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The Herald Galls Attention to Existence of Gambling;
Then to Show That It is P ossible for Officers to 6-et
Evidence it Produces the Facts Eegarding a
Racetrack (rambling v Case Is It The
Herald's Duty t o Become the r '
Public Prosecutor?
Last week The Herald called attention .
of the officers of -the iaw to the exist-
ence of gambling in E Paso. J
This week The Herald had two of Its
representatives place bets on the races j
in Juarez In au El raso saloon and I
priniea xne zacts. :
Following the expose the district at- i
torney summoned The Eerald reporters j
before the grand jury- One reporter J
went; he waited an hour ana 15 minutes j
and was not called to testify. This mat- j
ter was explained in The Herold yes-
terday. The Herald does noi desni It formed at jo octocK in tne morning mat
the dutv of a newspaper to file com- If he sent the proper man to the place be-
plalnts 'against violators of the law; it j fore The Herald was issued he could
called attention to the violation of the j place bets on the races m Juarez
law and when the ofricers did not If the officers of the law choose to
gather evidence it offered proofs mere- '
ly o show that it is possible to get (Continued on Page Twelve.)
Also Wounds Their Nurse
and Then Ends His Own
Life With a Revolver.
WIFE DIED A.
SHORT TIME AGO
Birmingham Ala Feb. 19. George
Stephens son of a prominent mine
operator today shot and killed three of
his little children. He then shot and
fatally wounded their negro nurse and
then killed himself.
Stephens's wife died about 15 months
ago. He was 38 years old ana a railroad
engineer.
This morning Stephens entered tae
room where the old negro nurse sat
with the youngest child Jamie. 18
months old In her dap.
Pulling a pistol Stephens sent a bul-
let through the child's head the bullet
passing through -and striking the nurse
In the nead inflicting a cangerous
wound. He next killed tils two little
daughters Mary Elizaoetn aged 7
years and Blanche aged rour years.
He then shot himself.
Stephens left a note saying: "I am
to blame for It all."
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PHILADELPHIA CAR
STRIKE IS JOS
Philadelphia Pa. Feb. 19.
The Philadelphia street car
strike ds now on. The strike of
employes was ordered today and
shortly after noon the men be-
gan turning In their cars.
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KANSAS CITY IS WARMLY AGITATED
ASS A IJITINQ CMILnRFM
Kmsbs City Mo Fe. 13. William Jackson 3S year oldj a bcsto janitor
Trko last night coHfcssou t Staving aasaHlted five yonng wiite girls wan
taken before the graBd jHry teday. Prosecntor Conkllne hn promised that he
would be tried Immediately.
Coming ho close apwa the hosginc here February S of t-rro negroes for
ass&Hltlag a white womaB lutcHse feeling againt Jackson ha been aroused
bat tkere hag been no public demonstrtation so. far.
Jackeon said last night mat he had bo neb roller skates and candy for
his child victims to Induce them to enter his room.
ROBBERS DYNAMITEA
OFFICER IS KILLED IN BATTLE
SAFE; GET NO MONEYl
Oklahoma City Okla. Feb. 19. City marshal Pol Prjer or Blanchard and
officer Perry rrcre fatally wounded this mo'rniag In a fight -vith yeggman
following their attempt to rob the safe of the First .National bank of that
town.
There were seven robbers in the gang and they succeeded !n blowing open
the "vault when the officer! attacked thsm.
The crackftmcB esccpetl on a handcar ana went west. Officers are in pnr-
KHit aHd it is expected that there will bs n hot fight.
Both sides are heavily armed.
The explosion aronsed tne citizens and a hastily formed posse approached
the bank. The robbers fled before thy had reached the InslCe of the safe.
The posse pursued and n running revolver battle ensued and Perry fell.
The robbers then JHmped on handcars and fled toward ChIckasHa.
Posses from nere El Heno and Chiekasha left today on a hunt for the
Blanchard bank robbers set en In number. It is believed they headed toward
Oklahoma CIt and if so a bloody battle Is inevitable. The towns ef Tnttle
Mustang Taken and Anadark arc on the lookout.
them. "Whose duty it i? zo gainer these
proofs. The Herald has riot said; but it
Is the duty of SOME oir-eer of -the city
and county C El Paso 10 see that the
laws are obeyed. .
