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IIGIIIE KILLS
n. e.
CanyonMan Horribly Man
gled in Local Den
ver Yards
AT
WAS EXPERT ACCOUNTANT AND
HUOTIIF.Il OF WELL-KNOWN
AMARHXO BUSINESS
BIAN.
R. B. Burrow, seed twenty-two
years and unmarried, was to hor
ribly mangled under an engine in the
local yards of the Fort Worth Den
ver early Saturday morning, that h
died five houn later In Saint An
thony'i aanitariutn, following the
amputation of hli right arm above
the elhow and tM left leg almost at
the hip joint.
Exact details of the accident may
never be known, although the In
jured man retained an active mental
it v for an hour or more after the fa
tal accident. It ia simply known
that the unfortunXte man stepped
front a belated northbound Fort
Worth & Denver train, on the. north
instead of the south side, and but a
short time thereafter was picked up
horribly mangled from the tracks
over whfch the cngino had been back
ed but a few seconds before.
The young man was an expert ac
countant, and had been engaged with
the yards at Canyon for a long time.
He was well known to business men
of this city, and had frequently vis
ited with relatives here. It was for
this purpose of upending the holidays
with his brother, J. M. Burrow, in
Amarillo, that the young man stepped
from the train yesterday morning,
and met such a frightful mangling,
beneath the locomotive wheels.
Shortly after the accident Mr Bur
ro was called td the sanitarium, and
theie passed the remainder of the
ululit In ar.y, awaiting the end to
all thai was inevitable from the first
Inspec tion of the wounds. After one
passing under the anaesthetic the
young irnn never rallied, and passed
away quietly surrounded by relative,
physicians and nibses. The body
was then removed to the Eakle es
tabllfhtnent. from which place It will
be removed to Canyon this forenoon,
and Tuesday In that place funeral
services will be conducted at 1 o'
clock by Rev. O. 8. Groves, pastor of
the Prcsryterlan church, followed by
burial.
Among the relatives out of the
cly attending the funeral, will be a
sister from IouMana. the father
front Coleman, C. R. Burrow of Can
yon, and Milton Murrow of Okliho
;na City, brothers.
Quite a number of citizens front
Amarillo will be In attendance nt the
funeral. Numerous floral offering
were broe.Kht by friends yesterday,
and still others are being prepared
in token of esteem for the young
man whose promising life was so
ft k'ht fully blotted out.
the young man at the time he
stopped here, was really en route to
Hereford, where he was to become
manager for a lumber establishment,
a position that meant a well earned
advancement In his chosen line.
Itry.t Located Again.
t Vsnrialrd Prut.
Monterey, Mex., Dec. 2.1. -Located
again by scouts. General Reyes lead
er of the Insurgents, must again tight
or run, the scouts reported today
that Reyes Is on the Vlgn ranch in
the stato of Tamaullpaa. this after
noon, and his followers are estimated
to be several hundred In number.
Rl'HSIA WILL PUNISH
ATTACKING PERSIANS
St. Petersburg, Dec. S3. The Rus
sian government naa decided to In
flict exemplary punishment on the
Persians who Mtacked Russian
trorps, and to that end adequate
fores are to be concentrated at Ta
briz. WEATHER
I-ncal Forecast.
Sunday fair.
Yesterday's temperature:
At 7 a. m. ... 16 At 7 p. m. . . . 31
Maximum ... 33 Minimum ... 11
nio Max ... BO 1310 Mln. ... It
W.-tsMngton Forecast.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 23. For
West Texas--Fair and warmer Sun-d-v.
Monday fair In the southwest
Rain, srow and colder In the nortn
ard east
DED HAND HELD
CHRISTMAS LETTER
Hammond, Ind., Doc. S3.
Holding in his hand a letter
ot Invitation to spend Christ-
mas with hit ton Henry, ot
Chicago, the body ot Feter
Wennerskold was found In
his bed at home where he had
been dead for two dav.
MEII SHIES
FOnYDLETIDE
Demand for Marriage Li
censes Breaks All Pre
vious Records
Yesterday broke all previous rec
ords in the marriage llrenso depart
ment ot the county clerk's office, act
cording to a statement given out 1st
In the afternoon by Frank Woltlin.
Those securing licenses came from all
sections of the Panhandle, and some
of them were from out ot the state.
