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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-02-07

SURRENDER OF PROUD
SOUL, SAYS LETTER LEFT
DeSponde0t Widow Makes Ar
raogementS for Crenatiog of
Her Body Before Ending JOY
less Life With Deadly Dose,

lBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.l
New York, Feb. 6.---'I should like
YOU to feel that it is the surrender
of a proud, strong soul"
In these words penned to a friend
today, Mrs, Cleo A. Walton, of san
Francisco, explained a suicide planned
with grucsome deliberation.
Having paid her bill at the Hotel
La Grange. selected a casket, arranged
for the cremation of her body and
summoned the police, coroner and un-
dertaIer the woman swallowed poison
and was dead when those she called
to her apartment arrived.
Mrs Walton was the widow of a
Mr.. Walton whom she married in
Denver She was 6S years of age and
possessed of unusual WOmanly
beauty. Born in Fayetteville, Tenn
where sister survives, in carly life
she removed to Denver. Thrown upon
her own resources by the death of her
husband. she set up q dressmaking
establishment in San Francisco and
prospercd until the earthquake, which
she said, impoverished her,
Recently she went to the undcrtak-
ing establishments selected and paid
for casket At the same time she
arranged to have her body cremated,
She explained she was in i'll health
and could not survive long. Every
1. Ill . f.... Ia.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-02-07
HOWARD PROMOTED
AFTER RETIREMENT
Famous Civil War Veteran Made Lieu
tenant General.

Washington, y. c.. Feb, 6,--The
senate today passed bill placing
Major General O. 0. Howard on the
retired List of the army as a Iieuteh-
ant general,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

during the seasons OF Ice and fresh
lets,
The old Erie canal was the first
great highway to the west, long be-
fore the days OF railroads, aud has a
strong hold on the affections OF the
people OF New York. II helped to
build up Buffalo, and half a dozen
other cities, and has been a great
contributor to wealth and population,
Since the great railways have been
built, they always have opposed the
canal and they and their near friends
are the principal critics OF the new
plan to enlarge It,
The defenders OF the canal say that
Il will regulate railway rates and
Will be a great carrier OF grain and OF
slow frelghts from the great lakes
and will be as important In its way
to the state as the original canal
was, Even the present gigantic plan
was compromise, as there was a
strong sentiment for building n full
sized ship canal at once, capable OF
bringing ocean-golng vessels into the
Great Lakes and so 10 the grain
fields OF the Northwest.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
TWO KINDS OF CHARITY.

John Burns, member Of parliament
from Batlersea, and cabinet minister
took occasion in a speech In parla-
ment, the other day, to show his lack
OF sympathy for the indiscriminate
charity giving, which Is made fad
by rich people and helps create the
pauperism 1t is amlably expected to
relieve.
As an Illustration, Mr., Burns said
that night before, as he was re-
turning from an official function at
the Mansion House, wearing full
dress, knee breeches, silk stockings,
sword etc. he came across one of
these peripatetic midnight wagons
dealing out coffee and soup to the
hungry poor. He got In line and re-
gardless OF his magnficence, food
was handed out 10 him without ques-
ton, from which he argued that such
charity was more likely to so TO ha-
bitual Migrants than those who want
ed work and we're trying to get It.
One OF the New York charities is
being criticised because In distribute
ing $4,000 in aims, 1t spent s65, 900
in administrative expenses, Many
rich people like to play the role Of
Lady Bountiful." and make them
selves feel good and get a reputa-
ton for generosity at small ex-
pense, by giving food and clothing
discriminatory, thus helping to pau
perize the objects OF their benevo-
lence. which is wrong; but there is
equal cause for Just criticism in the
red tape of organized charity.
When It compares the organized
charity which spends $4,000 In sala-
rles to give out $4,000 to the poor
with the charity which supplies a
wagon to give drink of coffee or
bowl of soup to whoever applies at
the public will not criticlse
severely the soup wagon.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
BOOKS AND DISEASE.

