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VOL 6. NO. 40.
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R. A. HALL C.
m San Angelo NationallSanh k
Capital paid up
burplus and undivided profits
OlTerato Depositors nil (ho accommodations which their balnnccs
business nnd rcspondlbtllty justify.
A. J. BAKER & C
BANKERS.
SAN ANGELO
A.J. BAKER the President of this bank has beon n resident citizen of Sna
Angelo for 18 year. He was Commissioner of the General Iatd Oftlee of Texas for
four years. Is well known ns nsafo and conservative banker.
We Respectfully Solicit Deposits from all Persons.
Mcney loaned on Conservative Basis
ORIENT RAILROAD NEWS.
Officials on n Tour of Inspection.
Banquet to President Stilwcll nnd
Party. News from Mexico.
President A. E. Stilwell and
party of capitalists from London
Germany and Holland arrived
hero this week and became the
guests of the city.
The visitors were met at the de-
pot by the governor's band and
a delegation of prominent citizens
and proceeded to the beautiful
quinta of Governor Ahumada
whoro a reception was hold.
On Wednesday afternoon a re-
ception was hold at tho palnco
after which tho invited guests re-
paired to a banquot which was
given in honor of the guests by
Governor Ahumada and J. F.
Trovino local manager for the
Kansas City Mexico it Orient
road in this state.
Tho occasion was a most pleas-
ant one and the guests were ox-
tonded every courtesy. Governor
Ahumada was at his best and
when ho arose to address the as-
semblage ho was loudly cheored.
The choif oxecutive referred to
tho occasion as one affording!
ur. lrovino aim nimseii an op -
portunity to welcome the visiting!
investors and particulary to greet
Mr btilwoll and express tho ad-
miration which tho people of this
groat state felt for tho promoter
of f tho Kansas City Mexico &
wwcuu hwukiuu uio umur prise
the hoartiest support of tho state
government as it has received
that of the federal.
He honed nt no distant day that
Port Stilwell would be connected
with Kansas City and that
the vast resources in this state
along tho lino of route would be
doveloped. V
At tho conclusion of Governor
Ahumada' s speech tho band play-
ed tho Moxican National Hymn."
Mr. Stilwoll in his usual happy
strain declared that tho hearty
welcome of tho people of Mexico
repaid all who were interested in
this enterprise for their efforts.
Ho expected at no distant day to
seo Chihuahua an important and
populous metropolis and compli-
mented Governor Ahumada upon
his foresight in tho erection of
tho beautiful opera houso whoso
proportions might oven bo inade-
quate to accommodato tho pub-
lic in a fow yoars.
Ho spoke of tho intorest which
has boon takon in Europo in Moxi-
can affairs and investment and
boloived that tho progress which
has been mndo by tho management
of this road lms beon as rapid as
was possiblo with an enterprise of
this magnitude.
After Mr. Stilwoll's address
which was loudly applauded tho
band played tho "Star Spangled
Banner.
One of tho most appreciated of
tho addressos mado was that of
Mr. Ronsdoll tho legal adviser of
the financo oDmmitteoof London
who referrod to tho newly awakon-
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od interest which was being mani-
fested in England in Mexico and
in Mexican investmont. He said
that tho English investors desir-
ed to be assurred of three facts
before entering this new field
namely tho resources of the
country through which tho road
would pass tho support of the
federal and state governments to
carry to a successful completion
tho great undertaking. Had they
not been nssured of the ability of
Mr. Stilwell and not Had tho ut-
most confidence in him tlioy
should not havo taken the troublo
to investigate the ret. ITa'ing
found all conditions most satis-
factory. tllOV hflVfi nnrnvnd int-n
tho project with all their heart
and are confident that it will bo a
grand financial success.
Mr. Rensdell snoko nt leturtli.
aim nis worus were listened to
with attontion
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Lie. Francisco Prieto judge of
the supreme court spoke feeling-
ly of the appreciation of the
Chihuahuans of the efforts which
havo been mado by Mr. Stilwell
and said that the prayers of tho
people would bo showered upon
the head of tho promoter of the
Kansas Oitv
Mexico it Orient
ronu.
After the banquet tho party
took a trip over the Kansas City
Mexico it Orient to tho bridge
near Aldama.