Among those securing marriage
pern-Its yesterday are the following:
Jewett Busey and Miss Alice My
ers.
R. C. Randall and Miss Clsra May
A gee.
B H. Capers and Mini Edlti L.
Phillips
William Stenger and Mrs. Zoe
Klmblcy.
Albert P. Phillips and MIsi Axle
Bell Brown.
R. If. McGee and Mrs. Margaret
McGee.
Clyde W. Lake and Miss Anna
Zacheim.
Clarence R. Duke and Miss Berth a
E. Hoan.
FEEiEf WILLI
F
Pai don From Governor for
Prisoner From Pol
ter County
W. H. Feeney, sentenced for a term
of five years from Amarillo afte.
conviction upon a charge cf forgery,
haa been pardoned by (ioverroi Co'
fultt, advices to that effect roiu-hlng
this city yesterday afternoon in a
message from the governor to County
Attorney Underwood. The pardon
Is conditioned on obedience to all
nate laws In Texas, after release,
and on notlflatlon of this fact, Is
sent to officers here.
Feeney remained In jail In Ama
rillo for two years or more, during
which time he attracted considerable
rttentlon. and a, number of men took
a dwlded Interest In him. leading
doubt les to the Issuance of the par'
don by the governor responsive to
petitions.
Battleships at Galveston.
Spi-i-'nl to iil)f Nwi.
Galveston, Tex.. Dec. 3. Th.j
I'nlted States battleships Utah and
Florida cast anchor In Galveston har
bor shortly before noon today. They
will remain until January 7 cpen to
visitors A reception committee of
prominent Galvestonlans have gono
out to welcome the visitors and a
reception to the officers will be given
at the Hotel Galvez tonight. Other
entertainment features have been ar
ranged for both officers ar.d men
during thel rstay here.
Snnmiary Justice Meted to
Slayer of Donaldson
villc Marshal
It v i,i3lnl Pic
DonahUvllle. Ga., Dec. 23.--Mar-shal
Roberta was shot and killed this
afternoon by John Warren, a negro,
who was caught later and lynched by
a mob. The negro engaged In a quar
rel with the white man. In which he
threatened to use a pistol If the offi
cer attempted to arrest hint. The
attempt was made, and two deaths
ensued.
HEEOOM
MOB 1 GEORGIA
nils no
III S AIIO
JIIJJJTIICK
Dispatches Tdlof Sharp As
sault on Italian
Forces
mns m wm
ITALI N CASUALTIES ESTIMATED
AT TWEMY.TWO WITH HEAV
IER LOSS TO ASSAULT
IXG Ti:oors.
lly Mcttcd Prtw.
London, Dec. ?3. Brief report!
were received today concornlns
events of the Turko-Italian war. The
dispatch was from Tobruk and Trip
oli and reports a sharp attack by
the Turks and the Arabs yesterday
which was repulsed after tlx hours'
fight.
The Italiau loss was twenty-two
killed and wounded .and the lose ot
the Turks la said to have been heavy,
TAX ASSESSOR IS
INU RED ON ICE
Thos. W. Barnes, county tat asses,
sor, was painfully hurt yesterday
when he fell heavily to the sidewalk
In front of the postofflce, at which
time his right arm and shoulder were
badly wrenched and perhaps frac
tured. This Is one ot the compara
tively few more or less seriou.i acci
dents due to an accumulation of snow
on the sidewalks about Amarillo.
Complaint has been made of the
practically Impassnble condition of
the sidewalks since the fall of snow
new almost a week ago This con
dition obtains, unfortunately, more
generally In the business than in the
lesident ial districts.
iT.isoxEinti :lfXse7
FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
S.cil to Ptily Nev
Fott Worth, 'lex., Dec. :$.- Pen
niless and without friends, many of
them hundreds of n lies Trout rela
tives or acquaintances, revonlv-tlve
men, confined in the city workhouse
for misdemeanor offenses. will b-
turned loose Sunav morning to se
cure what enjoyment they may from
the Christmas season unrestrained by
police authority.
RETI'RNS TMOTHER
AS CHRISTMAS CJIFT
S)wi'ul to Ptiljr Newt.
