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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-04-24
sun FAILED TO SET
ON GAMBLERS HERE
ON THURSDAY EVE
Circumstances Combine and
Knights Of the Green Cloth
Dash for Other Climes

The gamblers are gone, flew
the coop, departed and skinned
out forever. At length they had
realized that Iucumcari was no
home sweet home Tor them and
so they lett. This realization was
nog however, sudden and origl.
nal idea with them, but was brought
about by a combination oi clrcum-
stances which convinced them OF
the truth there OF and made the
matter plain.
The ordinance which was intro
duced by Mayor Street at recent
meeting OF the aldermen, and which
placed the stamp OF dlsapproval
so strongly on gambling, was the
first light on the subject and they
knew, without parley, that they
could hope for no encouragement
from the administration. When
the ordinance passed they knew
that II stands Tor what 1t SAID and
that it will really be unlawful tor
any person to play at a game OF
chance in this city.
Then came rumor 10 the effect
that district attorney Wright was
going to spring some surprises
during this term OF district court,
fearing Wright more than hohos
do Smoky" Mllkr II was their
desire not to be here while court
was IN session, and those who did
not move out in respect TO the new
ordinance did through tear OF
Wright.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-04-24
THW ARTtD FROM SUI0Df
By ONLY NARROW MARGIN
lie Clair Grice in Act Of TAX
ing Poison When Discov.
cred by Friend

The many friends OF lie Clair
Grice were sorely distressed Sat
urday night when il was learned
that he had attempted suicide in
one OF the back rooms OF the City
Hotel, on Smith street. Grice is
tairly well known in Tucumcari
and has been playing at the Elec-
trio Theatre, off and on, since he
first came here. He also worked
IN the office OF the master mechanic
OF the local railroad shops for a
while.
Grice had been suffering from
melancholia Tor sometime but no
paid much attention to il until
Saturday afternoon, when Mr..
Smith, who was the proprietor OF
the Antler house, noticed that the
youth was especially strange and
sullen. He watched him during
the greater part OF the day and on
seeing him 20 into local drugstore
followed him and learned that he
had wanted to purchase poison.
The druggist refused 10 sell it,
however, without prescription and
Grice went to another place where
he obtained the poison without
trouble. Smith followed him until
they reached the City Hotel.
There he lost track OF Grice and
becoming uneasy broke in three
doors before he found the boy with
the bottle up-turned to his lips.
Fortunately, maybe, he had
not drank any OF the deadly liquid
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NOTED NEW YORK LECTURER SCHEDULED
TO SPEAK IN TVCVMCARI IN TWO WEEKS

John Wesley Hill, the pastor OF
the METROPOLITAN Temple in New
York city, is the next noted speaker
TO lecture in Tucumcari. Rev.
Hill is now touring the territory
and is scheduled to be in this city
on SATURDAY., May eighth. Rev.
Hill will deliver one OF his MASTER
pieces, National Perils" here
and while it is not definitely de-
cided where he will speak il is
probable that he will give his lec-
ture at the Crystal Theatre.
Rev. Hill Is recognized as one
OF the best speakers in New York
and SO far he has proven him
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self worthy OF his reputation that
he was one OF the members OF Mr..
Taits campaigning party just be-
fore the last election. He is quite
a tsvorite OF the presidents and
made many OF the campaign
speeches that had telling effect
later at the polls.
Since the presidents Inauguration
Rev. Hill has been offered an am
bassadorship but declined to take
It, preferring to remain at his
chosen work. il is expected that
his audience here will tax the capac-
ity oi the building in which be
speaks.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-04-24

The April term OF the district
court, which has been in session
here Tor the past two weeks, will
adjourn tomorrow night. a large
number OF cases which have been
pending for a long time were dis.
posed OF this week. Both the court
and the attorneys have worked like
the traditional beavers and two
nights sessions were held. The
cases have all been civil ones and
were settled as follows.
The case OF the Foxworth Gal
hrsith company, represented by
Davidson, against w. A. Jackson,
the Jury waived in open court and
Judgment was Tor the plaintiff for
s262 and costs.
The two cases OF {. Farley,
represented by Holloman against
Gilbert Il. Britt, represented by
Davidson, were consolidated by
agreement. The Jury waived in
open court and Judgment was given
the plaintiff. Motion Tor new trial
was made.
The case OF q. K. Fowler, rep
resented by Holloman, against !
\. Street, represented by HittsoE,
was dismissed.
The case OF w. J. Wise, repre-
sented by Alldredge and Saxon,
against A. Moore was dismissed.
The case OF J.. Il. Moore, re-.
presented by Mcchem, against
T.. Reed, represented by Davidson
and keator, Judgment for plaintiff.
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STRANGE MAN MADE ATTACK
ON SHERIFF WARD WITH DIRK
BUT is THWARTED BY BULLET
Wounded Man Improves and Attempts His Escape From
Sanarium But Is Captured BY Smoky" Miller and
Locked Up In the County Jail to Await Trial