On Thursday mornin" Mr
Stilwell and his guests took a
bdbciiU tram tn Innnn
The entire nnrtv Infr. lnct nl
for the City of Mexico.
It will bo romombored thnt
last March Mr. Stilwell brought
to Chihuahua a party composed
of somo of tho richest and most
representative of English busi
ness men aim tnac tlioy wero ac-
'orded a roval welnnmo.
Mr.
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Ijincu aiuiuu no bllllC limO tlUtt
viiia was but a forerunner of
other parties that ho intondod to
bring to tour tho Ropublic from
time to time and that ho hoped
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m that way to bring Mexico as a
field for investment prominently
boforo that class of Englishmen
who would bo able to invest
larirolv. and whnsn infomof n
aud friendship for tho Ropublic
would be of inestimable vnluo to
tlio nation.
Tho success of tho first trip is
attested to by tho short timo
that has elapsed since then and
Mr. Stilwoll is again hore with
another party of English Hol-
land and American capitalists.
As the&o men aro all olosoly iden-
tified with tho members of tho
first party to arrivo it is clear
that tho reports that they re-
ceived of the resources and busi
ness opportunities in Movieo
must have been of tho most
flattoring oharactor.
Tho national bonofit to bo do-
rived from thoso visits could not
bo overestimated. The mon that
composo tho parties aro not idle
tourists who camo to tho counrty
in Bearoh of reoroation; nor aro
they scientists who wish to
SAN ANGELA TOM GREEN COUNTY
study the country from a scienti-
fic point of view. They are all
practical oggressivo business men.
who come horo in search of in-
1 vestment; men who will develop
the vast latent resources of this
country and tho fact thnt they
aro satisfied the fact that they
not oniy nave neon seen favor-
ably impressed with but aro en-
fltlflnt'i n...a ...1...1 .1. 1. .
uinaiuom UtUl twillb MlOy llllVO
seen means more for the State of
Chihuahua and the entire Repub-
lic tlinn may at first be appreci-
ated Mr. Stilwell Is accompanied on
the present trip by Mr. W. V.
Sylvester vice-president of tho
company and by Messrs. Lewis
Rendoll. John Perry Win. Simp-
son J. C. Van Mario and others.
Mr. Stilwoll states that the
first ship loud of English steel
has already been recoived at Port
Stilwell and that track laying
from tho Pacific const this way
lias actually been homm. Tim
second and third ship loads will
arrivo at Port Stilwell within
ninety days and with what steol
thov already havo on hand at
that place will bo &ufiicient)'to
complete tho lino to u point fif-
teen miles this side of El Fuorte.
Fifty kilometers of track will
bo put in operation from Chihua-
hua east by December 10th of
this year and the construction
work will bo continued and
pushed with all possible speed
until the entire line is completed
irom Kansas uity to the Pacific
coast.
ON INSl'ECTI.N'n TOUIt.
from The Now Yorlc Tribune.
Arthur E. Stilwell president of
the Kansas City Mexico it ' orient
Railway Company accompanied
by tho members of tho finance
board of the road was among the
passengers who loft New York
yesterday on tho Twentieth Cen-
tury Limited over Uiol Now York
Central. Mr. Stilwel; has just
returned from England where he
wont cany in tno summer to se-
cure formal confirmation from
his bonrd of directors of the con-
tract entered into with tho Chihu-
ahua and Pacific Railroad Com
pany and of the arrangements
mado lor terminal facilities for
the new road m Kansas City.
The Kansas City Mexico and
Orient Railway which as fre-
quently announced in Tho Tri-
bune will form a new transcon-
tinental lino between Kansas
City and tho Pacific is now act-
ively in process of construction
aim win oo compiotocl and in op-
eration within three years. The
lino of tho now road crosses'
Northern Mexico from Pivhulw
on tho Rio Grande through Clu-
iiuanua to i'ort Stilwell on tho
Pacific. President Stilwell ami
his associates on the finnnpn
board most of whom urn fiv..
England and Holland havo gone
West to inspect tho work now be-
ing done and perfect arrange-
ments for its early completion.