Tulsa. Okla.. Dec. 2.1. Hiving
been born on Christmas Day, In
isr., a Christmas present to his mo
ther. James Dowell Harmon, a well
known Tulsa oil man. left today fcr
Erie, Ta., to spend the hol'.dava with
his aged parent, Mrs. Mary E. Har
mon of that city. Mrs. Harmon Is 90
years of age. Her husband Is long
since dead Harmon has followed
the oil business to every section ot
te clol. yet he has never failed,
during the thirty-five years he has
been away from home, to return and
present himself to his aged mother
as a "Christmas gift" every year.
Last year, a month before Christ
mas, Harmon found himself stranded
In the Hawaiian Islands. However,
he was determined not to disappoint
els aged motsi-r, whom he know was
anxlnuslv awalttn mo return of her
"annual gift." He stole his way
across the Pacific ocean, and "ho
boed" It across the continent to Me
motor's home, arriving th.re on
Christmas Eve. Harmon will sail
Iron: New York for India ifter the
holidays.
The Star
And lo the star which they
It came and stood over where the
Tomorrow the circling year will bring again the Festival of Fes-tlvals-nnd
it Is llttlng that man's thought should dwell for a space upon
the true, the Inner-hearted meaning of the holy season.
The giving of gifts Is good. The Joyous home-coming, the clasping
hand, the kindling heart, the dimming eye. all are part of the gracious
season But there Is more.
Commemmoratlve of the dual birth of the Human Christ and man
higher hope Christmas Is a time for prayerful thought, and a lifting of
the spirit's eyes toward the East, where through th murk of a material
istic ago the luster of the old-new ,tar leads as then to a sfa.v strewn
manger and the feet of a lltt'o child.
Too often In the rush and clamor of a sordid axe Is the sacred story
forgotten. But dimmed by the dust of davs though It be. the vet'ge of
the wis men's trail Is still clearly outlined for earth's foolish ones to
folio-.
For this one dry let the selfish aim. the earthly hope, be forgotten.
1.. the eves be lifted with a Oearer eena For lo. the Star Is In the
Fist, shining as on that nlrht of nUhts when the shepherds bowed In
adoration and the Magi cume with their elfts nd there It will call, and
ro will It shine, till all Earth's teeming millions commingle In a common
d.'st
m-bih
IS HALTED
Efforts of Group of Mexi
cans to Start Demon
stration Failed
DECLINES TO ISSUE PERMIT AT
GIL BI.AS DKCLARIVO "NO
REASON EXISTS
von ir."
tly Attociatoi Preii.
Mexico City. Mex.. Dec. 23. Ef
forts of a group of Mexicans to bring
about an anti-American demonstra
tion tomorrow were met by the re
fusal cr Governor Antonio Riviera
of the Federal District to Issue the
noctssury permit on the grounds that
for su h a demonstration there ex-
is's no reason which could Justify It"
A call for the manifestation was
l-sued in Cll Bias. Inviting all Mex
icans to meet In front of the Amer
ican er.iba-sy for the purpose of pro
UMIng against ths allegod 111 treat
ment of Mexicans along the border,
Including imprisonment of those
charged with violation ot the neu
trality laws
WAItR INT ISSI IXCF
Vl EMItiN l .MiF.t llFI
, S( ci U.I t., ', , .
Austin. Texas. !)e . 23. Attorney
Onierul I.U-hifoot said today that
nan He not reached a conclusion on
the question of whether or not th
coui.trollfi shall lygue the llou.tiOii
warrant for tho rebuilding of the
""" ball at the A. ft. M. College.
Theie are a number d matters
'o be taken into consWWaticn. He
Ins Asristant Attorneys General Bra
dy me? Meade ass'stlns him en this
rr'.'X'vitlor, tt th .,,!... ....
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'hn;t that tie warrant should be !s-
,s:td. while the other entertains a
.different view.
I Mr. I.lehtfoot Raid that he would
jrcti h a decision n"Xt week.
:i:i( IIIM RECEIVES
i :IFTS FROM FRIENDS
P V ' -Vol
Hoston. Mass. Dec. 2S. With
'Christmas sifts and flowers coming
to his from frlenc's and a Christmas
i dinner promised by two former par
Uhloners, Rtv. Hlcheeon had much
to make the day cheerful In the
Cliarles Street jail today.
Tonlcht Rlcheson's physician re
ports that he will be sufficiently re
covered from his self-lrfllcte.l
wounds of Wednenlay to stand trial
January 15 for the alleged murder Ct
hl former sweetheart. Avis Llnnell.