The disinfection OF school books
was discussed recently in lecture
On disinfection by Professor Henry
Kenwood before the English Society
OF Medical Officers OF Health, That
dlslnfection OF books is sometimes
needed was shown, according to Pro-
fessor Kenwood. by some experiments
in Germany BY sleeping the most
soiled parts of library books in a
sterile salt solution and rubbing their
bindings with the same fluid was
obtained which communicated tuber-
culosis to more than one-thlrd Of a
large number OF guinea pigs expert
mented on, Negative results were
obtained from the cleaner books.
Formaldehyde fumigatlon for two
hours will satisfactorily disinfect
books In most cases, but Professor
Kenwood recommended that old and
much soiled books be destroyed, as
no method of disnfectlon was trust
worthy.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

strong county, were material factors
in last nights meeting They are
entitled to full measure OF thanks
and appreciation from our people
and we know they mean 10 carry out
every promise they made,
or the sl5O,OOO OF the packing
house stock nearly one-half was sub
scrbed last night The rest should
be readily taken up, When our peo-
pie stop TO think for moment what
a packing house will mean for ANA
rillo and the Panhandle, they will
not be slow 10 encourage such an en-
terprlse In tangible way, Nothing
IL asked rs gift, There Is every
promise that the enterprise viii be
a paying institution from the begin
ming, We have the country to raise
the best Of cattle and hogs; we have
enough people now to raise them and
''"'' NV N'Hlhbt w NNH PlNNN'N
the feed, whatever kind may be de-
sired, TO grow and finish the stock
to keep a packing house busy; and
we have the proper location to shT
the packing house product to the
best market at an advantageous rate
OF freight.
The benefits 10 be derived from a
packing house In operation in ANA
rillo are many and varied, not only
TO our city, but TO ,ne entire Pan
handle country. We should be awake
to the opportunity, within our reach
and we should leave nothing undone
to secure this great enterprise at the
earliest possible moment.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
THURSDAY, MARCH IL, 1908
DON'T BE A JAcKAss.

Initiative coupled with judgment
Is a requisite truly necessary to per-
sonal success. A man with the one
and without the other Is like an au-
tomoblle with a good four-cylinder
engine and deficient steering gear.
II can make lots OF Roadway. but Is
very apt TO knock down some one or
run into an iron fence. Seldom we
find man possessing both the dis
position to go ahead and the ability
10 decide IN matters of import.
II is easy enough to do any old
thing at the right time, BIT the nan
who can do the right thing at the
right tine Is most useful TO his en-
ployer Some people can see what
Is to be done and have the power to
do Il. But when It comes to an ex-
preston OF opinion, their judgment
Is worse than that OF country base
ball umpire.
On the other hand, good judg-
ment without the ability to 30 ahead
II worse than useless.
4 iackass was once stationed at a
point equally distant between two
bundles OF hay. There was all he
wanted to eat on one side, and all
he wanted to eat on the other ordl-
narlly even a jaclsass would have
possessed reason enough to take the
bundle lying nearest to him. What
could he do. however when one was
as far off as the other? That ques-
ton was too tremendous for the
jackass. He tried to use his best
judgment. and stood there with hay
piled up on both sides of him, lie
lacked initiative. however, and as
the story goes, starved to death be-
fore he could come to decision
Someone advises young men:
H"l'ake time to consider, but de-
eide definitely" IL always pays to
take time, but 1t never pays to take
all tho time in forming a suitable
Judgment The man who was all
day making up his mind, Is no bet
ter than the jackass between two
bundles OF hay.
sum up the facts In the case,
formulate your opinion with des-
patch, and then 80 ahead, Say to
yourself, "Fiat!P which In ordinary
parlance means, LET 'er rlpl"
Employ judgment in your every
day affairs but take initiative as It's
inevitable co-worker.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

A woman's club In Evanston, ILL.,,
has decided to devote less time to
art and music and more TO educating
their husbands. Their first mission
is 10 instruct their husbands how TO
vote and each women Is expected to
gain promise from her husband
that he will vote as she wishes. The
real trouble will be In compelling
fulflllment OF the promise when the
harassed husbands enter the voting
booths
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
THE INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION

