUPANTS Of the car man
aged to jump before 1t went over
and no damage was done,
w. V. Savage and Frank Savage
and wife Of Harshorne, okla, are in
the city today for a visit to their
brother, DR.. Savage and family az
SO7 Lincoln street. They will go
from heer to Colorado for months
outing.
J. A. Christian and family, OF Sill
dell, Texas, who have been visiting
with the family Of w. A. Christian,
returned last night to their home,
G. w. Cramer and family, who
have tried several larger towns in
other states say Amarillo is the only
paradise on the map and will again
make their home with us.
Mr., and Mrs. Burch and daughter,
Miss Anna Maud Davidson stopped
over On route to st, Louis where they
will spend about two weeks.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
TAFT PREPARING
FRIDAYS SPEECH
Associated Press.

Associated Press
Hot Springs, Va, Aug. 17.--Wil-
liam H. Taft was engaged today pre-
pairing the political speech he is to
deliver here next Friday to Virginia
Republicans.
Taft today received letter from
Admiral Cervera, Of Spanish war
fame, expressing the wish for his
election.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
New Sewer System.
to Daily Panhandle.

Special to Daily Panhandle.
Baltimore, Md, Aug, 17.--Bids
were received until noon today for
$1,OO0,OOO OF the new sewerage
bonds, a part Of total authorized
loan Of $1O,OOO,OOO for construct
inga new sewerage system in Bal
timore.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
STEAMER is
BLOWN UP
killing MaDy--WaS on way to
Resort on Carpe Lake With
Passengers
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. ia
dispatch from Petoskey says the
steamer Leelanau was blown up on
Cape Lake this morning with loss
Of fifteen or more lives.
Three are known to be dead, a
dozen or more missing and sup
posed to be drowned, two fatally in
jured and many more seriously hurt
The only identified of the dead is
Mrs. Abel Labonta, of Travers City,
Mich. Fatally injured are Mrs.
Ralph Hastings and A. B. Cook, OF
TraVers City.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-08-20
RESIGNS AFTER
rs YEARS SERVICE
Associated Press.

AssOCldleu Press.
Omaha, Neb,, Aug. 17.--Alfred
Darlow, advertising agent Of the
Union Pacific, has presented his re-
signatlon, effective Sept 1, when he
will have completed twenty years Of
service with the company. He leaves
the railroad to devote his entire time
to personal business.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
COURT REJECTS
SHOTGUN Law
OWNER CANNOT USE FORCE TO
PREVENT BUILDING OF
COUNTY ROAD.
REMEDY is IN COURT
DECISION BY JUSTICE GODDARD
IN SUPREME COURT OF
COLORADO.

Denver-The use of shotguns to pre-
vent the building of a county road
across land which the owner wants TO
keep is not countenanced by the Su-
preme Court opinion handed down
Monday by Justice Goddard in the case
of Philip H. Boothroyd against the
county commissioners of Larimer
county. The commissioners once start
ed TO build road across land belong
ing to Bcothroyd. Boothroyd objected
because he said the compensation Of
fered for the ground was too little And
when the road overseer came to exam
inc the land he drove him off with a
big shotgun.
The commissioners then brought an
injunction suit against him and won out
in the lower court. Boothroyd stood pat
and appealed to the Supreme Court
According to Justice Goddard, it
would have been wiser if not more
peaceful on Boothroyds part, if he
thought his rights were being infringed
upon. to appeal to the courts and not
to rely so much upon his shotgun
"1f the plaintiff in error" says JUS
tice Goddard, were sustained in his
contention, any person imagining that
his rights were being infringed upon
can, by The use of shotgun, abrogate
the statutes Of the state. The court iC
not prepared to announce doctrine
which will lead to any such results"
The lower courts judgment is sus-
tanned.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
Battleship's Narrow Escape.

Monterey, Cal.-A northwest gale
sweeping into the harbor gave the
eight ships of the second division of
the Atlantic fleet several hours of
watchfulness Saturday nigh. and cut
off all communication with the shore
A serious accident was narrowly
averted when the battleship Illinois,
second in line from the Alabama, flag
ship of Rear Admiral Sperry, parted
her anchcor chain in the height OF the
blow and went drifting toward shore.
The Illinois headed directly for the
Alabama and 1t looked for n time as
though a collision was imminent.
BY heroic work the helmsman man.
aged to steer the drifting ship away
and the only damage done was the tear
ing away of the port gangway OF the
Alabama. The Illinois drifted fully 500
yards before her emergency anchors,
sent spinning into the white capped wa.
ters, finally held fast.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
NOT MEANT FOR THE ACTOR.
New Jersey Pest Responsible for En-.
thusiastic "AppIause."

