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WHO IS YOUR MILKMAN? Why uot ni? W» Mil Putenrized Milk aud Cr*am »uly. Delivered to ear pert of the city Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871 VOLUME 29, No. 388 Cairo Is Giving Another Exhibition of How Not to Settle the Race Problem—Troops GuardlaiT CLEVELAND GRAYS VISIT ARMY POST ON AN EXCURSION One of Oldest Militia Organiza tions in United States on Way to Mexico. HUNDREDS OF SIGHTSEERS Gates Mexico Special Also Ar rives—Two Trainloads of Delighted Tourists. A special train having on board 130 representatives of the Cleveland Grays, one of the oldest militia organizations in the .United States, from Cleveland, Ohio, arrived in the city today and the “Grays” are out seeing the sights on special observation cars. The mem bers of the Grays are accompanied by wives and other relatives and they re port having “the time of their lives.” The train arrived at 7 o’clock this morning over the International & Great Northern, and following breakfast at one of the hotels, the visitors boarded special street cars. They were taken to the Hot Wells, the Alamo and the army post, where they inspected the barracks and other places of interest. < The party, which is in charge of A. J. Kennedy, representative of the Santa Fe, at Cleveland, will remain here un til" 11 o’clock tonight when they will continue on their way to Mexico. To night the members of the Grays and their families will be treated to a Mexican supper, while many of the men will attend a badger fight which is to be pulled ofl" at a livery, stable in the heart of the city. The second excursion train to arrive in the city this morning was that of the Gates' Mexico special, having sev eral hundred tourists on board. The visitors arc also spending the day in the city on a sightseeing jaunt and will leave tonight over the Internation al & Great Northern for points in Mex ico. r Forecast til! 7p. m. Saturday San Antonio and vicinity Fair tonight and Saturday slowly rifting temperature. A The mr.ximun temperature foi the 24 hours ending ut 8 o’clocl this morning was 42 degrees ant th\ miniomm was 18 degrees. I Comparative temperatures fot inis year and last: 1900 into 4 a m. .. 24 RUf. .5 " 10 a. DI - - 01 30 12 noon .... 06 37 1 p. m...« 72 43 SAN ANTONIO LIGHT R. S. V. P. MANY HURT IN i SOCIALIST RIOT AT FRANKFORT Hand-to-Hand Fighting Be tween Police and Mob Fills Hospital With Injured, THEY DEMAND REFORMS Chancellor von Hollweg Is Alarmed — Situation De mands Radical Action. i Special Dispatch. Berlin, Feb. 18. —Hand-to-hand fight ing last night Ik tween the socialists and the police lasted until dawn and over one hundred persons were injured. Dozens are in the hospitals, and some are in a serious condition. The police were unable to cope with the mob and called upon the troops. The mob liurl • cd stoues, used clubs and threw pep | per in the faces of the troopers. Women waxing red flags took a prominent part ; in the disturbance. j Other riots have occurred in other ! cities since the militant campaign of ' the socialists for ballot and other re forms started. Chancellor von Hollweg is alarmed and has held long conferences with the members of his party. He realizes that only radical reforms will pacify the so cialists and if these are granted he will lose the support of the conservatives • and be forced from office. The situation is serious and radical . action is expected by the government. CHRISTIAN BERGE GOES HOME BENEFITED < hristiau L. Berge, a prominent resi dent of New Smyrna, Fla., accompa 1 nied by his wife, has been in San Au . tonio four weeks under treatment for 1 paralysis. Mr. and Mrs. Berge have re ! turned to their Lome, Mr. Berge hav- I ing been benefited by the ministrations |nt his physician. Treatments will be i continued at New Smyria. which is their winter home. Mr. Berge says New Smyrna, which is on the Atlantic coast of Florida at the entrance of the Halifax river is । growing rapidly. There are many north erners coming to take advantage of its ' climate. LIVE HOGS GO TO $947 AT CHICAGO Special Dispatch. Chicago. 