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PASTEURIZED MILK HD CREAM
Twelve Wagons to Make Deliveries to
AU Parts of the City.
Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871
VOLUME 29. No. 227
THIRD CAR FOR
STRICKEN CITY
GOES TOMORROW
San Antonians Continue to Re
spond Liberally to the Light
and Gazette's Appeal.
MUCH MORE AID IS NEEDED
Reports From Monterey Are
That There Is Still Suffer
ing Among Homeless.
DONATIONS COME RAPIDLY
Consist of Food, Clothing and
Money, Coming From All
Classes of People.
Supplies for the third car to be sent
to the Monterey flood sufferers by the
Light and Gazette are now being col
lected and it is expected to ship the
car tomorrow night over the Interna
tional & Great Northern. Those who de
sire to contribute are requested to send
their donations as soon as possible to
the relief station in the Chandler build
ing. From the way supplies are being
delivered today the third car will be
filled and leave on scheduled time.
Reports today from Monterey are to
the effect that there is still much suf
fering there and food and clothing are
badly needed. *
List of Contributions.
Those who have contributed to the
third car are *as follows:
Lange Soap Works,2 sacks corn; J. C.
Dielmann, 5 sacks corn; Fred Staffel, 3
sacks corn; Shipman & Co., 5 sacks
potatoes; Trippis & Co., 2 sacks pota
toes; Edgar Produce Co., 1 sack pota
toes; Bond & Co., 1 sack potatoes; Nic
Peters. 4 sacks flour, 1 sack meal; F.
Pizzinni, 2 sacks flour; Pyne & Crane,
5 sacks meal; Southwestern Bee Co., 1
sack meal; Southwestern Bee Co., 1
sack flour; Ross & Maclnnerry, 1 sack
flour; Ross & Maclnnerry, 1 sack meal;
Price Booker Co., 1 barrel pickles, 1
sack beans; Mrs. J. Howell, 1 sack
beans, 1 sack corn, 50 pounds lard; B.
Burglin, 1232 Avenue D; H. Kollen
berg, 1232 Avenue D, clothing; M. R.
Strengfellow, 1207 Austin street, cloth
ing; A. Gastring. 319 Crosby stre.et,
clothing; Friend, clothing; Fire House
No. 5, clothing; C. W. Titus, 919 Crosby
street, clothing; M. J. Johnson, 526 Car
son street, clothing; Ed. Everett, 512
Camden street, clothing; Geo. Cham
berlain, 207 W. Macon street, clothing;
F. R. Rankin, 616 W. Marshall street,
clothing; W. H. Brasswell, 211 Slocum
Place, clothing; H. L. Steele, 423 River
avenue, clothing; George Dullnig, 3
boxes baking powder, 1 box soap, 1 box
salt, 1 box macaroni, 1 sack beans, 17
coffee pots; Mrs. Reed, 1 sack flour, $1
sugar; H. Katz, 1 bag clothing, 1 box
shoes; Emil Blum, 2 boxes clothing;
Mrs. P. G. Simpson, 1 sack flour; Mrs.
Coly, 1 bundle clothes; Dr. L. M. Berg,
3 sacks corn meal and clothing; L. V.
Robilin. 6 boxes clothes; Dr. Fernandez,
1 box clothing: Mrs. Taylor, bed cloth
ing; Mrs. .1. Lindsey Patton, clothing;
clothin; O. J. Solcher’s bakery, 150
loaves of bread; Richter’s bakery, 2
barrels bread; Brown Cracker Co., 20
boxes crackers.
Mrs. B. F. Nicholson, clothing and
shoes; Mrs. C. J. Cunjus, groceries; Mrs.
Schilling, clothing; Argyle hotel, cloth
ing; Mrs. M. J. Martin, clothing and
blankets; Mrs. W. B. Kelley, clothing
and shoes; Mrs. J. M. Olivarri, cloth
ing; Daniel Ochran, 1 sack rice, 2 sacks
clothing; Associated Charities, cloth
ing; Mrs. T. M. Loring, clothing and
bedding: Christian Lutz, box groceries;
Friend, clothing; Friend, clothing; Daily
Express Employes, large package cloth
ing; Mrs. J. L. Gonzales and neighbors,
, clothing; Mrs. J. T. Williams, clothing
and bedding; Miss Kate Henry, cloth
'jng; Friend, clothing; Mrs. Schultz,
clothing; Washer Bros., clothing; A
Friend, two bundles of clothing; Mrs.
