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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
Rejected Wedding Guest Starts
Sierra County Feud Which
Leads to Deadly Six Shooter
Duel,
TAYLOR AND FUTCH DIE
AT IDENTICAL MINUTE
Colts Forty-five and Automa-
tic Revolver Each BeIcheS In
Stant Death for Fairview
CattIemen.

Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journal
Hillsboro, n. NJ, NOV. 2S.-So small
a matter as an alleged social slight
has been found to have been the trifl-
ing cause which started the family
feud by reason of which James B.
TAYLOR and Isaac Futch shot each
other to death on Thanksgiving day
at Fairview. sixty miles north of Hills
boro. According to further details OF
the double killing received here to-
day, the neglect of Futch to invite
Mrs. Taylor to his wedding Il year
aVo when all other neighbors wee
guests and The refusal to admit Mrs
TAYLOR when she arrived at the scene
of the hupfials engendcrcd the bad
blood which finally developed into
bitter hatred, eliminating in he Vio-
lent death of two Of the best known
citizens in the county. Taylor, be-
sides being a cattle man, was fore
man Of the United states treasury
mine well-knovn for years as p ii IRA
county old timer and quite popular.
Futch, not quite so well known was
nevertheless highly esteemed By all
who knew him. He was tofn2e Nv
foreman of the Winston cattle rancn.
The refusal of Futch to have Mrs
Taylor attend his wedding led to %os-
sip and the snub created sensation
in county social circles. High words
had frequently passed between tie
two men and when they met at Fair
view on Thanksgiving day both re
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
80 MILLION IN
BONDS To AID
IRRIGATION
BALLINGER RECOMMENDS
HELP FOR REClAMAI ION
Opposes Further Time for Pay
ments by Water USerSi Gen.
eraI Work Of the Service.
Thought Successful
Morning Journal Bureau,
613 Munsey Building,
Washington, d. c., Nov. 2S.


In discussing the subject of recla-
nation, the secretary of the interior
in his annual report made public to-
day, makes some very important
observations and recommendations
which are of great interest to every
state and territory in the west. HIS
statement regarding this subject is
given below in full. He says:
'tThe act approved June II. 1907,
known as the reclamation act, clothes
the secretary of the interior with a
broad discretion in the construction OF
irrigation works and the disbursement
of the reclamation fund, into when
fund had been paid, up to and includ-
ing June so, 1908, the total sum of
S5u.G6I,54927, and the net invest
ments from which in reclamation
works on June 80, 1909. amounted to
the sum of 45.757.91S.94. The cash
receipts from water-right charges to
June 80, 1903, We're: Building
charges, $299,S41.22, operation and
Fmaintenancc charges, Si0S26.SS'
total, $370.66710. Because of the
magnitude Of th' work and the desir-
ability of making plans far in ad-
vance II has been found necessary to
mako estimates of the amounts that
viii become available before the act
nal roccipts can he known The esti-
,,,tat totnI ~ CENTS IN the funa TO
Tnne 40 1909 are S5S.5S2.140.
f-,on this basis and estimated re-
,aints which win become available be-
fo,.a Decembcr a. 1910. S5.b2S,O5O
h.,.o boon ollottpd for reclamation
,,,rnosas ia December 81. 1910.
.srI,, discrotion innosed bv the act
10. ,,,,.,.ias MIN, If commensiirate re-
,,,,,,,si,,ili+ios ana onlfgatfons which
~. ,,,.l',1,,,,sso,g have carried out
,''i,,, ~, Utmost fidelity to the public
aaod
t.e, ,c tt,.. r,ost innortant e1e-
,,,e,r,.atinn or the natural
- - r,,I,,,ilic donoin lie
,,,.i,,,. ~ ,,is statuta.
win e,, ,,'',,,,. ~ .,t.,,.,,,, and flood
/ the uUi ''i"i'' Co., t,,, tr,nsfo,r,a-
pei"s 49,, ,,st tuI,tIe
'ioil oi ''''
areas ,,.. ,,,.. ,.,.,.,nsi sitilit,
As 'Nc II" -. ,,l,,,.t,,,o,,t .
'ol ,,e a.. sacrotar,. nf the
pecuiia' upoii ''t' :, t,,,,,',,i,,,,t mon
80 ,t ~ i,st four
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
WELL KNOWN THEATRICAL
AND NEWSPAPER MAN DIES