111.. Feb. IS.—Top pri, • s for live "nogs at the stock yards n.l ■ vaneed today to $9.47 1-7 per hundred : pounds, a gain of 7 1-2 cents over yes terday. 14 PAGES COLDEST NIGHT OF ’YINTER SAW EIGHTEEN ABOVE Mercury Falls Steadily and Weather Bureau Prediction Is Fulfilled. MAJOR BUELL IS DUBIOUS Look Out for Spring Changes, Says Local Forecaster, But He Doesn't Say When, HOW MERCURY WENT TO LOWEST FIGURE The range of temperature from 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon to 11 o’clock this morning shows the low est temperature of the winter in San Antonio: Feb. 5 p. m... ’. 42 degrees •Feb. 17, 7 p. m 37 degrees Feb. 17, 9 p. m 33 degrees Feb. 17, 11 p. m 30 degrees Feb. 18, 1 a. m 27 degrees Feb. 18, 3 a. m 25 degrees Feb. 18, 5 a. 22 degrees Feb. 18, 6 a. m 18 degrees Feb. 18, 7 a. 20 degrees Feb. 18, 9 a. m 26 degrees Feb. 18, 11 a. m 34 degrees The coldest weather of the season was experienced in San Antonio last night, according to the report of Local Forecaster Allen Buell of the Vnited ! States weather bureau. The tempera ture fell to 18 degrees above zero at 3 । o'clock this morning, three degrees I ,-oldor than yesterday morning. The coldest weather of the winter has been reported all over the I’uited States and < anada. The storm area is ' now over tha north Atlantic, and the cold wave has reached the eastern states. The lowest temperature is re ported in the Dakotas, where the ther mometer registers 34 degrees below zero. Extremely cold weather is re [ ported along the gulf coast, where, ' from Brownsville to Mobile, the tom , ]>erature ranges from freezing to 6 de grees below freezing. Twenty-six de grees is registered nt New Orleans, i A widespread storm area is now cov ering the entire Rocky Mountain dis trict. with exceedingly cold weather <o , the north, and while rising tempera-, turc is promised tor today, it will i freeze tonight and Major Buell, the i weather man. is a bit dubious about what is to come within the next dav or so. Thore is a good prospect for rain if I the win,! suddenly veers to the south- ; east, but if the storm passes to the eastward rapidly, mor Id may fol low on the hb?L of the rising temper rture. At anv i.-it . the sudden,changes which arc attendant upop the early spring may be expected at this time. | APiD GAZETTE AMOMO. TEXAS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18. 1910 EARTHQUAKE DESTROYS VILLAGE Varipetro, on the Island of Crete, in Ruins and Scores of People Are Reported Killed. CANEA FEELS THE It Is Accompanied by Subter ranean Explosion and Build ings Collapse Like Cards, Special Dupatcb Athans. Feb. 18.—A terrific earthquake shock shook the island of Crete early this morning and one village. Vanpetro. was destroy ed. with a less of life the extent of which is yet unknown. It is believ ed here that hundreds have perish ed. The population of the entire island is in a panic. A alight shock was felt at Malta. The shock which destroyed Varipe tro occurred at 6:30 and was accom panied by subterranean explosions. Buildinglrcollapsed like houses of cards and scores were buried in the ruins. The shock was also felt at Canea where several buildings were damaged by the walls cracking. A minaret crashed through the dome of the mosque there and one house collapsed. SEN. TILLMAN CW LNE THROUGH DAE Bulletin States That Family Has Given Up Hope for His Recovery—ls Unconscious. EFFORTS TO REVIVE FAIL Has Gradually Grown Worse Since Sinking Spell at 9 o'Clock Last Night, Special Dispatch. Washington. Feb. 18.—It was reported from his home this af ternoon that Senator Tillman could not live through the day. He has gradually been growing worse since he relapsed into un consciousness at 9 o’clock last night. Special Dispatch. Washington, D. C., Feb. 18.