Several mombors of tiio party
had never visited this country
before and wero much impressed
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perfectly equipped train on which
wioy wero 10 iravei. "1 wish
said ono of tho Englishmen
"some of our railway officials
would como ovor horo and take a
fow lessons. Just lonlr I on- nlunn
and neat and orderly everything
horo in this station is; and tho
train looks as if wo woro imbu? to
travel with all tho comforts of
homo."
In tho party besides President
Stilwoll woro W. W. Sylvester
Silas Schwabo Baron von Konig
Lowis Rot'dell John Pony W. A.
Simpson E. E Holmes and P. D.
Tuckott.
ms. otuwoii siartou away in a
particularly happy framo of mind
becauso of his victory in tho Cir-
cuit Court in Kansas City on Mon-
day over John W. Gates in the
mattor of tho Guardian Trust
Company of Kansas City. In
Novombor 1000 Mr. Gatos in an
ondoavor to secure control of tho
company of which Mr. Stilwoll
was thon presidont succeeded in
throwing tho comnnnv into tho
hands of receivers. Tho court
has now ordered thn dianlinvrm nt
tho recoivorahip and it is behov-
ed that Mr. Stilwoll will bo rein-
TEXAS WEDNESDAY OCT. 8 1902.
stated us president.
TO DEVELOP
MIXES.
The hns ViL'as
copper mutes
near Coyamo on the Rio Conchof
were son this u-no.- tn Tsat....
capitalists for $8000000 ' cold.
Mr. ueorge E. Voorhces Jr. of
Now .Tersov nromntnd tlm ilnnl
The Lns Vigas mines havo been
worked for many years and ovor
fr'5000000 worth of oto has beon
shipped and thero are at present
ueiwoon in roe and tout thousand
tons of ore on the dump. All tho
experts who have examined tho
property havo given favorable re-
ports but tho owners have novor
been able to work tho mines on
an extensive scalo owing to tho
great distnnee from tho railroad
and tho lack of capital to work
the mines advantageously. Tho
wacon freight from thn m'iiwvs tn
Chihuahua alono being .SO.OO per
ion uesuies .fU.UU gold per ton
for freight from Chitiahtm to
Agunscnlientes and treatiim tho
ore. Even with these exorbitant
charges themine lms beon work-
vu at a pront uy tno lormor own-
ers It is tho intention of the
new company to install modern
machinery and eventually a
smelter at the mines and with
the completion of tho Orient road
which will pass within a dis-
tance of six miles of the mine")
the property will no doubt be-
como a large producer.
Mr. Stilwoll assured Mr. Voor-
heesntjjtho banquet Wednesday
that the railroad would ho
completed to tho Concho Rivor
in two months.
Mr. Voorliees left yesterday
morning for the east to 'purchase
tho new machinery and expects
to havo everything ready within
ninoty days to operato on an ex-
tensive scalo.
Theso mines wero owned by
Messrs. Ile-"'v Nocker. Henrv
Johnson J. n.-Nishan Goorire
Watson and Cant. G. P.. .-Wlull
all of this city who only decided
10 sou tne property alter realizing
that it would reriuiro more onni-
tal tlinn they had to work them.
There are other good properties
in tho Coyamo district that will
becomo active producers ns poon
as the railroad will facilitate
transmission of tho products.
Stllwell In Mexico.
Mexico CfTy Sept. )!0. Presi-
dent S well of the Kansas vDityg
Mexio and Orient lwav. lms ar
rived ciro wit " .iislunen inter-
ested ii finaficiiiL' tho railwnv.
The Entrlish capitalists oxiiress
satisfaction with !ie wav the
work has been ''handled" and
monev snent
Thowo-O-o-fhiyingl
..in.. '.' ....' b!
rails on the Pacific coast end ) as
been begun and orders have l'on
placed in England for (J0000 tons
of rails.
Prof. Frederick Starr of the
University of Chicago has reached
hero from Guadalajara and is pre-
paring for a journey to the ex-
treme south of tho republic Ho
may mnko a hurried trip to Now
York boforo setting out on his ex-
plorations. w ---. w . . .
A Typical South African Store.