San Antonio. Tex, NOV 2S.--Cnhton
b. Fisk, newspaper and theatrlcal
man, son of General Clinton r. FISK
founder of Fish university of Nash
Vile Tenn. was found dead in bed
this morning. He had been Ill only
a few days He was native or 81
Louis He was formerly city editor OF
the New York Journal and later ol
the Chicago Examiner and then be-
came connected with Keith x Proc
tors theatrical enterprises
A year ago he came to san Antonio
to engage in newspaper work HIS
mother. Mrs clinton b. Fisk and a
sister. live in New York. His wife
Nav Isabelle Fisk, Is an actress nov
playing in London.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
EPISCOPAL PENSION
FUNDS GETS $4,000
princcIN Giri From Nc-tcrncr Ia Pro-
vide For AGED Ministers.

New york. Nov. 2S.--Aunom,ew"nt
Was made from the pulpit u' ST
G,org,'s church today hy the pastor.
Rev. Dr u J. wilkins thHt 3D. slii "i
$50. 600 had been received toward tnr
$4,000. 600 fund being raised 3" p'n-
sion Episcopal ciorgymeu 40 the age
Of Ga wears or sooner q disabled. The
name of the donor nus mot made
known but hc lives in th" ml""it
west.
Thus far s300.o00 bias been collected
fur TN, fund which has It's "tiS'n no
the general c0nfereuer 100 Erhm"nI %.
two years ago
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
RED WIDOW .D0DGES
REPORTERS IN LONDON

London, Nov 2S.-Mme, SteinheiL
recently acquitted in Paris of the
charge of numbering her husband, ar
rived in London this morning. She
Travelled under the name of Nine. Du-
mont.
She evaded the crowd of waiting re-
porters and went to hotel Traced
there. she declined to see anybody
and the manager of the hotel, on
learning her identity, requested her
to leave. She took a train as Euston
station, it is believed, for Liverpool
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29

init the sale Of water for lands IN
private ownership, even though the
landowner is not an actual resident in
the ncighborhood. or, if THIS be
deemed inadvisable, to permit the fur
nishing of water to nonresident priv
ate landowners In all cases whore
they had title To tho land at ana
prior 90 the Inclusion OF the area IN
the reclamation project and
Am amendment authorizing the
recognition of irrigation district or
ganizations incorporated under state
laws prior to the turning over OF the
project or any portion thereof
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
of New Mexico,
office of the Secretary,
Miscellaneous Certificate.

I, Nathan Jaffa, secretary OF
the Territory of New Mexico,
do hereby certify that:
whereas. on the 29th day OF
March, A. D., 1909, the Albu-
aucrque Citizen was designated
as the Official Newspaper OF
New Mexico, and
whereas, said Albuquerque
Citizen has ceased publication;
Now. therefore, public notice
is hereby given that: in COM
pliance with section 2. chapter
70 OF the laws of 1903. requir-
ing the Secretary OF the Terri
tory to designate an Official
Newspaper of New Mexico; the
Albuquerque Morning journal
is hereby designated as such
official Newspaper OF New
Mexico.
Given under my hand and
the Great Seal Of the Territory
of New Mexico at the City OF
santa Fe. the Capital. on this
fourth day of October. 4. ID.
1903.
r (SeaD NATHAN JAFFA,
Secretary Of New Mexico.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
CllBAN OFFICIALS HURT
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK

Havana. Nov. eS-An automob'if
.,.,,,.inipe Louis Ocatvio Divine. sec
....t-,,,- ,f iustic,. Sub-Secretary Juan
Garcia Kohly. Director or Ju7'p,'
I.ozier and Mario Garcia hohil- hs"iy
appointed minister GO MeNle" va
wrecked last night Will" returning Z"
Havana from trip in the country
An the men were badly Injured
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
Newspaper Man Finds Peary
Narrative Precise, Work
manIike, Consistent and Cred
ibIe in Every Particular
RIVALS STORY TISSUE OF
DELIBERATE FALSEH00D
Hero of Balloon Expedition Re-
fuses to Even Believe That
Brooklyn Explorer Was Vic
tim of HaIIuCination,