—Senator Tillman of North Carolina is said to day to be alarmingly ill and tnose close SENATOR TILLMAN. to the family have given up hope of his recoverv. The senate is unconscious and efforts to revive him have failed. Senator Tillman was stricken sudden ly Tuesday while standipg on the steps of the capitol building. He fell uncon scious to the ground and had to bo carried to n room in the building, where he was revived and was later taken to his home. It was uot thought the affection was serious until late yesterday, when he lapsed into uncon sciousness. FRATERNITY TO MEET THIS EVENING. The Alumni Association of the Sigma Alpha Kpsiloh Fraternity will meet to night at 8 o’clock in the office of J. M. Hekridve iu the Moore building. -,r rir *.r nr nr nr nr n. •> «»■ >• .. Jackson, Miss.. Feb. 18. — Governor -Noel today expressed the opinion the legislature would break the deadlock and elect a United States senator Wore final adjournment, should the legislature fail to elect the governor declares he will reappoint Senator Gordon TWO GOVERNMENT SLEUTHS WORKING UP PEONAGE CASES SHOCK Ever seo these men gum-shoeing i who worked up the peonage case ton and others in Burleson county. G cording to those who know their wor makes a specialty of peonage casos, a working them up. J. W. Vann, who f Mates Commissioner .1. H. Hart’s cou emissary of justice on the right, lie self, and the two of them are now bn in the trials in the federal court at A DENY TRYING TO' GOBBLE UP ALASKA Representatives of Morgan- Guggenheim Syndicate Be fore Senate Committee. JUSTIFY THEIR OPERATIONS All Money Spent in Develop men of Alaska Was Furnished By Syndicate, They Say. Associated Press. Washington. Feb. 18. —Legal repre -< ntatives of the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate appeared before the senate committee on territories today to jus tify its operations in the development of industries in Alaska. The commit tee room was packed. John Steel, general counsel, and Ste phen Birch, director, testified that all n oney spent in the development of Alaskan resources was furnished by the syndicate; that not a single bond or share of stock was issued and that th-’ syndicate never received anything from the government in the wav of money, grants of land or special rights. Both witnesses denied with empha sis they were trying to “gobble up | Alaska.” CONFER TO’dECIDE PLACE FOR FIGHT Special Dispatch. San Francisco, Feb. 18. —With, the arrival of James Jeffries and Manag r , Sam Berger early today it was an i nounced a conference to decide tie place for the coming Jeffrics-John«on tight will bo held after the arrival of Tex Kickaid later today. 14 PAGES CAIRO MOB HELD AT BAY a San Autouiof They are the mon ,s against K. H. Xewsonic. W. 8. Hous overnmeut agents, and good ones, ac k. The tall man is E. T. Clyatt, who nd has be?n al) over the United States Ped the tii;st peonage charge iu United ri ’at Austin is‘the well-fed appearing - is. something of a case-hunter him sy gathering evidence that will be used ustin next June. mine gives UP BODIES DE VICTIMS - Eleven Taken From Cherry Tomb Today and Are Found to Be Almost Mummified. S BURIED SINCE NOVEMBER 13 Identification of Corpses W Be Comparatively Easy— Search for Others Pushed. Associated Press. Cherry, Dis., Feb. 18.—Eleven bodies of miners were recovered from the St. Paul coal mine today. To the amazement of the veteran mine inspectors, the bodies entomb ed since last November 13, when brought to the surface, were found to be almost perfectly mummified. The search for the other bodies is being pushed this afternoon. The petrification of the bodies makes their identification comparatively easy, and it is expected those brought up this morning will be easily recognized by relatives as soon as they are allowed to see them. The fact that the bodies can be identified will aid the windows and orphans in their suits for damages against the company, as otherwise they would have to prove death by affida vits. COLDEST In'hVE YEARS AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA Special Dispatch. Tulsa. Okla.. Fei-. 18.—Ten degrees below zero was marked by the ther mometer here today, the lowest in five years. Unsheltered live stock is re ported tu be suffering. | GOLDEN ROD BUTTER Mada at heme. Guaranteed at the hicaeet quality. We churn every day. Creamery Dairy Co. Phones 871 PRICE: FIVE CENT S Sheriff Nellis Successfully Pro tects Negro Prisoner From Its Vengeance. ONE MAN IS KILLED > Are Ordered Out in Illi Town But Their Pres ice Is Not Needed, Springfield, 111., Feb. 18.