A certain theatrical troupe, after q
dreary and unsuccessful tour, finally
arrived in a small New Jersey town.
That night. though there was no Juror
or general uprising OF the audience,
there was enough hand-clapping to
arouse the troupe's detected spirits.
The leading man stepped to the foot.
lights after the first act and bowed
profoundly. Still the clapping con.
tinued.
When he went behind the scenes he
saw an Irish stage hand laughing
heartily. We'll. what do you think
OF that?" asked the actor. throwing
out his chest.
What dye mean?" inquired the
Irishman.
why. the hand-clapping out there"
was the reply.
'Hand-clapping?"
YES" said the Thespian. they are
giving me enough applause to show
they appreciate me-"
ID ye call that applause?" inquired
the old fellow. "Whoi thot's not ap-
plause. Thot's the audience killin'
mosQuitoes."-Ev Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
AFGHANs ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE
eLockHoUsE BUT ARE
REPULSED.
PLOT TO USE BOMBS
GENERAL WILCOX FASTENING
WITH TROOPS TO DEFEND
kHYBER PASS.

London.-1ndia Is a source of con.
siderable uneasiness to the British
government at the present moment.
The difficulties with the Mohammed-
ans seemed on the eve of settlement
when on Saturday, according to re-
threatened.
An attempt was made by large
Afghan force, numbering from $4,000
to 10000. which went across the bor-
der divided into two bodies, to seize
the blockhouse of Khyber Pass, near
Landie Khotal. The attack was re-
pulsed with trifling casualties among
the British, but the Afghans re.
mained in front of Landie Khotal, and
another body is reported to be moving
into the Bazar valley by way OF Lis
ote pass.
General Wilcox, who is in command
of the British forces recently dis
patched to Quell the troubles, has gone
to Jamrad, a few miles west of Pesh-
awar, at the entrance of Khyber pass,
ana is naStenlng forward MS troops TO
meet the new development.
All frontier kilograms are carefully
censored at Simla. From Calcutta
comes news Of the discovery of plot
to murder the Europeans by means OF
bombs. The conspiracy appears to be
of an extensive character. and many
arrests have been made. The respon-
sibility for the plot is placed on the
natives, a number of discriminating
documents having been seized, to-
gether with supply of bombs and
other explosives.
The discovery Of the plot was made
through the arrest and confession Of
the author Of the bomb outrage at Mo-
cufferpur. the capital of the province
of the same name in Bengal, in which
two Europeans were killed.
The morning newspapers, referring
to the Indian news, generally concur
that there is no cause for alarm or
for grave anxiety. IT, as is hoped, the
Ameer is not directly responsible for
the attitude of the Afghan border
tribes. but they point out that until
the Ameer's attitude is definitely
known it behooves the government to
be alert and prepared Tor eventualities
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
HaiIstorms and CaterpiIlars.

An army of 100000 caterpillars has
appeared in the Krugersdorp district,
which recently suffered severely from
q hailstorm. Old colonists connect the
visitation with the recent fall of hail,
and they recall instances where
plaques of insects have invariably fol-
lowed a phenomenal storm. 1t is sug-
gested that the stones carry some
germ which is launched into life when
the melting process begins, and farm
ers who have penetrated deeply into
the mysteries of the yield trace the
periodical visitations of huge swarms
of butterflies and moths and even of
the dreaded tick to t evolution of a
germ in the hailstone deposited on the
ground. Venerable Free Staters now
resident in the district have vivid
memories of frightful storms in the
late COS and in the early '70s, says the
Rhodesia Herald, when similar cater
pillar plaques devastated the crops in
the conquered territory, and they also
recall the interesting fact that when
the black insects arrived the locusts
disappeared.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07


Kansas is coming to the front in a
manner that speaks volumes for the
extent and variety of the public spirit
and enterprise of the Sunfower state.
Kansas is great many hundreds of
miles inland and far from the custom.
ary haunts of marine monstrosities.
Yet it has produced the bones of sea
serpent, brought up from the bed of a
Kansas river. There is no sort of
doubt about the matter, for the skele.
ton OF the reptile has been mounted
and is on exhibition in the paleonto-
logical department of the University
OF Chicago, and II there is anything on
which that great institution of learn.
ing is an authority 1t is sea serpents.
So Kansas may lay claim to new
glory. 1t is commonplace thing to
find sea serpent at sea, but when
such animals are resurrected far out
upon the prairie" and in prohibition
state at that, the achievement Is one
to arouse special wonder.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
Unjust Discrimination.