tim OF HaIIuClnatI0n,
lBy Morning Journal Special Leased wirei
Washington. Nov 2S Walter Wcll-
man, whose preparations for a con-
quest of the North pole in an airship
were abandoned on account Of the an
nouncements of the claims of Dr
Frederick A. Cook and Commander
Robert r. Peary, issued today a long
statement in which he analyses the
narratives Of the two explorers, declar-
ing that Of pealN precise, workman-
like. consistent, credible In every par
ticultu" and dcnounclhg that of Dr.
Cook as a self evident and even dclib-
crate mposture
Cooks story is suspicious both in
what it does ten ana what ii does not
tell" AIR Wcllman declares. He is
generally vague and indefinite but.
like most men of his class altogether
too precise at the wrong place, Neither
does his story ring true 1t Is always
an approximation Of reality itself
This Is true OF his figures, his descrip-
tions Of everything. Those of us who
have had share in Arctic work and
who hav. felt anxiety that no blot OF
fraud should stain the proud record
of effort and sacrifice. had first
aap, -.that pr CooK nuid he able
to demnnsirate his good Faith. This
has dissolved in the ANALYSIS OF hts
own story a second hope--thnt ne
was the victim ui hallncination or
mental illness ANA himself believed
he had been to the pole, though of
course he had not vanished In the
light of subsequent events. There re-
mains though one says il with keen
est regret. only the wretched alterna-
tive that the journey which he dld
make and the report he gave "A H.
were deliberately planned from me
outset"
The pist of Mr. Wellman's findings
is thnt with his meagrp party and
continent Dr cook could not possi-
blv have accomplished the feat for
which he claims credit. that his as
Economical data are too minutely pre-
else 70 have been made, under the
claimed conditions in the field and
that the explorers dash for the lee
turc platform and his acceptance ot
crowns of flowers placed upon nus
head by innocent women ana rhll-
dren" before submitting his tield rec
ords to scientific examination all con-
spire to his discredlt
Mr.. Wenman first attacks COOK IS
story of his journey He points OUT
that Arctic slcdging Is not a new ven
ture nor an experiment, but has D''h
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
rnrmcr scnnlor DicnIch III.

omaha Nov 2S- The condition DO.
former United States Scuator pi,ul'n
has shown mo- change Zoo th' last
tventy-four hours. The attendius
phvsicinu. Dr Bridges. AID NOT cone
slider the case serious ln its present
stage.
senator pirtrich VAS brought @" ihis
city yesterday from his home at Hast
ines far treatment for heart trouble
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
,,o.uc plans World Exhibition.

The Hague. NoN 2N.-Phns are un-
der consideration for the holding OF a
great international exhibition here In
1918 in celebration Of the opening of
the palace OF peace.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29

Winnipeg. Nov. 2S-Eough lumber
advanced one dollar per thousand all
over western Canada SATURDAY. The
ihilis are calling in travelling silesmen.
hecause Of the rush OF orders.
Export mills IN British Columbia re-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29

port an increased business in the
United States, this being one cause
for the advance Another advance in
price will take place before spring
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-29
TERRITORY INCREASES
10000 IN POPULATION
Finances in Good Shape; Coal
Output Breaks All Records
$4,000 Pupils in the Public
Schools.
Morning Journal Bureau,
613 Munscy Building.

year ended last June 30, Secretary
Ballinger of the interior department
makes the following observations in
matters concerning the welfare of the
territories of New Mexico ana Arizona.
He says:
New Mexico.
"The estimated population of the
territory of New Mexico is now 410,-
000 an increase of about 10000 over
last year. The additions to the popu-
lation have been mostly from the mid
die, northern ana middle western
states. the foreign immigration being
less than l per cent
"The finances of the territory are in
good condition, the net bonded iu-
dcbtedness on May ST. 1903, being
S912.420.51; the net receipts for the
eleven months ending May 81 were
|$1,611,159.S3. and the expenditures
during the same period were $f,0S3,-
93467, leaving a balance on hand.
June !, of $527.225.16 An territorial
funds are deposited with approved
Repositories, are protected by ample
bonds, and draw interest at the rate
pi " per cent per NHUNH on uuliA
balances
"The coal mines have produced
more coal and coke than IN any pre-
ctdns year. 3.I0S.6244S tuAs hayms
been shipped from the mines. of
which 6S2.7222t went to the coke
ovens ana the rest 20 the market The
total value of the coal ana coke was
$3.SS1,50S.57 The total number Of
persons employed in and about the
coal mines was 2,231. ana the fatali-
ties were reduced from o.92G per cent
of the persons employed. In the pre-
ceding year, to 0.556 per cent in the
fiscal year ending juno 30, 1903.
"Tho total valuation Of public school
property exceeds S1,000,0 ,000. The
total expenditure for school purposes
exceeded 100000 Forty-seycn thous-
and nine hundred and eIghty-seven
pupils were enrolled i'm the public
schools
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-11-06
Not a Nature Student.