spoke most humorously OF his
trouble.
He declared that he left the
sanitarium because. it was too
lonesome there. He was used to
the world OF dash and lite. TO
drag out his hours with wounded
ley was more than he could bear
and SO he only went tor a walk
he said.
Miller took him in charge and
the prisoner was soon locked in
the county lail to await his trial,
He will be given a hearing about
Monday. lie is charged with
assault with a deadly weapon, also
with resisting An olhccr in the
performance OF duty.
Bowers is said TO be a bad
"hombre". The way he handled
his kniie, it is said by those who
saw the trouble, was most savage.
His slashes were vicious and that
he would have killed Ward there
seems to be- no doubt. The plea
that he was very drunk at the
time has been greatly discounted
by the word OF those who were
present. 1t is claimed that he was
not drunk but that he was taking
advantage OF those who were
and that is what started the fight.
Bowers claims that he is glass
blower by trade. lie came here
hunting work and SAYS that he
would have been willing to have
done anything. He Is single
man and came from san Francisco
last week.
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was placed in a bottle duly sealed
and when first Spied Ivy the dairy
man the bottle was bobbing up and
down in the waters and making its
way seaward.
Realizing that the note might
tell the tale OF the loss OF some
great steamer further up stream
where hundreds OF passeng ers were
probably drowned, he hshed the
bottle to the bank and read the
note. 1t was dated the 18th and
stated that the writer, n a e
drowned myself by jumping into
the tide near the railroad bridge"
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Who was the man who drowned
himself in the Paraiito river last
SUNDAY after leaving a note TO
which he forged the name oi John
Moore, saying that he had already
drowned himselll II is generally
believed now that II was nobody,
just Joker who is possibly still at
large.
Such a note was found one day
this week, however, by one OF the
men employed at the Hamilton
dairy as he was walking along the
banks OF the stream. The note
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-04-24
REV. DuBOSE AND
MISS McELROY ARE
QUIETLY MARRIED
Ceremony Performed by DR.. Gass in
the Presence Of immediate
Relatives

The News takes pleasure in an
nouncing the wedding OF Miss
Lettie McElrov and Rev. w. H..
Dul1ose which was solemnized at
the home OF the bride last Thurs.
day night. The ceremony was Of
fciated by DIR. Gass, synodical
secretary OF the Presbyterian
church for New Mexico and Arr.
zona. The wedding was witness
ed only by the immediate relitaves
OF the bride and officiating minis
ter.
This wedding has attracted wide
spread interest in local circles,
owing TO the popularity OF both
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TO CAST BREAD ON
WATERS AT PRESENT
VERY POOR POLICY
Prices in Flour Soar Skyward. but
Local Crocers Attempt to Stay
as Near Earth as Possible

TO cast your rread on the waters
would he poor policy at present
when looked at from an economic
view point, Flour, during the
past week, has gone up fifty cents
on the dollar, owing to the fact that
one Patten, OF Chicago, has been
able to fight the wheat bears sim
gle handed causing the grain to
soar high into the ether.
The market price oi wheat and
flour continues to rise steadily and
unless the bears turn and swallow
Patten alive there is no doubt but
what bread will soon be bread. -
Patten is doing what good house
wives try to do every few days but
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
CROMWELL EVIDENCE
READ TO THE COURT
New York Lawyer Denies
Charges Of Corruption in
Panama Deal.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct 13.-With the
purpose OF showing that William Nell
SON Cromwell, attorney for the old
French Panama canal companies, made
to the Morgan investigating committee
of the United States Senate an explicit
statement OF his relations In the trans
7 fer of the canal zone to the United
States. certain parts of his testimony
were read in the United States court Of
this district today by Stuart McNam-
ara, attorney for the department Of JUS
tice, in the hearing Of Delavan Smith
and Charles r. Williams, publishers Of
the indianapolis News, charged with
criminal libel in having alleged in their
newspaper that there was corruption In
the purchase Of the canal zone by this
country.
Mr.. McNamara pointed out to the
court that Mr.. Cromwell assured the
committee he had no interest in the
matter, save az attorney; that he had
then received 100000 for his services,
and that he was in no haste to submit
his bill for further attorneys fees.
Mr.. Cromwell added that ]. Pierpont
Morgan told him his banking house had
received only $4,000 for its services in
the collection of $40,O00,O0O paid by the
United states to the French company
through the Bank of France at Paris.
Mr.. McNamara sought to impress
upon the court that Mr.. Cromwell had
denied in detail that he had received q
cent from the government of Panama,
that he owned securities in the Panama
Canal company. or that he had received
Or expected to receive any compensa-
tion other tfan such as an attorney in
the case
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SAYS DRUNKARDs ARE
KEPT THIRSTY IN HELL