Hagan, clothing; Mrs. Bert Roby, cloth
ing; H. L. Miller, bundle of clothing;
Mrs. E. Dittmar, box of groceries; Mrs.
L. Guerguin, 2 bundle of clothes; J. B.
Juerm, clothing; D. Meyer, clothing;
Ed F. Melcher, 2 boxes clothing; R.
Pendleton, 4 sack of meal and 2 sacks
of flour; Mrs. B. Rabe, bundle of
clothes; Pure Food Baking Co., 1 bar
rel of bread; F. Hoag, 1 sack meal and
1 sack flour; Reinhard Coffee Co., 1
can of coffee, 1 can ground coffee;
Mrs. Burglin, 10 cans condensed milk;
Mrs. Fischer, large can sugar.
Additional Supplies.
The following supplies were placed
in the second car in addition to whaf
was announced yesterday:
7 barrels bread.
2 boxes bread.
20’ boxes crackers.
1 barrel pickles.
2 boxes mixed groceries.
1 box macaroni.
3 cases condensed milk.
2 cases syrup.
6 cases canned goods.
1 sack rice.
1 can lard. I
1 sack onions.
1 50-pound can coffee.
12 sacks corn. •
1 sack beans.
2 100-pound sacks coffee.
2 sacks bran.
864 pounds flour.
700 pounds meal.
Money Subscriptions.
Including today's subscriptions the
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AND GAZETTE
“JOE BAILEY .
FOR PRESIDENT”
IS THE SLOGAN
Texas Senator Boomed for the
Job When He Addresses a
Meeting at Bonham.
HE DEFENDS HIS RECORD
Politically His Speech Was the
Same as He Delivered Sev
eral Times Before.
Special Dispatch.
Bonham, Tex., Sept. 3.—Senator Bai
ley was boomed for president when he
spoke here today. A large banner bear
ing the words, “Joe Bailey for Presi
dent, 1912,” was placed in front of a
platform and the crowd occasionally
referred to the banner in applause.
Bailey spoke at 11 o’clock. Political
ly, the speech was the same as deliv
ered elsewhere this summer. Defense
of his record was the burden of his ad
dress. •
SIN WOELIZ DIES
It GllftSTlOh
Injuries Received In a Railroad
Accident Last Saturday
Proved Fatal.
Simon Woeltz of San Antonio, son of
the late Joe Woeltz, died at 4:45
o’clock this morning at Galveston.
Death was caused as a result of an ac
cident while young Woeltz, accompa
nied by a number of friends, was on
an excursion train to Galveston last
Saturday night. He, with others, was
on the platform of one of the passen
ger coaches, when the train is said to
have uncoupled, throwing the young
man on the track with the result that
one foot was crushed off.
Accompanied by Henry Woeltz, a
brother, who hurried to Galveston im
mediately following the accident, the
remains will reach San Antonio tomor
row morning and will be taken to the
late home on North Frio street. Fun
eral arrangements will be announced
later.
JEFFERSON PLAYERS GOOD
INTENTIONS ARE FOILED
Having been unable to secure either
the Grand opera house or Empire the
ater the Jefferson Players have been
forced to abandon their performance
for the benefit of the Monterey flood
sufferers. The play “The Girl of the
West,” will be produced, however, as
originally advertised, at Casino hall, on
Tuesday evening, September 21. Tick
ets can be purchased at Louis’ Book
Store or from any of the members of
the company. The performance is to be
followed by a dance.
The Jefferson Players are organized
for purely social purposes and advance
the dramatic art in San Antonio ro
bring out and develop any latent talent
which its members may possess.
The play is to be carefully staged
under the direction of Charles R. Doch
erty.
PISTOL FOUND IN
BUGGY BOTTOM
Charged in an affidavit with unlaw
fully carrying a pistol, W. D. Miller, ap
peared in the police court this morn
ing. At the instance of Prosecuting At
torney DeWitt, the case was ordered
transferred to the county court.
When arrested a pistol was found ly
ing in the buggy occupied by Miller.
Counsel employed by the defendant con
tended that no ease existed against Mil-
that he was not violating the law
by merely conveying the revolver from
the country to his home in the city.
INTERNATIONAL CLUB
SENDS $lOOO TO MONTEREY
Good success is still being had by the
International club in its campaign for
the relief of the sufferers at Monterey.