One of Rlcheson's gifts today tkme
from his former fiance, Violet Ed
munds of Urooklvn. It was a large
boy, said to contain fruit and confec
tions. HOY ARRESTED
IN Mll'.DI K CASE
'.f. (,Y''f, I'rp..
Ierbv. Conn.. Dec. 2".-Edw.ird Dl
Donato. aced fifteen, w.ip arrested
here today on suspicion of knowing
of the murder of the Morm r- family
at Defrees ll!e, N. Y., ab ut December
12. Donato's atpenr;tic r-sfinles
Mosely, a missing fa mi hand for
whom New York authorities. The
bov was emploved by Mover's and
l raid to have disappeared about the
lime Morner's family was dUiovered
burled In the yard.
in the East
MOV
saw In the East, went before them, till
yottng child was. Matt. 2: 9.
I-OSTOFEICE. IN
KENTUCKY HORDED
Hardin, Ky., Doc. 23.
Robbers secured $600 In
stamps and $10,000 In notes
and stocks belonging to Post
roaster Stark, when they blew
the poe toff ice safe with nitro
glycerine and escaped.
John James Shot to Death
at Marshall and
Jailer Slashed
'!- in Piilv New
Mar-hall, Tex.. Dec. 23. In a duel
In the rotunda ot the court houso
here last night John James, an iron
moulder, was fatally shot and Rufe
Burnett, county Jailer was slashed
a toss the face with a knife. James
Hod soon afterwards.
Bnrnett was badly cut. his nose
being almost severed from his face.
The trasedy was In view of tho sher
iff s office, where ther wore sev
eral officers, but they could not reach
the combatants In time to prevent
the fleht. The cause of the diffi
culty Is not explained.
FIGHTING SI SPENDE It
TEMPORARILY" IX CHIN
Peking, Dec. 23. Apparently
fighting has ceased, at least tempo
rarily, in China. No reports have
been received recently ot activities
between Imperialists and revolution
ists. Minor engagements have oc
curred with robbers and nr Increas
ing. It Is expected that tho armis
tice will be renewed after Dacem.
ber 31.
Sum of Sixty Thousand Dol
laes From Uec-ipls
of System
Austin. Tex., Dec. 2:!. - The peni
tentiary lommlssion today deposit!
In the siate trensr.ry the sum of
$". whlih 'uoiiey iind'T the
HP-ient l.iw is niiide suliji-et to war
rue's drswn dmnih .v the lom.nis-
sien on tl State Treasurer.
Thse funds c;tne frotri n,t re.
ceipts of the sv-tetn thrcn:h the Sfll-
irff of snuar nire mi l othor product
iitid is the tirst moiicv deponled IP
(niie time in t In- treasury. It is
now 'i-oiml!ii apparent ti-at ii may
not be nccr-j.--.irv for the penitentiary
svfteni to ro in debt or pledge his
credit to rehabilitate the lluntsvlile
penitentiary.
AssStant Vnorrey Cenent C. F. I
l.ape l to represent the Penitent larv I
('onmision in the suit filed a" ilous-j
ion bv the imperial Surar Compnnv '
Involvlni! al'eced breach of cot tract I
I
MUOTS HIMnKI.I AT I
PISTOL PRACTICE
Denver, Col.. Dec. 23. While at-(
tempting to twirl a revolver on bis
fincer, discharging a bullet Into a'
tareet with each twirl. Fred Rjndall,1
Hired it. shot and serlo.isly wounded
himself in the grcln this afternoon, i
Itandall is a strike-breaker !n the
I oulsville fields.
SAFEKPERTS
Leave Nitroglycerine in
Craclvs of Missouri
Safe Vault
1 v V ...v-atrit P'
Warrensburg, Mo., Dec. 23. Safe
t lowers who were frightened away
efore they had finished entering the
vaults of the Varrensbnra postofflce,
have left the government officials
a knotty problem to solve. Tho rob
bers first blew tho ontr door of the
vault and had filled cracks about tho
inner doors with nitroglycerine. Ex
ports who have been summoned re
fused to tomh the safe, fearing an
Nplcsion.
FATAL DUEL IN
COURT ROTUNDA
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SATU R DAY ft EAL
CHRISTMAS EVE
Yuletide Spirit Manifest
Throughout All of
Yesterday
STORES ARE THRONGED
FITTING OBSERVANCE WIIX BX
MADE IS CHl'KCHES AND
HUMES TODVY AMI
TOMORROW.