O. R. Larson of Bnv Villn.
inivi ii oiuiu l) JIUUI Ul OUlllll i-
rica nt which can bo purchased
anything from the proverbial
"needlo to an anchor." This
store is situated in a valley nine
miles from tiio nearest railway
station and about twenty-five
miles from tho nearest town. Mr
Larson says: "I am favored
with the custom of farmers with-
in a radius of thirty miles to
many of whom I have supplied
Chamborlain's romedios. All tns.
tify to thoir value in a housohold
whore a doctor's advico is almost
out of tho question. Within one
mile ot niv storo tho nnnnlntimi
is perhaps sixtv. Of these within
tho past twolvo months no loss
than fourteen havo beon absolute-
ly ctirod by Chamborlain's Cough
Romody. This must surolv be a
record." For sale by tho Con-
tral drug storo. 10 9-2t.
Besides tho many new residen-
ces going up about tho city many
other homo owners in San Angolo
aro improving thoir residonco
property.
-Havo your mattresses repairod
at San Angolo Mattress Factory.
First class work guaranteed.
Phono 82. tf
STOCK NEWS. . i
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H. M. Wright sold to II. A.
Wootton BL hoad of high grado
horsos at !fs2.50.
W. A. Nix. of Snlllninlinv an 1.1 .
G. W.. Rutlor of Midland 80 head
of yearlings at $15.
T. II. TllVlOr. nf S.ln'nlw.
sold to G. 11. Rutlor of Midland!
iu-' hond of yearlings at $10.
Fred Rjorkman sold to Harris
Bros botwoon 200 and JJoo ono
and two yonr old steors at $15.
E. Davis and J. Wilson sold to
Sopor &. Ilolloway 7 fat cows at
$18. They woro shipped to mar-
kot. Col. Alonzo Millet of San An-
tonio camo up last weok with
100 head of cn.tr.ln. v1iii.li 1...
placed in tho Dupreo pasture
J. II. Hotlflhton. of Anaf.m
shipped from Milos last weok to
KniiHiis (lir.v Ififi I -'. .....l
-v -.w nutiuio aim
cows and sold at $2.50 to $2135.
John Gardnor sold to Sopor it
Ilolloway a bunch of ono and two
year old steers at $20. About ono
third of thorn woro twos and two
thirds ones.
Messrs. Jackson R. P. and Gib
William Woir Will and Homy
Cttrrio shipped a train of fat cat-
tle to tho Northern markots Sat-
urday tho 27th from Big
Springs.
J. W. Tweedlo of Mulberry
Sterling county sold to J. W.
Skinner of San Angolo four car
loads of fine fat cows Durham
and Ilorofords for dolivory hero
about tho 10th.
J. T. Garrott of Knickerbock-
er bought from C. L. Broomo of
Oona 125 head of feeder bulls
at $2-1. Mr. Garrort will ship
thorn to Marlin about tho end of
the month to food.
B. C. Jackson tho wool rmmli.
and live stock commission man
bought from J. W. Trttledlo of
Mulbory Storling county a fino
pair of drivers for $175. "You
can drive out of tho stntn with
them in two days."
G. W. Cunningham sold 0 sec
tions of his ranch on Rnnlrv
the former Otto Schatter ranch-
to J. N. Cobb for $5200. Four
sections woro flooded land and tho
remaining fivo leasod. Also be-
tween -100 and 500 stock cattle at
$12.50. B. C. Jackson nnirnr.inr.ml
the deal.
' "' AcmB th0 . "!" nt
stock farmer was n town nn
Buck Skin Bill day and called on
The Press dropping several cart
wheolH into the first-class fund.
Mr. Adams has fine grass in his
pasture flourishsng food crops
and a splendid truck gardon from
which ho now expects to harvest
50 bushels of linnw nnd limine
all without irrigation excopt that
which comes from tho clouds.
Mr. Adams recontly bought from
Henry Dotmoro 20 head of calves
at about $0.50.
I.nnd Sales nnd Lenses.