Yesterday a draft for $lOOO was for
warded to the city. Among the largest
contributors of yesterday was J. S. Pe
ter, who gave the sum of $lOO.
total cash collected is $378.75. Error
was made yesterday by giving the total
amount as $375. It should have been
$335.75.
The following is the cash subscrip
tion list:
Previously acknowledged ..... ,®325.75
Jesus de Leon 50
Mrs. Coly 2.50
Charles Springall 10.00
Mrs. A. J. Vick 10.00
G. Schmeltzer 5.00
C. J. Boyle 5.00
R. M. Hughes & Co 5.00
Martin Wright . 5.00
Total $378.75
10 PAGES
PRESIDENT WILL RECEIVE
TEXAS MESSAGE AT CHICAGO
The White House
Washington. Beverly, Mass.
My Dear Sir:-
I shall be very glad to receive
the message to which you refer in your
letter of the 7th of August at Chicago as
you suggest.
Sincerely yours,
GETS FIVE YEARS ON
CHARGE OF PERJURY
Amarillo Real Estate Dealer Is
Found Guilty After a Sen
sational Trial.
Special Dispatch.
Amarillo, Tex., Sept. 3.—J. T. Down
ing, charged with perjury, was found
guilty by a jury here today and re
ceived five years’ sentence.
The case attracted wide attention and
the trial* lasted six days. Downing is
a prominent real estate dealer.
Two well known witnesses for the
defense were arrested while on the
stand charged with false swearing.
FIND A WAY
TO LIBERTY
Special Diapatch.
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 3.—Over a
dozen prisoners, confined in the city
jail, made their escape last night
through a hole in the floor of the
water department office above the pris
on. They climbed through singly and
are still at large. Prisoners escaped
by this same route a number of times
last year.
ENDEAVORS
WILL ELECT THEIR
OFFICERS TODAY
The delegates to the Christian En
deavor convention are holding a busi
ness session this afternoon at which
officers will be elected and the next
place of meeting selected.
Junior Endeavor work was discussed
at yesterday afternoon’s session and
in the evening Rev. J. W. Wilbanks of
San Mareos made an interesting talk
on “The Royalty of Service.” He
pointed out the possibility of the mem
bers of the Christian Endeavor to make
better citizens and said that an En
deavorer had more opportunity to be
in His service than any other society.
The Mizpah circle was formed by the
convention and sung hymns. The Miz
pah benediction was pronounced and
the convention adjourned until this af
ternoon.
HAMMERS ARE FOUND
IN SAN ANTONIO RIVER
Two large marble cutter hammers
are at police headquarters awaiting
identification by the owner. The ham
mers were found yesterday in the San
Antonio river near the Crockett street
bridge by laborers in the employ of
River Commissioner Huntress.
NEW SAN ANTONIO
CONCERNS FILE CHARTER
Austin, Tex., Sept. 3. —Chartered to
day: Automobile Sales Supply Co., San
Antonio; capital $20,000; incorporators,
Sidney H. Weis. E. A. Kalkhurst. Roy
er Campbell. Permit granted to St. Mi
rys Machine Co. of St. Marys, O.; cap
ital $5OOO. San Antonio, Texas, head
quarters.
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LOCAL WEATHER
FFor San Antonio and vicinity,
tonight and Saturday:
Fair.
The maximum temperature
for the 24 hours ending at 8
A o'clock this morning was 94 de
grees and the minimum was 72
degrees.
_ Comparative temperatures for
■ this y.ear and last:
1908 1909
4 a. m 73 71
R 6 a. m 72 70
8 a. m 75 73
10 a. m 84 83
13 noon 87 87
Ipm 89 89
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1909.
ME FITCH IS IK
ll SERIOUS MIUIOH
American Playwright Suddenly
Stricken With Appendicitis
on European Tour.
Associated Press.
Chalons Sur Marne, France, Sept. 3.
Clyde Fitch, the American playwright,
was suddenly stricken with an acute
case of appendicitis while traveling
from Germany in an automobile. Upon
his arrival here he was removed to a
private hospital and underwent an oper
ation. It is understood the patient’s
condition is serious.
SHIPS 2500
SPECIMENS
Associated Press.
Nairobi, Sept. 3.—J. Alden Loring
and Major Mearns, members of the
Roosevelt expedition, are about to un
dertake an extended trip through Kenia
province. Loring started out today and
will be followed by Mearns tomorrow.
