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VOLUME 31, No. W
Short Crop is Unquestioned Prediction After Two Days of Cold and Snow In the Cotton Belt
DURANGO SI IS
PAVED BUI WHY?
NONE CAN ANSWER
High Cost Macadam Roadbed
Begins Nowhere and Ends
at the Same Place.
THEORIES ARE ADVANCED
Small Houses and No Stores
Entailing Heavy Traf f i c
Make Puzzling Appearance.
NO ONE KNOWS WHY
'Attempt to Analyze Situation
Leads Like the Street Up
Against a Solid Wall.
One of those administration pave
ments that look so solid at first
but later blow away in dust, is be
ing laid in Durango street, from
South Medina street to South Leona
strbet.
In fact, this improvement extends
across Leona street to a point 150 feet
further, wiiere it stops short against a
fence. The abrupt ending of street
paving is necessary as Du r ango street
turns into a cow-path nt this point and
wanders off through the mesquite until
it becomes a squirrel track and runs up
si tree. At the other extremity, the
Ihiraugo street paving begins at the T.
& G. N. railroad, where there is no
erosaing.
All at a Loss.
Residents of the neighborhood whb
were seen today were at a loss to un
derstand why Durango street has been
favored with this new pavement. It
raine like manna from heaven when no
body asked. True, a Jong while ago,
the usual petition for improvements was
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ROOSEVELT WILL NOT
DO, SAYS BAILEY
Texan Objects to Ex-Presidentl
as Standard Bearer for the
Democratic Party.
Special Dispatch.
Washington. April 25.—Democrats
were surprised today by the clarion call
of Senator Bailey of Texas to return to;
old methods and set their faces against;
fads. Only such return to ancient prin
ciples, he said, will make the future se-;
cuep.
Regarding the suggestion that Roose-i
velt be named as the democratic stand 1
ard bearer, he said that although Roose
velt supported some democratic ideas
he would not be acceptable because he i
denounced the fundamental principles
»f government which the democrats
cherish.
BIG DIRIGIBLE
15 WRECKED
Special Dispatch.
Berlin, April 25.—The big dirigible
balloon Zeppelin II was almost totally
wrecked, one man was perhaps fatally
injured and a loss of $25,000 was caused
by a heavy wind which tore the balloon
loose. It flew a short distance with cne
guard aboard and then fell to earth
with a crash, fatally injuring the guard
aud smashing the framework of the
dirigible. The balloon was en route
from Hamburg to Cologne and was
forced to descend here by the high
wind.
COLD IN COTTON BELT IS
RECORD BREAKER OF YEARS
Special Dispatch.
NEW ORLEANS, La., April 25.—Not in the memory of
the oldest inhabitants or in the records of the weather bureaus
of the south is a parallel found for the cold wave aud snows of
last night which were general over the cotton belt./From many
sections come reports of damage to the crop, and the damage
cannot be accurately estimated, although it will mount into six
figures. Replanting will be necessary over an enormous acre
age. and with the seed supply short, there is almost a certainty
of a short crop. Temperatures today are moderating and it is
hoped that no more damage will be reported.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
AND GAZETTE
12 PACES
NEMESIS
OF DR. HYDE
TO TESTIFY
Mrs. Logan Swope Expected
to Take Stand This Week In
Kansas City Murder Trial.
SHE HATES ACCUSED MAN
Due Largely to Her Activity
indictment Was Brought
Against Physician.
Special Dispatch.
Kansas City. April 25. —Mrs. Logan
Swope, the Nemesis of Dr. B. C. Hyxle,
is expected to take the stand this week
and testify for the state against her
son-in-law, who is on trial for the mur
der of Colonel Thomas Swope. Her tes
timony is expected to be the strongest
to be presented by the prosecution and
she will endeavor to do her utmost <o
send Dr. Hyde to prison.
It was dpe to Mrs. Swope’s activity
that the indictment against Hyde was
brought by the grand jury and it was
her money that paid for the services
of the Chicago experts who examined
the viscera of Colonel Swope and
Chrisman Swope. Private detectives
employed by her ran down the first
evidence of’Dr. Hyde’s alleged plot to
kill the entire Swope family. Mrs.
Swope has always hated Hyde and ob
jected to the marriage of her daugh
ter to him.
The three chemists, Hektoen, Haines
aud Vaughan, are expected to be put
on the stand next week.
Nurse Houlihan was on the stand to
day undergoing cross examination by
Attorney Walsh and other nurses will
follow her, giving testimony along the
same lines.
The prosecutors are investigating th?
loss of the grand jury notes and their
alleged finding by the defense. It is
regarded as almost certain they were
stolen and indictments of the guilty
parties are expected.
Dr. Hyde appeared in court this
morning a trifle paler, but still wear
ing a smile and apparently cheerful.
Court convened at 9 o’clock sharp this
morning and the judge announced that
the session would last until 6 o’clock
this evening. Night sessions may be
held to expedite the trial.
MERGER HEARING
ABOUT OCTOBER
Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., April 25.—Tie
bearing of the government case for the
dissolution of the merger of the South
ern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads
will take place probably about Octob- r
1. The selection of a definite date and
place will be made by the judges of the
Eighth circuit at St. Paul, Minn., iu
May.
WILLING TO COMPARE
RECORDS WITH COLQUITT
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex.. April 25. —Agricultural
Commissioner Koue today declared the
attack upon him by O. B. Colquitt at
Rockwell as “unjustified and unpatri
otic,’’ and says he is willing to com
pare his record in the state’s service
with Colquitt’s. The latter is quoted
as referring to Kone as “a broken
down politician.’’
PIERCE FAILS TO SHOW UP.