New York, Oct. 11.--Mrs. Annie Be-
sant, president of the Theosophical So
ciety, has new idea of he'll. When .
man dies, she says, he slips to another
plane and goes through the mental
pleasures and pains that he had here
on earth.
The drunkard would not cease to
know the terrible craving for liquor.
He would experience it intensified ~
hundredfold. she declared, because his
substance would be more subtle ana
more subject to vibrations of pleasure
and pain. And he would be compelled
to drift in and around the places he
had drunk in while on earth.
He would know that the bariteeper
sat o foaming schooner on the walnut
board before him. He would know TINT
a glass filed with ice and seltzer and
whisky sat on the bar. Nay, he would
be conscious even IL a highball sat un-
tasted, for some reason. OH the bar. but
he could not connect with It. sSs9
And thus he would go on for years
and years. suffering untold and unteli-
able agonies, until finally the coarse
ness of his fiber would be refined e
that point where he would receive an
other chance on earth. whereupon he
would be reincarnated into another
physical body and begin gathering ex.
periences again. 80
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
KING IS UNABLE TO
MAKE PEACE IN THE
FIGHT OVER BUDGET

London. Oct. 13.-At least some mem
bers of the cabinet are opposing any
compromise such as has been suR-
gested by King Edward to prevent =
constitutional crisis over the budget.
Winston Spencer Churchill, president
OF the board of trade, speaking at the
National Liberal club, declared that the
government would make no overtures
to the house of lords and accept no
con compromise and that no amendment to
the finance bill by the upper house
would be entertained. The house Of
lords, Mr.. Churchill added. had no right
to interfere In any way with the flnan-
cial business of the government, direct ;
~ or indirectly, and that the liberals.
having g united party and a.resolute
prime minister. were ready for the con-
ffct lit were forced upon them. NJ /
Lord LOreburn, lord high chancellor
who followed Mr.. Churchill, said he re-
fused to believe that the house OF lords
would take q step which would lead to
q most grave conflict and at the same
time place the finances Of the country
In state OF disorder SO far reaching
and so serious that few persons who
had not studied the subject really ap-
preciated the evil.
Mr.. Birrell chief secretary for ire
land. in speech at Bristol declared
that the Irish land bill was as import
ant as the budget, but he believed the
house of lords would pass the budget.
Premier Asquith left Balmoral castle
last night for London after another
lengthy consultation with King Ed
ward,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
HEIR TO MILLIONS
Tolls AS LABORER
Grandson Of w. n. Vanderbilt
Works for Year in Railroad
Shops at Milwaukee.

New York, Oct. 11.--James Watson
Webb, son Of w. Seward Webb and
grandson of the late William H. Van
derbilt, who is looked upon as the
probable heir to many millions of dol
lars, Is spending his vacation here
after year Of hard labor In the shops
of the Chicago & Northwestern at Nil
waukee.
THE men in, the shops with whom I
have been working" said young Webb,
'are princes. They didn't know who
was and they took me right in for
my own sake and were calling me by
my first name in week. Just as men
to men they have no superiors on
earth. Their word is their bond.
The standard of morality among
workingmen is just as high as in
other classes. The life Of the work
ingman is sane, the kind every man
ought to lead. The laboring man is
not lacking in brains, only In an oppor.
tunity to develop"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
four ROASTED IN
FIRE SAID TO Be
INCENDIARY DEED
They Are Suspected Of Starting
Oonaagration 70 Wreck
Their Vengeance.

Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 11.-Four per-
sons were killed in fire which ale-
stroyed brick dwelling house here to-
day. Several Othcr1s were rescued after
narrow escapes. Two negroes were ar
rested on suspicion in connection with
the origin OF the fire. Ss3
The dead:
Mrs DORA FIsIIAiAN. aged 81.
ROSIE FISHMAN. aged Il.
MRS ROSIE A. FISIMAN. aged 50.
RACHAEL MARKESON, l6 years.
One Badly injured. {
Moses Fishman. aged q, husband OF
Mrs. Dora Fishman. was serlously
burned. 80.
The tlrc broke out at 72l-723 JEFFERSON
st.. while the inmates were asleep. Sp
great q headway had 1t gained when
discovered. and 80 intense was the ex-
cttenent. thnt no organised attompt at
rescue was made for some minutes a1.
ter the fire companies had arrived.
w. HI. Mustaine. assistant city ticket
agent OF the Louisville z Nashville
railroad, his wife and two children.
were rescued from their apartmeut on
che third floor by firemen. N.
Whole Family POristes,
1t was then discovered that the Fish
man family had not been accounted for.
Efforts to enter their apartment were
impossible because OF the f1ames.. The
entire family perished. except the hus-
band, and with them died Miss Marke-
son. who lived ins the same apartment
The negroes arrested were Jim But
!er and George Harrison. who had
been lottering near the building, and
who are alleged to have had trouble
with. j. A. Thuss. a grocer in the build.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
HEALING MIRACLE
PUZZLES FRIENDS OF
RESTORED WOMAN
Dying Of Cancer She Consults
Healer and Is Now Nearly
Recovered.

Arlington, S. D., Oct. 14.-The people
Of This community are much aroused
over case of miraculous healing. Miss
Emma Stead, a pioneer resident and
menber Of a prominent family. was
told by surgeons at Rochester,. Minn.,
as Well as by several other physicians.
that Increase. was hopeless. She being in,
the last stages OF cancer. She WAS con-
stantly attended by trained nurse,
who was obliged to resort to morphine
and strychnine to make her heart COM
pensatc. Artificial respiration had to
be resorted to frequently and no nour-
fslllnent but liquids could be taken.
Some of her family became interested
in a divine healer" and she was taken
to Minneapolis to see him. The next
day all medicines We're discontinued;
She ate and slept naturally and walked
several blocks. She has now gone to
the Pacific coast for the winter. where
she continues to grow stronger each
day.
Physicians who had charge of the
case cannot account for the change on
natural grounds. but do not deny the
change. as the facts arc incontrovcrti-
bile
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
DAUGHTER DIES EN- ROUTE
FROM BELGIUM TO HOME

Alexandria, s. D.. Oct 12.-Henry
Bolens, of this city. mcnt with sad
surprise when he went 10 the local
station for the purpose OF greeting his
wife and children on their rctuEn from
asssojourn at Antwerp Belgium. Un-
known to him one of the children, q
taken sick While the party was at
Quebec, and. after an illness of q few
days. died of typhoid fever. Through
some strange oversight the surviving
members OF the family failed to notify
the waiting father in Alexandria of the
death, and the first he knew of the sad
occurrence was when, after greeting
the other members Of the family, he
looked about for the missing daughter,
and was informed OF her death and
burial
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
POOR MRS. ka'KEE! THE
COUNT PERsECUTEs HER

Pittsburg, Oct 13.-Pittsburg friends
and relatives of Mrs. Cornelia Baxter
Tevis Mckee have received two cables
from her in Paris asking If something
could not be done to lessen the perse-
cution to which she claims to be sub
jected by Count Apponyi, son of an
Austrian-Hungarian minister, to whom
she was recently engaged, but who now
refuses to accept his dismissal. The ca
bles convey the impression that she ts
In serious trouble over the attentions Of
the count. Colonel g. NJ. Baxter. Of
Louisville. father of Mrs. Mckee. Ii
now on his way to his daughters side.
having been called by cable.
Pittsburg hears that the count, who
was penniless, sought recently to bor-
row large sum from Mrs. Mckee, who
thereupon dismissed him-or tried to.
Colonel Baxter is expected to make
matters lively on reaching Paris.
Mrs. Tevis married A. Hart Mckee
withi.l 20 hours after his wife secured
divorce. special messenger hurrying
from Pittsburg with the divorce rec
ords. Recently she divorced Mckee in
the French courts. It is said by Pitts
bug friends that Count Apponyi was
one of her admirers before she married
Mckee
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
FRENCH !. PRIESTS | III ARE
MIXING m POLITICS.
Pledging Their Communioant,I
to Vote Only for Men Fav-
orable to Church. II