The Herald has not sought a contro-
;'.s "a i""-" i"- w.v " i
fleers choose to get riieu n :s xneir xauir.
It may be Interesting- to tne general J
public to know that on the day The
Herald was printing t - expose of the r
Apex bar race track gambling opera- I
tions county attorney Brldgers was in- j
New Mexico Territory May i
Have to Pay the Debt of
Santa Fe County.
HEARING BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE
Washington T. C Feb. 19. Officials
of the territory of New Mexico and
representatives of the people who 'hold
the bonds issued by the territory and
its counties liave been given a hearing
before the senate cojnmlttee which is
considering statehood bills.
Amendments were suggested provid-
ing that the proposed state of New
Mexico shall take over the debts of
Santa Fe county amounting to more
than a million dollars and consisting
chiefly of railroad aid bonds Most of
these bonds were voted in 1879 and the
principal and Interest have remained
unpaid.
The Issuance of the "bonds was justi-
fied by the JTew Mexico delegation on
the ground that they were necessary
in order to Induce the railroads to de-
velop that section and it was stated
that they were Issued in tho same spirit
in which the United States govern-
ment gave aid In building transconti-
nental roads.
Tho proposed stato of New Mexico
also wants in addition to bequests of
public lands for school purposes three
million acres to be Issued in wiping out
tho territorial debt.
No action was taken by the com-
mittee but indications are that provi-
sions will "be made for the payment of
tho Santa Fo bonds at least.
C. K. Hamilton and His Biplane In Numerous Positions
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No Further Troubledn Cairo
Where the Rioters Were
Killed and Wounded.
MILITIA PATROLS
ON ALL STREETS
Cairo 111. Feb. 19. Surrounded by
100 infantrymen 12 convicted prisoners
who were sentenced yesterday by judge
Butler to varying terms in the Ches-
ter prison were hurried to the depot
and out of town this morning at 5
oclock and taken to prison. Among
the prisoners was John Pratt the negro
purse snatcher wliose arrest resulted
In an attempt to force the jail and
lynch him yesterday morning.
ne member of the mob was killed
and four were wounded In this at-
tempt. Few people knew of the departure of
the prisoners and there was no demon-
stration' Last night passed quietly
but the officials are apprehensive of
trouble tonight as thousands of labor-
ing men will 'be -at liberty after noon
today and the "feeling against the ne-
groes is bitter.
This feeling isbeing aggravated by
the fact that a large 'number of-depu-ties
whp ired on the mob were ne-
groes. The streets are being patroled
by militia and1 crowds are not allowed
to gather.
The saloons remain closed.
El Paso Will
yliif ti&r &
Eatolog3' a new science in El Paso Is
being studied by city fathers. Some-
thing must be done and that Is about as
far as 'it goes at present for ratology
is a new thing here.
As a student of ratology S H. New- that rats are doinr things to 'finery In
man offered some siitre-pstions tn kIu- . .f: ' "
council and started them thinking about
the rat stricken public. Mr. Newman
laid some rat facts before the common
council only Thursday and he Is on
the war path that something be done.
Railroads to Blame.
"I believe that the railroads brought
the rats to us" said Mr. Newman whr
Is an old resident of El Paso. "The first
rat I saw in this section was in Albu-
querque in 188G shortly after the first
track entered that town. The first I
sa-w here was only two years ago. Now
we have the feat question to face San
Francisco emploj'ed 1600 skilled rat
men to put down the plague. She pre
vented-ia- plague and an interruption to
business that would have caused great
loss. Rats disseminate all kinds of
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Managrna Nicaragua Feb. 19. The telegraph operator frith the government forces notified fiea. Toledo today
that the fighting at St. Tlcente ceased at .1 oclock yesterday afternoon wieH the Insurgents retired in the direction
of Santo Tomas. - T
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United States consul Olivares ivho has returned from Matagalpa estimates the casualties la the recent fight-
ing there at 14 killed 70 -nnnuded. Nearly every house vras sjrjiclc !y maxim shots.
The loss to the Americans Is chiefly in 'the matter of cattle aad horses killed or aquisitloncd.