Austin. Texas. Sonfc. 110. r.nnd
sales and leaso receipts for tho
month of September" as roported
by tho treasury dopartmoiit were
as follows:
bohoul land Interest 3l32:i.lH()
Suhool land principal I11.S4I.3J
Sctitol land leaso Itt.SSO.KO
University land leaso T.-MO.Vo
unnernty land Intorest (P70
llllnd asylum land principal ft. so
Dcnf and dumb asylum land nrlneinal "H.oo
Poaf and dumb asjlum. land Interest iUVJS
Lunatlu asylum lurd Intorest 2.31
Lunatic asjlum land nrlneinal Turn
Orphan asylum land Interest 1170
Orphan nsyluin land principal 100
Tola! 1117010.11
Tho recoipts for the month
woro much bettor than oxnoetnd
and a considerable incroaso is
looked for in Octobor as tho
business of tho donnrtmont will
pick up aud again rosumo its
former activity. Tntm-onf. nnv.
ments on school land will havo to
bo in by Novombor 1 and tho
holdoi'S Of claims llSIinllv linrrin tn
sottlo with tho state about Octo-
bor 10 and continuo until thn
first of tho year.
Beaumont Oil for Ticks.
WoltOll Winn. n. nrnminanl
stockman of Santa Anna wrifna
an exchango ns follows :
-X boo in your vniunblo paper
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EntoredlnthoSan AnKolol'ostOfflooas
Sccond-clatsmall matter
THE QELB3 RELSMBLE
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
where stockmen of dill'oront parts
of tho country aro having troublo
wiui ticKs aim aro trying various
routed ies to got rid of snmo. I
fool it a duty I owo to tho stock
fratomity to give thorn a suro
romedy. I had somo cattlo wintor-
ing in Kimball county and whon
I got thorn homo in August tlioy
woro poor and covered with ticks.
I had a chuto mado and ran 200
through it and with a common
paint brush a man on each sido
and ono in tho rear painted thorn
with Beaumont oil. Tlioy shod
tho ticks at once every ono of
thorn nnd began to mond. Ticks
wero in their ears and wo paintod
or moppod their ears and thoy all
improved. This oil is cheap and
u sure retnedv for tic-Its. mwl
I havo no hositam-v in ndviciiw.
stockmon to use it "
John Trout sold Doi-k Word in
head of his fino Morino rams nt
about $11.00 per head.
Jludspoth it Philip hist weok
bought 50 hoad of steer yoarlings
from David Augustino at p. t.
Claud Jludspoth last weok sold
5 hoad of full-blood durham bulls
to Alex Mitchell for $50.00 a
head.
Frank Harris last weok pur-
chased 500 steer yoarlings from
Stanley Green from off the II.
ranch.
Jno. Trent tho buck doalor
last week sold Jno. Bony 20 Me-
rino rams at $1 1.00 per head
more to follow
E B. Raggett is today deliver-
ing about 1550 steer yoarlings to
Bill West. Theso yearlings woro
contracted some time ago.
Joo MontnLMin wiih in from t.lm
O0 ranch a day or so tho foro part
ui last wook. no roportod a lino
rain on the ranch the Sunday bo-
foro. Robt Carutliers. tho sheen kinir
and Into purchaser of Johnson
Bros.' ranch on the Pecos wns in
Oona yesterday and purchased a
lot of Jno. Trent's line rams.
ClllV MoiltuoilKiry nnnd
tliroilL'll Ozomi today nni'mitfi tn
San Angolo with his cow outfit to
meet a shipment of about 500
steer yearlings that his father will
ship from Comanche.
Fred Wilkins the Val Vordo
county cowman last weok bought
tho ranch sheep and goats of
Scott. Dole for $10000. Tho
ranch contains of a number of
leasod sections op the Pecos and
tho sheop 15000 in number and
goats $1500.
Smith Parr came in from tho
ranch vestordav and he and Dr.
Comegys loft this morning for
Dallas whoro thoy will spend a
day or two at thofii.ii' nnd tlinn nn
on to Gainsvillo to visit relatives.
Mrs. Parr will very likely return
with Smith. Oona Kickor.
A Prussian Murdor.
Prussia is becoming notorkwj
for extraordinary murders. A man
named Beck at Konigsberg killleel
his wife put the body in a box
and kept it by him for eighteen
months without being dctecterd.
Plis wife's absence was concealed
by his mistress's going to Danzig
and beginning divorce proceed-
ings against him in the name of
the murdered woman. The
body was discovered through th
cttricfity of his former landlord
with whom he had left the box
on moving from his apartments.
When he found the po'ici were
afttvr him he shot himue'f .
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