The two travelers will return here No
vember 1 to join Col. Roosevelt. A
total of $2500 specimens were shipped
yesterday to the Smithsonian institute.
They include birds, mammals, snakes
and plants.
HEAD OF HEALTH
BOARD TO REPORT
ON LAKE’S CONDITION
The condition of the West End lake,
recently complained of by residents in
the vicinity as being in an insanitary
condition, was discussed at the regular
meeting of the board of health last
evening. The concensus of opinion
among the health authorities is that the
main body is not insanitary, but that
a smaller body of water lying just
south of the lake and below the dam
was in need of immediate attention,
being green with impurities and a
breeding place for mosquitoes.
Dr. Barnitz will prepare his report
on the condition of the lake, together
with recommendations that the city
take steps to remedy the smaller body
of water, either by draining same or
filling it in with dirt.
If Took Some Hustling to
Get First Car Over the Border
By H. H. Boone.
Laredo. Tex.. Sept. 3—A veritable
miracle was performed here today when
the first car of supplies, gathered by
the Light and Gazette for the Mon
terey flood sufferers went through a-fly
ing. In five hours every package was
taken from the car. examined, weighed
and listed on this side, the car was
shunted across the bridge, re loaded in
a baggage car and went out on a regu
]ar passenger train.
It makes me laugh now to think of
my plans. When I got off the train in
Laredo at 7 o’clock yesterday morning,
I rushed into the depot and csked the
ticket agent when the next train left
for Monterev. He said, “7:36.”
Onlv 36 minutes to work in.
The agent told me to see Mr. Sey
mour. joint freight agent. I hustled
for about ten minutes and finally was
told that I had about as much chance
of getting that car through at 7:36 as I
had to grow angel's wings in that time.
They informed me that I d be going
some if I got it out on No. 2 at 1:30.
It was due to the efforts of Mr. Sey
mour. his chief clerk and Mr. Brennan,
agent for the National lines at Nuevo
Laredo, that I did anything They met
my efforts in good shape and hustled as
hard as I did. T « n_
After much telephoning I final y
learned that while the supplies would
be passed duty free, they would have
Changes in Itinerary
Makes This Necess
ary—President Writes
About the Invitation.
ST. LOUIS HAS PLANS
It is now “On to Chicago'' instead
of “On to Washington’’ for Cowboy
Courier O'Reilly.
He will meet the president at Chicago
September 16 and deliver the message
intrusted to him on that memorable
July 31 on Alamo plaza.
President Taft has acceded to the
change of plans made necessary by his
unexpectedly early departure from Bev
erly on the great southern and western
trip. ,
At the time of O’Reilly’s departure
from San Antonio the president intend
ed to leave Beverly or Washington Oc
tober 10, which would have allowed an
abundance of time in which to make
the ride, but presidents being victims
of circumstance like all other mortals,
it became necessary to set the date of |
departure ahead twenty-five days, thus
making impossible the ride through to
the east.
These facts were communicated to
President Taft and the suggestion made
that the message be delivered at Chi
cago by the courier.
Back eame a personal letter from the
president. It was brief, but to the
point. It stated that the president I
would he pleased to accept the message I
at Chicago and the sailing orders of the
cowhoy courier have been changed to
take him to Chicago instead of Wash
ington.
The letter from President Taft is. re
produced verbatim on this page.
The St. Louis Automobile clnb and
the St. Louis Saddle ilnb will ride out
from St. Louis some fifty miles to meet
the courier and act as an escort into
St. Louis, where an elaborate entertain
' ment has been prepared. The message
bearer will have to make several speech
ea about Texas and the southwest. Tele-
I graphic dispatches today indicate the
San Antonio messenger will he accord
ed a great welcome in St. Louis and
that the mayor and many citv officials
as well as the leading social organiza
tions will participate in his welcome
and entertainment.
O'Reilly has been making some won
derful rifles during the past two weeks. I
few days seeing less than forty five
miles left behind. On several occasions j
he covered over fifty miles in twenty
fonr hours. 1
From St. Louis to Chicago the roads
ore good and O'Reilly experts to cover I
the distance, which is by road some
thing over 360 miles, in eight days,
reaching Chicago the evening of the
day that the president leaves Beverly
for Chicago.
Tn all probability the Hamilton club
of Chicago, which acts as the presi
dent's host during the evening of Sep
tember 16. will request the Texas-cour
ier to present his message at the big ■
banquet. The clnb is perfecting its ar- |
rangements to this end now, it being
necessary to make several revisions in
the program to permit this event.