NEGRO ADMITS CRIME.
IS RUSHED AWAY.
Sulphur Springs. Tex Feb. 19.
Hooker Finney a negro escaped t lynch-
ing by a mob of Como citizens by just
half an hour last night wnen he was
hurried to Greenville at s:30 uy officers
In a private conveyance.
A mob of q hundred men from Como
descended upon the "courthouse and jail
at 9 oclock and was shown through the
prison and convinced that the prisoner
was not hiding there.
XEILL BURGESS A
NOTED 'ACTOR DIES
New York X. Y. Feb. 19.
Neil Burgess the actor famous
-through his presentation of "The
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starred for years died at his celved from Germany. Swltser- ( aVs examlnation of Louis -R- Glavis In FoIlowin& the Los Angeles meeting
home here last night. .;. land England and France. tfae Balllnger-Pinchot investigation came j Hamilton made a flight over the bay at
: . to an unexpected close today and Henry Sarf Diego CaL and remained in the air
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See the Bird Man Fly
They Were not Here TIncil TUree Years Ajro
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diseases and are dangerous besides
being inconvenient." .
The West Texas Fuel company is
building a $1200 rat proof grain store
house Mr. Newman points out and also
the stores of the city. He says the first
rats he saw here were at the Fassett &
Kelly hardware store although of
course they do not eat nails or lead
pipe. B
The Native Rat.
As a matter of rat anthropology Mr.
Newman tells of a varietv of rat pe-
culiar to this locality. The kangaroo
rat was here long before the railroads
came but this rat is a wild and woolly
sort of litle one and lives In the moun-
tains and never visits the city to do
shopping at Calisher's or the Popular.
Now the kangaroo rat so Mr. New-
man says really looks like an Aus-
tralian randaddy-long-legs. He has
white hair on his ears and on his tall.
Mamma rat carries her young arOurid.
too although she has no baby pocket.
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AND MQB FOILED
Finney attacked and assaulted the 10-
yearold daughter of l?r. M. C. Lynch
of Como 10 -miles easf of iere yester-
daj. He was captured anr bronght here.
Upon his plea of guilty he" was sentenced
to 90 prears In the penitentiary and im-
mediately afterwards vrns taken to
Greenville and from there to Dallas for
safekeeping as a mob was determined
to lynch the negro If founa.
The girl will recover but is suffering
from ia nervous collapse.
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3IANY ENTRIES FOR:
WORITD'S BALLOON RACE
St. Louis Mo. Feb. 19. En-
tries to the internationarballoon
race which probably will be held
ax; y.fct''? .
- - Some Itatolojry.
The litle ones ju3t hang on so Mr.
Newman says. This native rat builds
big nests of 'bark and mushrooms from
tree trunks.
But all that is not practical ratology.
Mr. Newman principally asks "What is
31 Paso going to do about the rat
question?"
SnKgests City BayiBg Poison.
And he suggests that the city buy
a quantity of rat poison and distribute
it to the people who are willing to use
it. He read recently of a rat killing
concoction that not only kills the rat
that eats it but spreads like a disease
nmonjr other rats a sort of an endless
chain exterminator and he recom-
mends this. s
Other old timers corroborate Mr.
Newman's story that rates were no
here in the early days and many be-
Heve that shipments of goods brought
in by sea freight to Galveston brbjight
the first rats to El Paso--partlcuIarlyf
rtraw lined casks containing china-
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G-iavis Reiterates Charges of
Crookedness; Further Evi-
dence Asked.
COMMITTEE GETS
COURT RECORDS
FJco. was called to thp s-anrt.
Mr. Hovt's te?timonv oorrohn
.that given by Glav.Is as to taking the
Alaska coal cases up witn attorney gen-
eral Wickersham. and nac to do also
with the stipulation of omitting the
name of R. A. Ballinger as attorney
from the Wilson coal land cases.
Mr Hoyt said it was hla own sug-
gestion that the stipulation was made
but as a matter of fact lja;;nger's rame
does appear in the record many times.
It was expected that Giffora "pinchot
would take the stand this afternoon.