She was not a nature student. and
when she saw n sparrow on the side
walk. evidently too young TO 1y and
too badly frightened even to hop. she
did not know exactly what TO do for ii.
She. did not know how Il had got there.
where It's parents were or what relief
measures would be advisable All she
could do In her perplexity was to keep
the group Of boys who had gathered
around II from harming II and to see
If any OF them could suggest Il course
OF action. for she was we'll aware that
In these days Of nature study the We
REST school infant knows more about
birds aud their like than many an old
er person. a.ft
Presently a big boy pushed through
the gr0up. looked at the bird kindly.
then stopped and took it up. She was
much relieved. "Will you take care OF
IT." she asked him. Sure" be re-
sponded. with inelegant emphasis. She
was anxious that II should have the
best OF care. so she suggested helpful
ly. "Better give II a little milk"
The boy stared, TheL he grinned
then he yelled. milk" he reared
milk: Ha. milk Then he streaked
up the street. carrying TIE bird care
fully 10 his hands md derisiycly ejac'
ulating. "Milk"
Her fare flushed as els went or he
way, and she was nea"d - murmIr "a
herself: ''Now. I wind < Why he u ugh
ed Very unmanneri.r sure" Ne7
yerk PreAG
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-16
DAINTY LITTLE TOURIST
REACHES NEW YORK
LADY BETTY BETTSWoRTH,
FIVE YEARS OLD, EN-
ROUTE

NEW YORK. May Is With two
maids o, look alter her, with all the
care and attention 10 which she Is
entitled BY birth the Honorable Betty
Betsworth, 6ye-yearold, has arrived
at the Hotel Netherlands from Mon
'treaL en- route from Liverpool to
Colorado Springs Manager Whit
'taker had an automobile at the Grand
Central station to meet her and the
nurses. A grand niece OF the late
Col, North. the nitrate king who
left several millions in trust for her
sole use. the Honorable Betty shovel
that her every wish was law Whea
she arrived at the hotel she told one
Of the nurses she wanted nice big
room and some fruit and milk right
away. She had breakfast and lunch
con in the large diningroom, both
nurses standing behind her chair and
watching her, Any guest who at
tempted to approach her was quietly
warned away, the nurses saying they
had been instructed not to let
single stranger near the child for an
instant. The nurses said the Honor.
able Betty has never sect her father,
Her mother died just after she was
born. while the father was absent in
the Canadian Northwest, He Is in.
terested in an English corporation
owning extensive mining claims and
timber lands in Alaska and Canada
He will see his child at her aunt's in
Colorado Springs,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-16
THIS IS MY 53RD BIRTHDAY"

Charles NJ. Hays, one of the most
prominent of American railway Of
icials, was born in Rock Island, II.
linois, May 10, 1856, and began his
career in 1873 as a clerk in the pas
senger department Of the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad at St Louis,
From 1877 to 1884 he was secretary
to the general manager Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific. In 1884 he entered the
service OF the Wabash Railroad and
in 1887 he became general manager
Of the road and in 1894 he was elected
vice president Of the Wabash system
For brief period in 1901 Mr.. Hays
was president Of the Southern Pacific
Railway, but retired within a few
months to accept his present position
as vice president and general mana
ger Of the Grand Trunk Railway
Mr.. Hays also holds the Office of
president of several of the subsidiary
companies Of the Grand Trunk sys-
TEN, including the Grand Trunk-Pa-
cifc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-16
GOVERNOR LEADS.

DENVER, Col. May l5.-Gover-
nor John F, Shafroth was last night
named chairman Of the committee to
receive President Taft and other
notable quests who will attend the
trans Mississippi Commercial Con.
gress which convenes here August 10.
Plans more elaborate and extensive
than ever before considered in con.
nection with similar event had their
inception last night at the meeting of
the committee Of 100 having in charge
the entertainment feature for this
congress.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-16
& THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

17o3-Edmund c. Genet the French
minister, arrived at Philadelphia.
1824-Levi P. Morton, twenty-sec-
ond Vice President of the United
States, born.
l854-Santa Anna made triumph
al entry into the City Of Mexico
186O-Republican convention at
Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln
and Hannibal Hamlin.
1862-The Union gunboats repulsed
at Fort Darling.
l866-President Johnson veoted the
admission OF Colorado as a State.
l873-Opening Of the Montreal Ex-
position.
1875-Charlotte Cushman took
farewell of the stage at the Globe
Theater Boston.
l889-Six hundred houses destroy
ed in the great fire in Quebec.
1875-Rt Rev Edward Patrick
Allen consecrated as bishop of the
Roman Catholic diocese Of Mobile,
Ala.
19O7-Isaac Stephenson elected
Senator in Wisconsin, ending FIVE
weeks deadlock.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-16
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.