And so before the leading business |
and professional mon of the great west-1
ern metropolis the message from the
people of southwest Texas will be pjac
ed in the president’s hands instead of
in the solitudes of Beverly or during
the rush of official business at Wash
ington. When O'Reilly reaches Chicago
he will have covered about 1600 miles
on horseback.
to take the usual course and be revised
on both sides of the river. This would
take almost all day.
I said go ahead and start the revision
and I would go see the customs offi
cials on the other side. I walked to
Nueva Laredo and back twice. It’s
about two miles of the hottest trail I
ever tackled.
Finally, I met Senor Vizcaya, cus
toms agent for the railroad. He fumed
and used some picturesque good old
Yankee cuss words and the upshot was
that I was told not to worry, that the
goods would be all right so far as the
customs were concerned.
But I didn’t take any chances. I
had seen a sample of the red tape con
nected with the business and stuck
around until the car was across the
river and had been passed.
Then I had to hustle and get it away
on the passenger train. Here was where
Messrs. Seymour and Brennan came in.
They at first wanted it to go tonight,
but I stuck, the general offices in Mon
terey were communicated with and at
12 o’clock eame the answer:
“If car is food supplies, pnt it on
No. 2.”
By this time the stuff bad been trans
ferred to a baggage ear and readv to
go-
So. after all, it 'will reach there near
ly as soon as if it had gone out this
morning z
10 PAGES
810 GRANDE GAS
CAUSED DAMAGE
GY OVERFLOWING
Telegram From Camargo to
Consul of the Destruction
at Matamoros, Mexico.
NO LIVES LOST IN THE CITY
Fifteen Bodies Are Recovered
In Surrounding Territory and
Probably More Drowned.
SAN MIGUEL ALSO FLOODED
Water Is a Foot Deep on Main
Plaza and Many Buildings
Are Badly Damaged.
Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 3.—The state de
partment is in receipt of a telegram
from United States Consul Miller at
Matamoros, Mexico, in which he says
the Rio Grande floods are higher than
usual and that a telegram from Ca
margo states serious damage has been
caused to buildings in that city and
ranches near the river; that there were
no lives lost in the city, but fifteen
bodies were recovered in the surround
ing country and there are probably
many more, but the exact number is
unknown.
Consul Miller says also a telegram
|from San Miguel states the water is
a foot deep in the main plaza and that
j there was considerable damage to build
lings, hut no lives lost. There has been
|no damage caused at Matamoras and
I Reynosa.
The river is still high, but reported
|to be falling.
FRESH REPORTS OF
DAMAGE RECEIVED
Special Diapatch.
Monterey, Mex., Sept. 3, —While con
ditions are rapidly improving here there
is still much suffering among the thous
ands of homeless. Relief is coming in
from San Antonio and other lexas
cities.
Every day brings more reports of the
vast damage done to property and great
loss of life by floods in the country
between Monterey and Tampico. At
Arguelles, near Victoria, it is reported
a cyclone wrought much damage to
buildings and the wind storm was fol
lowed by heavy and continuous rain,
causing much damage and loss of life.
Damage was done on El Conejo ranch,
but the amount has not been estimated.
Wires are down and it will probably
be several days before particulars are
received here.
In the town of Victoria wind blew
off roofs of every frame building in
town, but no lives are reported lost
there.
The town of Tula, state of Tamauli
pas, was destroyed by wind and flood.
The towns of Gomez Palacio and Lerdo,
state of Durango, are in danger of be
ing swept away by the Nazas river,
which is out of its banks.
ORDEN AMIGOS DEL
PUEBLO BUYS FOOD
* The Orden Amigos del Pueblo so
ciety gave $2OO to purchase food for
flood sufferers at Monterey. The re
port that all the Mexican societies in
the city had contributed was erroneous.
The money appropriated by the society
was placed in the hands of Dr. Ralph
Fernandez, who is to make the pur
chase of food and forward it to Monte
rey. The society stands ready and will
ing to render what assistance it can.
BIG SHIPMENT
OF STEEL COMING
The biggest shipment of steel for con
struction purposes that has ever been
brought into San Antonio is due to
reach the city either tomorrow or Mon
day. It is four carloads which are to
come via Galveston and which will be
used on the annex to the St. Anthony.
Work was suspended today on the
building awaiting the arrival of the
steel. Concreting for the second floor
will be completed shortly. The date
now set for the completion of the build
ing is January 10.