—It was reported here at noon that a new mob was forming at Cairo and across the river vowing vengeance on the negroes after dark tonight. The mob has the names of the negroes in Sheriff Nellis’ deputy force and if they are found tonight they will be summarily dealt with. The governor has ordered Adjutant General Dickson to proceed to Cairo and has noti fied all militia commanders in the state to hold themselves in readiness. -j- + ■!• -8- + + -4 + Cairo. 111., Feb. 18. —One man killed. Thomas Halliday, and three wounded, is the result of an attack on the jail here last night by a mob which tried to lynch two negroes who were arrested for snatching purses from women. When the mob, which numbered more than 200, marched to the jail steps last night. Sheriff Nellis threw open the front door of the court house, above the jail, and said: “I am here to protect my prison ers,’’ and at the same time his deputies began shooting into the mob, killing Thomas Halliday, son of ex-Mayor Thomas Halliday, and wounding three others. The mob fell back and the body of Halliday lay upon the steps of the court house all night, Sheriff Nellis re fusing to allow any one to enter the yard to remove the body until daylight. Early this morning the situation was ■ critical as the people were worked up ,to a fever heat. The mob first begau ; forming shortly after dark and soon talk of lynching reached Sheriff Nelli*. He appealed to Governor Deenen for troops and swore iu five deputies. Gov ernor Deenen ordered Co. K of Cairo to assemble at once and report to Sheriff 'Nellis, but Captain Greaney was un able to collect his men until after day light this morning. Governor Deeneu also ordered the militia company from Effingham to proceed at once to Cairo and it was expected to reach here about 11 a. m. It was nearly midnight before th« ■ mob. which had been growing in num bers for three hours, stormed the jail ■ and demanded the negroes. John Prutt and Lincoln Wilson, who were arrested and found with articles stolen from Mrs. Wm. Maloney and Mrs. Accord, lin their ]>ossossion. When the mob did not halt at the sheriff's command । he told his deputies to open fire and j shoot to kill. A volley from the depu ties scattered the mob. which fell baek ; across the street. Several of the mob 1 returned the fire, though none of the ' deputies were injured. Among the men injured in the first volley fired from the jail by Sheriff Nellis and his deputies, was Georgs Walker, correspondent of the Asso ■ ciated Press. Walker was shot in the 1 hip. but his wound is not serious. Walker went through the riots last No , veniber. Others wounded were John ; Freeban and Jehu Maloney. Manv members of the mob went home after the shooting, but more than a hundred loitered all night about the I streets in the vicinity of the jail. The ■ mob spirit has never died here since tiie murder of Annie Pclley. a shop girl, last November by a negro and the sub sequent lynching of the and white man. Militiamen, who removed the laxly of Halliday at 4 o'clock this morning, sav it was warm, indicating that death came but a short time before. The sheriff savs he believed the man. bad been dead some time. In addition to the names of wounded already given. Samuel Weissenger. a former policeman, was wounded in the head and shoulder, and Horton Greban was wounded in the ankle. Eight of the deputy sheriffs. who«e shots killed Halliday aud wounded the others, were negroes. This helped to arouse the racial feeling of the crowd. The militia company ordered by the governor at midnight did not sucee-’-t in assembling until 4 a. tn. and hour the militia relieved the Nellie deputies. The mob’s attack on the jail is the outgrowth of public indignation over the petty crimes by negroes, par ticularly purse snatching and annoy ances to women. Mrs. Rose Maloney s purse was snatched Wednesday even ing. and she drew a revolver and fired n- ,i.A n,*dr,• but be escaued with her Standing of All Con festants Will Be Found on Page 4