Paris. Oct II. Some OF the French
bishops. following ur . moro militant
policy. have introduced into tho cate
chisms the obligation to vote only Tor;
candidates who have publicly pledged
themselves to the defense OF religious
interests. ss9i
The Figaro. commenting on this de-
velopment, says that since the rupturo
tornl catechisms. the church has i;
perfect right to give instruction "a;
electoral duties, but 1t considers the
formulas In some dioceses to be open
to criticism. + sSsss' .s
It prefers that OF the archbfshobs sofs
Cambrai, which says that the snosf ,sSS
honest and the most Christian candi. 4
dates, best capable of serving the eonss
eral welfare should be elected IA sSs
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
HEAVY STOCK SHIPMENTS.

Deadwood, S. D.. Oct l2.-Althougn
receipts in the cattle market at Chic:,-
90 show a falling off from last year.
there is no decrease in the amount OF
cattle sent from the Black Hills, Local
railroad officials report that thus far
considerably over 1000 carloads have
being shipped from Belle Fourche and
Casper this year and the season prom
ises to continue for several weeks lust
as brisk. The Northwestern railroad
has been unable to secure all the cars
necessary to handle the desired ship
ments and there are now orders for
cattle and sheep cars sevora! DAYS
ahead that cannot be filled even with
extra equipment used. Many ranchers
in this section who would ship only on
q high market are so prosperous this
prices.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
INJURED MAN THROWN
AT DOOR OF EOSPlTAL

Arlington. S. D.. Oct. 1t-Thrown
from load of furniture. kicked and
trodden by two frightened horses and
thrown Ia, conscious in front of the
hospital, the posts in front of which
were snapped off by the horses in
their mad rush. Such was the expert
ence OF Henry Sparby at Hetland. The
head physician and nurse were standing
at the door where the victim was
thrown practically into their arms. and
within two minutes was in bed in the
hospital and aid given him.
His injuries. though severe, were not
fatal, and owing to the quickness with
which he was taken care of he will
recover.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
NAN BURIED UNDER
EIGHTY FEET OF SAND
TWO DAYS STILL LIVES

Central Islip, N. Y, Oct. 11.-Faint
cries for help sounding from the end
OF the two-inch we'll pipe protruding
form the well shaft of the Coffens farm
in Hoffman's lane near Hauphauge last
night spurred on the rescuers, who
still have hopes of saving the life Of
John Coffens. who has been buried
under so feet of Quicksand since Sum
day morning.
The rescuers toward the close of the
been killed when the weight of sand
fell upon him. AS the evening drew
on, however, the watchers heard sounds
resembling a human voice crying for
assistance. A cheer arose from the
group and the rescue work was re.
neWed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
PLAYMATE TIED BY BOYS
TO A BURNING SHE'D

Lead. 8. D., Oct. .12.--on a charge of
assault, four small Lead youths were
arrested and will have to answer in
the county court for their part in tying
Onest Soma. an Italian boy. TO a shed
and using him as an Indian victim.
The father Of the boy insisted on pros
ecutlon of the youngsters, whose par
ents assert that it was only boyish
prank and that Sonza was more scared
than hurt. The elder Soma charges
the boys with applying burning papers
to the shed where Onest was bound
as captive. but the boys say the;.
were carrying out the ritual of All
alleged Cowboy Band." and that SON
"a was obliged merely to smell fire.
The cases will come up before County
Judge Russell in Deadwood.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-14
Poll ICEMAN CHASING
SC0RCHER CAPTURES
HIS OLD COMMANDER.

New York, Oct. IA bicycle pclice-s
man who caught up with speeding
found that it contained Major Cen
eral Leonard Wood, u 8. a. who
was earring to- q hospital man who
ran out in front of the machine on
Fifth avenue and had been slightly
injured.
said tie policeman, salutinx GeneralS
Wood; '.aad Isshould not ease TO aYrests
yeou now 4IsyS9ss7 a ES
The injured man did ( not desire to
make complaint and the policeman,
departed, after taking the number OF
the automobile 80