CITY AUDITOR BEZE
ISA MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
City Auditor Victor Beze, axompu
nied by his wife, returned to city
this morning, after a month’s vacation
spent in the Rocky mountains. Mr. Beze
reports having developed into a genu
ine mountain climber, and to reach the
top of a mountain over 14,000 feet in
height is now a trivial matter. Mr. and
Mrs. Beze spent a couple of weeks in
Denver and vicinity and much time :n
the mountains proper. With the excep
tion of some rain, Mr. Beze says the
weather was ideal and that bis outing
was a delightful one.
MI ICE CREAM
“Tastes Like Mote.”
At fountains. Orders for banquets re
ceptions. lodge?. c;ub affairs and tan..;
trade a specialty.
Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
DR. COOK WILL
REACH DANISH
CIIY TONIGHL
Ship on Which He Is a Passen
ger Passes Cape Skagen, 175
Miles From Copenhagen.
KING AWAITS HIS ARRIVAL
Royalty Will Receive American
Explorer at Luncheon To
morrow at the Palace.
A MUNICIPAL BANQUET
And Many Other Reception
Have Been Planned for Man
Who Discovered Pole.
Associated Press.
Skagen, Denmark. Sept. 3.—A
newspaper correspondent who went
on board the Hans Egede from a
pilot steamer off here was able to
obtain a few words with Dr. Cook.
The explorer abscribed his success
to the fact that he made use of old
methods, namely, Eskimos and
dogs, and that he lived like an Es
kimo himself.
The doctor gave a hurried
sketch of his expedition in which
he said: “Going northward I
struck the first westerly course
from Greenland and then moved
northward. I arrived at the
north pole April 21, 1908, as al
ready announced, accompanied
by only two Eskimos. I reached
the pole at 7 o’clock in the
morning. I took daily observa
tions for a whole fortnight be
fore arriving at the pole. Re
turning we were forced to take
a meye westerly route, and the
first ten days I took observa
tions daily and recorded them.
I was unable to measure the
• depth of the sea as I had not
• the necessary instruments. The
lowest temperature recorded was
83 degrees Centigrade below ze
ro. (83 degrees Centigrade be
low zero equal 117 degrees be
low zero Fahrenheit.)”
Associated Press.
Copenhagen, Sept. 3. —The steamer
Hans Egede with Dr. Cook, the Ameri
can explorer, on board, passed Capo
Skagen. the northern extremity of Den
mark, at 2 o’clock this afternbon.
Cape Skagen is about 175 miles from
Copenhagen and the Hans Egede will
probably come into port sometime dur
ing tonight.
The social activities will begin di
rectly when the steamer Melchior, bear
ing the committee of the Royal Geo
graphical society, with Maurice Egan
the American minister, as guests,
meets the Hans Egede. Dr. Cook will
be given a reception and banquet on
board the Melchior.
King Frederick has intimated a de
sire to receive the traveler Satur
day morning. The entertainments will
include banquets by the minister of
commerce, the municipal council of Co
penhagen and Minister Egan, all in
honor of Cook. Hundreds of tl'iegrams
from America and all parts of the world
have been received at the American le
gation for the doctor.
His majesty has arranged to enter
tain Cook nt luncheon tomorrow and the
municipal banquet to the explorer will
be given in the town hall tomorrow
night. Four hundred guests have been
invited.
NEGRO IS
HANGED AT
HOUSTON
Special Dispatch.
Houston. Tex., Sept. 3.—Marcellus
Thomas, the negro who murdered Ben
Blair and Ben Shropshire, whites, four
years ago, was hanged at 11:55 this
morning. When the trap was sprung
he plunged from the scaffold and died
without a struggle, his neck being brok
en by the fall.
Repeared efforts had been made to
stay the execution on grounds of in
sanity. Thomas faced death ceoly.
Shortly before the hanging Thomas
was taken to the jail window where
he urged the large crowd to live moral
lives. He claimed self-defense until the
last.
ANOTHER MEXICAN
SOCIETY GIVES MONET
The Soeiedad Benevoleneia Mexicans
last night appropriated $2OO for the
purchase of food supplies for flood suf
ferers at Monterey and instructed Dr.
Ralph Fernandez to make the purchase.
This is the second Mexican society
here to appropriate money for the relief
of the sufferers, the other being the
Orden Amigos de Puebla.