LONDON, May ls,-Florence
Nightingale. the heroine Of the
Crimea. entered upon her ninetieth
year this week and was the recipient
of congratulatory messages that came
from nearly all parts of the world,
For close on to fifty years the famous
nurse has lived in quiet retirement in
her home near Park Lane. For the
last fifteen years she has been con.
fined to her bed the most OF the time
by illness.
Born at Florence, of wealthy Eng
lish parents, Miss Nightingale at the
age Of twenty-five entered the institu-
ton Of Protestant Deaconesses at
Kaisermerth TO be trained as a nurse,
From there she went to the Sisters Of
St. Vincent de Paul Paris. to study
there methods of nursing and hospital
management. In England. before she
started for the Crimea, she reorgan.
lied the Harley Street Hospital in
London, and on her return from the
war in 1856 she established training
colleges for nurses at St. Thomas
and Kings College Hospitals. Des-
pite her great age and physical inhrm-
tiles her mind is still alert and active
and she continues to follow modern
development in the nursing profess
sion with the keenest interest.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-16

the name Of Ely who is touted as a
wonder Ely's right wing is missing
but that doesn't prevent him from
playing his position at second base
in fine style. and what's more he can
hit
The Cotton States League is no
mort But there remains a bunch OF
good ball players who graduated from
the little organization that will not
allow the fans to forget the c, S. l..
Among the old Cotton States boys
now with the National League are
Raymond De Wore and Schlei with
New York, Canmitz with Pittsburg.
Reilly and Sallee with St. Louis and
Oakes with Cincinnati.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-16
NEWS AND NOTES OF SPORT.

Patsey Haley is going to try his
luck again in the squared circle.
Stanley Ketchel denies that he is
going to break away from Willus
Britt,
7 Shortstop Bushi is doing some fine
fielding for Detroit, but is weak with
the stick.
/ Adams and O'Connor should make
star battery for the Pittsburg Pi-
rates.
The outposts OF the New York
Highlanders are wen guarded by
Keller, Engle and Cree.
The Hartford Connecticut League
team won nine of the first ten games
Of the season.
Stony" McGlynn is pitching win
ming ball for the Milwaukee American
| Association team.
The bout scheduled for July 5 be-
tween Battling Nelson and Cyclone
Thompson has been called off.
A San Francisco fight promoter IS
trying to arrange a contest between
Sandy Ferguson and All Kaufman.
Perhaps a tank Of oxygen under the
Senators bench would help Mr.. Can
tillon's bunch of well fed gentlemen.
Newark will take Washington's
place in the American League next
year." says a Newark scribe. Page
4, Article II, Section "A, Dream Book
tOo.
Jack Blackburn, who has been un-
der arrest in Philadelphia on a
charge of killing colored man, has
been released on $500 bail.
If the man who takes moving
pictures would follow Umpire Buck
ley Of the New England League he
would get a swell view of a riot soon.
er or later
When bad Bill" Dahlen made the
hit that won recent game for Bos-
ton from the Giants, Bill yelled to
"Rube" Marquard Eleven thousand
dollars worth of cheese"
If the smallpox makes the players
show the goods that Hal Chase has
been displaying since he returned to
the game it might be we'll for Roger
Bresnahan to send his Cardinals to
the pest-house.
Evidently Billy Murray's Phillies
need no benzoate Of soda to keep
them alive. So far this season the
Quakers have played the genuine
printed d'on.the-label kind Of ball.
1t is said that Honus Wagner of
the Pirates will receive salary Of
$4,000 for the present season. That
ought to be good news to number
Of circus people.
The Caldwell team in the Idaho
League has one-handed player by
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-05-16
COLORADO IN LINE.

DENVER, May ls,-The Colorado
Conservation Commission appointed
an auxiliary to the National Commits
sion opened two days session at the
state capitol Friday, Committees on
permanent organizations and rcsolu.
tions were named at the opening ses-
sion and several papers were read re.
garding the conservation OF the ma
tural resources Of the state. The
committee is divided for and against
the Roosevelt -Pinchot policies and a
lively contest is expected.