Mr. "Vertrees introduced documentao
evidence containing denials by Interested
parties that there ever was an escrow !
agreement In the Wilson cases
Glavis has charged hat Mr. Bal- i
linger's action in drawing up this al-
leged agreement was a criminal actt but
that the statute of limitations prevent-
ed action on it.
To clear up the matter the committee
has sent to Seattle for the entire court
recurus m tuts wusun coai cases.
Washington. D. C. Feb 19. ThA
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U Paso Texas
atorday Evening
February 19 1910 28Pages
Will Try For World's Rec-
ord for Height and Speed
Tuesday and Wednesday.
HERALD READERS
GO FOR 75 CENTS
Two Big Days at Washing-
ton Park To Race Auto3
and y-ive Famous "Glide"
EI Paso will see the bird man.
Charles K. Hamilton in the Curtia
eight cylinder bipl2ne will fly at Wash-
ington park Tuesday and Wednesday
afternoons' fxcxn to 5.
Mr. Hamilton holds the world's record
1 for the fastest mile ever made in a
heavier than air machine haying made
' the mile in 1:11 at Fresno Cal. follow
ing the Los Angeles meet.
The El Paso Herald-today secured a
j guaranteed that brings the world fa
mous racer here on these dates. Sead-
i ers of The Herald can see the flights
'. for 75 cents if they clip the coupens
from The Herald today or Monday and
I present them at The Herald office witk
75 cents before 12 ocloclc wetines-
! day. The admission at the gate win ba
$1. Children can see the exhibition
f T".... fnr- OZ .-.ATltQ if fV COSie tO
The Herald office with .Herald coupons;
at the park the admission will be 50
cents for children.
The Herald has not asked the busi-
ness men of the city to put up a cent
to bring the bird man here. The HeraH
believes the people want to see an avia-
tor in a heavier than air machine anafit
believes El Paso is entitled to suck aa
exhibition. The Herald has tnererore
arranged to bring Hamilton here becaus
it waats the people of El Paso and sur-
1 founding country to see the flights on
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoHS-
WORLD SEC0RD MACHETE.
Hamilton uses a Curtis eight cylinder
biplane the same machine which cap-
tured all speed prizes at the great French
meet at Rheims at Los Angeles aad at
Phoenix Ariz.
Hamilton's managers offer to wager
$5000 or $10000 that he can beat any
aviator in the world in a heavier than
air machine in a 10 or 20 mile race.
'TO TRY FOR NEW RECORDS.
TTaTmltnn will race 10 miles azainst
! an automobile at Washington park both
Tuesday and Wednesday ne wm awe
race five miles against an automobile
and five miles against a motorcycle.
He will also make an effort on Tues-
day to break all records for height aad
will try to break his .own record for a
milellthe record of the world asd
will do figure eights and other seecaing
ly impossible stunts.
"THE HAMILTON GLIDE."
Hamilton will give his famous "Ham-
ilton glide" in which he ascends to a.
height of 1000 feet shuts off kis ma-
chine and shoots " down almost m .
straight line to the point of starting in
front of the grandstand. His managers
claim that he is the only aviator ia th
world who performs such a feat.
Hamilton took part in the aviation
meeting at Los Angeles bet met with
an accident to his machine while 500
feet in the air and was compeled to
descend as quickly as possible. He made
the descent in perfect order an almost
phenomenal occurrence.
FLIES OVER xHE SEA-
I JSneilSh cnannei. ne aiso maue a iuSu
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At Fresno following the San Diego
exhibition Hamilton established a new
world's record for speed covering a sule
in 1:11 flat. He hopes to beat that
record with his El Paso flight.
RAILROAD RATES.
Special rates will be granted on all
railroads for the El Paso meeting. The
El Paso & Southwestern this morning
announced a rate of one fare and a third
for the round trip from all points on
its eastern division as far north as
Santa Rosa and the agents of the oth-
er roads have taken up the matter with
their general officers and expect the
rates to ce announced at once on tne
G. H. as far east as Sanderson; on the
Texas & Pacific as far east as Big
Springs; on the Mexican Central as far
south as Torreon and on the Mexican
Northwestern (Sierra Madre) on its en-
tire line.
be on sale Mbndav morning a The
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