The Yuletide spirit vas In joyoes)
evidence in Amarillo throughout all
of yesterday and until a late hoar
last night, the city atoro belnc
thronged with shoppers during; the
buying hours, burden-laden hundred)
smiling as they hurried jlngerly
dewn the Ice-enameled streets, with
the happiness ot the Dason shlnins
in their eyes.
Saturday was la reality Christmas)
Eve, and fitting exercises were held
In various sections of tre city. To
day sen-Ices ot special worth In tha
churches will prove a pleasing featt.r.
tind on Monday more general observ
ance w 111 occur.
Mrs. Jennie C. Young, city mls-
rplsonary and general agent for thw
I'nlted Charities Association, cava
her annual Christmas tree and din
ner to the poor of Amarillo yester
day afternoon at her horn-. 807
Pierce street, with about sixty guests.
The affair was fully up to the high
standard of Mrs. oung'i entertain
ments. ?t.o servel in her usually
gracious style and was assisted by
Mesdatnes E. M. Hewins. John Hut
son. Jack Hall, V. C. Kenyon. and
C ii lien. ? iul Mls.-es Cornelius and Sti
vers. Following the dinner proper,
which was made up of all the good
IlTr ''iat could s..,!sc.stej, the
f v' c" ' tbvwa CKu ttu-'
flnni se Jt the tree 7.1th its lighted
tsver va like a pop Into fairyland.
Th little ot es were yathervd Into
be rooei .mil soon ptesents w-re be
itii gathered trcm the heavily laden
tit- br;t't hes. and were eagerly
(I tched Into the readv arms of tie
l ili'rii. Thre were dolls. Oiums,
t p. horses doi;s and elephants.
There wete dishes, doll ilothes. doll
fcriuttire. hoiks, pi-tuns and nuts.
( indies a thI fruits w ithout number al
ivost. Every child present reived
two articles rx'-lusivf of the fr ilta,
nuts anil candles, and those Invited
bet n't tnere were remc .nhrnd in
l.ke manner.
The entire tunc, inn continued
throuch three hours and it wr.s dif
tici It to determine which enjoyed thw
ovnt fiore. the hostess and her a
i istunth or the children who were
n-i'f'i of boner. The eilire iilfalr
I assed it hoi. t an cnpleasant Incl
leiit. i-.i.il Mrs Vo'.n; at Itu close
.s riven re.iss::i . ti' e of her deep
Imld t:Kr: tut- I carts cf those la
whose i.ittrcM she has done so iiiuch.
Mie has shovn her love for the un
fo'tuna'e little ones in this i ty la
uitiiy sn! v-ftenl.ty's I'einon-
: r .t imi in tleir l-tl .ilf i but an-
l.er ev'dei.'e th.-t !.e l ag rolhlng
dealer to her In-art than the welfare
f the !"-e i niort .'nates of the city.
Mrs Went was ably assisted In
t tie colb'i tion and preparation of the
mod th ::iss itferel the ehild.vn. by
Mrs. II 'wins who ban shared nut ly In
every ptiuse of the chariv v oi k In
Amarillo. .he was the chief assist
ant In vesterday's ev ent, and her de
llsht was second to none ... she
wptched the little ones part .ke ot
the rich repast spread before ihem
These noble Christian wo'iien au en
gaged In this work vvlthoi.t desire for
notoriety, nor do they ,ek the
praises of anv for the acts they ren
der In behalf of the loss fortunate
members of our city. They hate
proved not more in this than in other
endeavors that thev take thilr chief
J vvs in scrvlni: thoc unable to serve
themselves.
In addition
rn to the children ;nd
rs present at the dlni r.
their n. others
were a number cf others Interested
in charity woik in Amarillo Including
It. R. Newcome, secretary-treasurer
of the I'nited Charities assoclatlonj
It Is probable that one of tre mLit
pleasing of all the Christmas enter
tainments will be that at tho llkj
borne for the benefit of children
lac
whom provision for Christmas chfer
has been rather scant. This dlscra
sat Ion of cheer and good gifts fill.
be at the home at 3 o'clock Mon
afternoon, and will be followed
h
free shows at the Deandl and Ma
tic theatres.
The committee urges every
tConthned en Tafe 1' I
I
A.