That suggestion which comes from
Cincinnati is too broad in scope, too
promising in its potentialities, to be
exhausted in the one case of Prince
Helie de Sagan. To apply the provi-
sions Of the immigration laws to
merely one poor little gumdrop Euro
pean of title and not to all of them
would be invidious discrimination.
There is no doubt that most of these
would-be parties to advantageous in
ternational matrimonial contracts
come well within both the spirit and
the letter Of the laws prohibitions
They are worse off by the millions of
their debts than the status of having
no visible means of support 1t
shouldn't be necessary to resort to the
expedient of deportation after they
have entered the country. They
should be held up when they seek to
enter. No doubt many of them would
have been held up before this had they
crossed in the steeerage instead of the
first cabin.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
iIIinoi. Saloon. Quit Business.

Chicago. Of Illinois sa.
looms went out of business May LIST as
the result of the local option elections
held April 7th and April 21st. Liquor
stocks everywhere were being dis.
posed of at bargain sales, and In some
Of the cities wild orgies resulted. The
auctioneer's hammer. in many in.
stances, was followed by the car.
penter's hammer, as the saloons were
speedily transferred into drug stores,
shooting galleries, ice cream parlors
and all-night restaurants. In Chicago,
where the license was raised from $500
to $1,000 a year, 1t is estimated that
fully 1000 saloons will not renew their
licenses.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
is YEARS OF SUFFERING.
Burning, Painful Sores on Legs
Tortured Day and Niqht-Tried
Many Remedies to No Avail
Cured by Cutieura.

After an attack OF rheumatism
running sores broke out on my hus-
bands legs, from below the knees TO
the ankles. There are no words to
tell all the discomforts and great suf-
fering he had to endure night and day
He used every kind of remedy and
three physicians treated him, one after
the other, without any good results
whatever. One day l ordered some
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment.
and Cuticura Resolvent. He began
to use them and In three weeks all the
sores were died up. The burning fire
stopped. and the pains became bear
able. After three months he was quite
well. l can prove this testimonial at
any time. Mrs. v. v. Albert, Upper
Frenchville. Me-. July 21, 1907"
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
THE OBSERVER
kina Toffa's Passing.

Impressive descriptions come 70
hand, says the New York Sun, of the
funeral of King Toffa, 80 years ruler
Of Porto Novo, West Africa, a bright
and shining light in his way, especial
ly when compared with such mis-
creants as his former neighbors, the
ex-kings of Dahomey. Good and peace
able African kings are no. likely to be
much in the public eye, but such po-
tentates are rare birds along the
Guinea coast, and Toffa's isolation in
this respect made him rather conspic-
uous. So French soldiery turned out
to honor his funeral, the governor of
the colony, the resident Of the protec-
torate, and other functionaries and
merchants joined the long procession
If confined to the members of Toffas
own family. The 300 widows and the
numerous progeny left to mourn him
were all in line, adding their lamenta-
jects who knelt beside the road to the
tomb. 1t takes large grave to hold
all things that a king of Toffa's i'm
portance may need in the other
world. Everything from wine to
matches and candles, including 10000
francs in silver, went into the tomb
with his body. This silver is not lost
to the world. The royal shade will
need only the ghosts Of the substan-
tials that surround his ashes, and in
four years from the day of his inter-
ment the silver is to be dug up to pay
the expenses of a memorial fete in
honor of good Toffa.
Gilpin observer., 1908-05-07
COLORADO NEWS
Care of Cliff DWELLINGS.

Durango, Colo.-J. Walter Fuchs of
Washington, from the Office of the
Smithsonian Institute, left Durango
Monday for Mesa Verde National park,
where he will commence work at once
excavating and clearing out the debris
in the Cliff palace and put it in shape
for the reception of visitors. This is
the largest and most interesting of the
ancient ruins in this vicinity.
Mr.. Fuchs came from the Casa
Grande ruins in Arizona, where he
spent four weeks in putting them in
shipe to be seen by visitors. The In
terror Department has set aside $4,000
for the work at Mesa Verde Mrs.
Fuchs will camp with her husband at
The ruins while the work is being prose-
cuted. A number of tourists have Wis
tied the ruins already this season