A careful investigation OF the lin
dustrial depression" In the east has
revealed the cheerful fact that, fun
damentally. there Is no depression
at all, The factories that closed
during the banking crisis are re-
opening and the men who were laid
Off are being re-employed, An in
dustrlal depression only becomes Sc
rious when the effective demand
ceases to exist and manufactures and
farmers find themselves stocked with
products and foodstuffs for which
there Is no market. But there has
been no "over production; the re-
serve stocks have all been exhausted ;
and the market for foodstuffs is
found 10 be expanding instead OF
contracting
The eastern financial papers are
admitting that the essential pros
perlty Of the west first brought them
to investigate and recognize the con-
dition. and they are halling the dawn
OF new hope. "In Chicago" ac-
cording to the last number OF Col
lier's, $500 men laid off by the
packing houses in January had all
been taken back before the middle
OF February: while in Boston, o.
600 men made Idle in the same way
in January. we're all re.employed be-
fore the middle OF the following
month. The depression Is passing
away" II concludes, more rapidly
than after most similar disasters in
the past" For all OF which the
West is largely responsible.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
FOR A PACKING HOUSE.

II was an enthusiastic business
meeting. But the business men of
Amarillo were conspicuous by their
absence. Amarillo wants packing
house and the Panhandle needs a
packing house. Why Amarillo bust
ness men should lose sight OF so inn
portant question is not easily ex-
planned, It was a careless. culpable
piece of oversight and it should not
occur again,
Amarillo has not failed In the past
to take proper interest in any enter
prise which promised to be OF ad-
vantage to the city and the country.
Amarillo people will not fail in this
instance TO come to the front and
sustain their enviable reputation.
Representatives OF neighbor coun-
ties were at the packing house meet
ing and pledged their support for the
new enterprise. They were enthusi-
astlc In their approval OF the move
ment and did much toward stirring
up our own people to point OF real
ization Of the significance OF such an
industry. Colonel Watkins of Moore
county, Colonel Groom of Carson
county, and Judge Moore Of Arm
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
NEW YoRK's GREAT CANAL.

Almost as great a project as the
Panama canal is the plan to enlarge
the Erie canal at an expense of $780,
100000, so as to carry barges of o.
600 tons capacity. The people of
the state, by referendum vote, de-
cided to bond themselves for this
amount to improve the canal. About
$25,000,00O worth OF contracts have
been let but comparatively little has
been done. The plan is to abandon
the present Erie canal for a consid-
cradle part of It's length and turn
the Mohawk river into a canal with
swing locks, which can be opened
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Elsewhere In this issue the ANA
rlllo Street Railway company sets
forth It's reasons why second street
railway franchise should not be
granted In Amarillo. We want our
readers TO hear both sides OF the
question and thus be prepared to use
their best Judgment In their express
sion OF opinion as to whether or aot
another franchise should be granted.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Reliable news informs MS that our
neighbor town OF Claude is soon Ia
have cotton gin. Thus one Pan
handle town after another joins the
cotton-raislng brigade. Very soon,
II we don't MICS our guess, the en-
tire Panhandle will be raising cot
ton. There is no end TO our posi-
bllitles and the half has not yet been
told We insist that a cotton oil
mill Is among the early additions to
Amarillo enterprises
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Mark Twain said in an address the
other day that now that the words
I'm God We Trust" were about to be
restored TO our coins, we could dis
charge j p. Morgan who had to take
charge while the nation was seeking
to get along without God. Mari,
said he knew we would have trouble
the moment those words we're left
off the coins and so It happened.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Henry clews, the New York bank.
er and broker, addressing the Pitts
burg chapter Of the American Bank
ing Institute Tuesday. said that a
general reduction of wages in All
the great railway and other indus
tries had become absolutely neces-
sary because OF the high fig
ures to which they were pushed dur
ing the long period Of prosperity.
He said the labor unions should at
once reduce their wage scale "and
not wait until they are forced to
Yield He pointed out that half a
loaf is better than none, and urged
that the workmen owed this cheerful
acceptance OF the cut as duty to So
cIety at large Mr.. Clews defended
stock speculation on the exchange,
saying that It lis no more gambling
than specializing in real estate or
ordinary merchandise. He deploref
the recent attacks on wall street, the
financial center OF the country. BY
both Roosevelt and Bryan.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

In receiving at the White House
the delegates to the superintendent
department of the National Educa-
tional society, President Roosevelt
gave his views on educational meth
DDS with considerable vlgor OF ex-
preston. He thought the schools
should train toward and not away
from the farm and workshop, and
that II should be matter of pride
With every girl to be as good house
wife as her mother was before her;
that, while the curse OF mere drudg-
cry might be great, 1t was not so
great as the curse OF vapid idleness,
whether the idleness is that OF the
hobo at one end OF the scale or the
gilded youth at the other.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Amarillo is neither dead nor sleep
ing. She is wide awake and hard at
work Despite a financial furry and
slumps in markets the metropolis OF
the Panhandle Is forging to the
front and keeping a weather eye on
everything that means progress,
growth. material and moral advance
ment.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Walter Wellman, in discussing the
revived talk OF Roosevelt being
forced to run for third term, says
that the President hopes that the
recent big gains for Taft have avert
ed the danger and will insure the
secretary's nomination on the first
ballot.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Mr.. Butt returned last night from
"a trip through a portion OF the
Panhandle. He expresses himself as
highly pleased with and greatly sur
prised by the development OF the
country he has seen. He is convinc-
ed that the Panhandle is ready for
a packing house and will make his
proposition TO the meeting to be
held at the courthouse tonight, Let
there be large attendance.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
Precious Stones and Their Use,

Precious Stones and Their Uses
zone of the interesting featuei
of the great industry conductedbJ
the General Electric company isiu
trade in precious stones" saystht
New York Tribune. In the odrst
OF a year the company uses han!
thousand dollars worth of sap.
phires, which are being conantly
shipped in from Australia, Hkland
London, Paris, Brazil and Me- Yea.
land. The stones are used fo bear.
ings in electric meters, such as ara
employed to register the nuhber OF
kilowatt hours of energy use{ in the
in order that the metr shall
be accurate there must be pr&ticall!
no friction in the bearings. The
mechanism of meter turnsIin propr,
ton to the amount of light burned
or energy used. The welring partf
must be as hard as possible, tha'
constant use will not wear and create
additional friction, consequently dia
monds and sapphires have to be used
in the shaft bearings, The diamond
is the hardest substandk in th'
world, the sapphire ranks clase sec
ond, The bearings made OF these
precious stones have long life, and,
though they originally cost more
they are the cheapest in the lona
run. Oklahoma City Times-Jour.
nal.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Ayerbuchs attack on Chief Shippy
OF Chicago may really prove to have
been a fortunate thing for the coun-
try, as 1t has aroused public officials
to the urgent necessity for a more
rigid enforcement Of the laws re-
straining the anarchistlc propaganda.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

1t is estimated that the two recent
floods In the Ohio river valley cost
S2O0,OO0,OO0; the geographical sur
vey suggests that at cost OF a very
small fraction OF that amount, the
surplus waters can be held back
near the sources and restored to the
stream at low water stages, thus i'm
proving navigation.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

The exourslonisis arrived yesterday
and today they are taking In Pan
handle sights. They look like intel
ligent men and will undoubtedly fol-
low the example of men who came
before them-buy the best land In
the United states for the least
money.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

why Texas and her people should be
oppressed just because a few Wild
eyed New York spectators have
skinned each other, Texas and her
resources are unbunded--an empire
in the states own borders, and there
is nc reason why her people should
be called on to dance to the music OF
outside capital and resources. Let
us live at home and deal with each
other for one year and the results OF
our own labors will free us Of out.
side financial troubles.--Crawford
Grit. ;
After all, a liberal amount OF COM
mon sense will overcome many DIFF.
nculties. - asrSH,SsE,s,ss
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
That's Teal Texas Grit.

The idea Of hard times in coun-
try like Texas is preposterous. Stop
all this talk, get down to business,
keep out of debt, assist those who
may be financially cramped, and in
few months conditions will be
again normal. There is no reason
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Judge o. II. Nelson is firmly con-
ylnoed that a cotton seed oil mill IS
one OF the many enterprises which
Amarillo Will secure In the not dis
tant future, The Panhandle will be
a cotton country, besides q wheat,
oats, kafilr, maize, sugar beet, broom
corn and alfalfa country, Amarillo
will be the natural location for an
oil mill.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Statistics show that the longest
lived people eat the heartiest break
fasts. The "no-breakfast" faddlsts
are welcome to all the consolation
they can extract from this indlsput-
able fact.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

and in the event of their failure to
do SO they should be deported and
left to the tender mercies of the gov
ernments from which they Temporal
rlly escaped.
We want no anarchy In America.
1t should be crushed before II grows
any stronger. a-, ~.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

Signs OF spring are many and va
rious, Among others, the railroads
are getting their seeds and soil spe-
cials ready for their annual trips.
The continuance OF these education
al trains is presumptlve evidence
that they have been found advan-
tageous 10 the important interests
concerned.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12
CRUSH IT NOW.

The anarchists attack upon ChieI
OF Police shippy, following closely
upon the horrd murder OF a priest
| In Denver has at last aroused the
government. We note with gratifi.
cation the press dispatches from
Washington TO the effect that the
bureau of immigration is preparing
to exercise diligence In restricting
the easy access OF the worst char
acters in Europe to the United
States.
Cooperation between the cities
and the government authorities is
most desirable and If this results in
a wholesale deportation it will be
for the best interests Of the entire
nation.
Liberality in receiving from other
countries those who have been OPP
pressed and who desire to improve
their condition has been a founda-
mental principle of the success of the
United States. The millions OF ear
nest, honest. Europeans who have
come TO America to settle and be-
come citizens of the nation have
brought with them qualities Of in
dustry and thrift which have more
than made up for their empty pocket
books They have proved the bone
and sinew of our developing states
and have a place in the progress of
the country for which future gem
erations for all time will honor and
bless them.
There may be difficulty in dis
eliminating between the immigrant
OF worth and the anarchist who
comes over inspired by a spirit of
hatred and malice toward the sue
cessful and the government.
These philosophical students" are
usually possessed OF education and
equipped with experience which en-
ables them to make better show
ing before the immigration inspec-
tors than can some OF the honest
laboring people.
The inquiry must be carried far
beyond Castle Garden. The records
must be searched before the immi-
grants board the vessels on the other
side.
1t is most unfortunate that ma
ton, holding out its hands to aid
the unfortunate OF the world shall
be hampered by those who claim to
be the friends OF the oppressed"
In self protection measures must be
taken which in the natural order of
things prevent many an honest, in
dustrious man from securing the
chance to become an American citl-
zen and found family here whose
future shall have all the opportuni-
ties of the greatest OF Americans.
But restrictive measures must be
applied and applied rigldly. Fur
Their than this, deportation must be
resorted to. Those holding the doc
trines of anarchy must be sent
whence they came as we would cast
out the snake which taken to our
fireside for warmth, strikes at the
hand which saved it.
There Is a principle laid down in
the criminal laws which must be
followed: "He who advocates MUIR
der is a murderer" Every anarchist
who preached the doctrine of
destruction is an accomplish be-
fore the fact OF the wreatched crea-
ture who slew the Denver priest.
Everyone is an accomplice OF the
boy who was killed by the Chicago
police chief.
II will not be difficult matter to
ira down those who have asso-
ciated with the principals in the
crimes. On these people the bur-
den OF proof should be thrown to
show that they did not advocate and
encourage the murderous assaults,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-12

and national affairs. and then TO let
the people decide for themselves
what TO do The present street rail-
way controversy Is case IN point.
Tho people ought to know what they
wans and the city council should
see that they get Il,