Special Diapatcb.
Austin, Tex., April 25. —H. Clay
Pierce, expected here today in "regard
to the formation of a new partnership
in the Fordyce Oil company, failed to
arrive. It is reported he will be here
in a few days, and is returning from a
Mexican trip.
n GHHTEST
EVEBJEfELL ■
Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 25. —Cotton brokers were busy all
morning trying to find cotton seed for replanting purposes for
customers and friends in the country. As high as $l5O a ton
for long staple seed, the highest price on record, was paid, and
ordinary seed easily sold $5O to 575 a ton.
At noon, with reports in from nearly all sections of the
cotton regions, the brokers begat) wiring out-of-town clients
and cabling their connections in England and Europe that a
disaster such as never before had been experienced had befal
len the cotton crop.
FUTURES
HP WITH
A BOUND
Reports of Damage to the New
Crop Sends Price of Cotton
Up $1.75 a Bale on Opening.
WHOLE BELT IS AFFECTED
Texas Suffers Severely Sev
eral Points Reporting Low
Temperatures.
Associated Preaa.
New Orleans, April 25. With a more
or less general understanding in the cot
ton future market at the elose Saturday
that the weather would prove a big fac
tor in the market this week, futures
opened here today 14 to 34 above last
week’s close and exhibited a marked
tendency to seek higher levels from the
very start. One of the contentions of
the long side of the market is that
planters are short of seed and if the
cotton is killed in many places by the
cold weather, another short crop will be
in order this season.
With the receipt of dispatches from
many points throughout the cotton belt,
t bis morning telling of snow and freez
: ing weather the new crop months in the
future market opened $1.75 a bale above
last week’s close. In a sympathetic rise
; some of the old erop months showed ad-i
I vances of $1 a bale on the opening. Ke-;
ports of severe damage were received I
, from practically all of the gulf states,
aud the states farther north reported!
; conditions much worse than those in the I
far south. Texas is said to have suf-;
j fcred severely. Palestine and Waco,’
। Texas, reported a temperature of 34 de-1
; grees. Reports of ice in many sections'
lof Mississippi were received and the!
Georgia crop, on which huug a large!
I part of the hope of the bears, is report-1
; ed to have been severely damaged.
All cotton which was up in many
। parts of the interior of the south is re-|
ported killed and seed which has been!
put in the ground is said to be rotting. '
Seed Is Scarce.
In Georgia, according to Commission i
er of Agriculture Hudson, fully 50 per
cent of the cotton crop was killed. More )
than 90 per cent of the erop was above i
ground and reports indicate the searcity
of seed will prevent replanting of a
vast acreage.
Snow and freezing weather extended
as far south in Alabama as Montgom
ery, the greatest Josses falling in the
northern part of the state, where the
damage is estimated in the hundreds of |
thousands of dollars. A light snow is I
also reported in northern Mississippi,'
while extreme cold in northern and
wetern Texas also wrought considerable
damage to crops of all kinds.
PRICE ADVANCES
Reports of Damage to Young Cotton
Sends It Up $1.50 on Opening In
New York.
—
Aoeocieled Press.
New York, April 25.—Reports of se-|
vere damage to the young cotton over;
a wide area in the south as a result
of storms and freezing temperatures
the past two days caused a big advance
in the cotton market at the opening
here today. Business was more active
than for days and the advance which
extended some thirty points or $1.50
per bale on most of the new crop!
months was reflected in the excited I
general bnying.
—*«-*
BLANTON TRIAL STARTS.
Special Dispatch.
F>rt. Worth. Tex.. April 25. —The!
trial of ('apt. Tom Blanton of the Fort
Worth police department, charged with ’
willing W. IL Britton here recently, 1
commenced before District .Judge ■
Swayne this morning. Vnt of a venire
of 150. two jurors were secured by noon, j
Blanton claims self-defe-"s
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. MONDAY. APRIL 25 ’OlO.
COLD WAVE
IS FATAL TO
COTTON CROP
Young Staple Is Killed By the
Frost and Replanting Over a
Wide Area Is Necessary.
THE SEED SUPPLY IS SHORT
Low Temperatures, Accom
panied By Snow and Sleet
and Ice Forms In Places.
Associated Preu.
.Jackson. Miss.. April 25. —Accord-
ing to reports received here from more
' than twenty counties of the state, the
! cold wave played havoc with the young
1 cotton crop and wrought irreparable in
jury to early corn. Replanting will be
necessary in all sections where fho coin
or cotton had sprouted. A minimum
temperature was registered today of 30
i degrees and ice a quarter of an ineh
I thick formed. Truck farms report the
' Jinan crop tolled and other vegetables
. badly damaged. Cotton seed mills re
i reived hundreds of telegrams ordering
■ cotton seed for replanting purposes,
but the supplies are short and many
orders eannot be filled.
Associated Press.
Atlanta, Ga., April 25. —With suow
; storms of blizzard proportions raging
I throughout cistern Tennessee, northern
1 aud central Alabama, and the greater
I part of Georgia, and freezing tempern
; tures in other, sections of the south,
this section of the country today faced
the greatest loss of early eotton, fruits
and vegetables experienced in many
I years.
—
Associated Press
New Orleans, La., April 35.—Frost,
generally throughout Louisiana and
sleet as far south as Tangipahoa par
ish is reported. Ice formed on small
streams in Louisiana as far south as
the central portion of the state.
Associated Press.
Memphis, Tenn., April 25.—Cotton
growers in this vicinity declare the
present unprecedented visitation of
wintry weather has injured or killed
their crops. Replanting will be neces
sary over a wide area. Today the mer
cury registered 36 at 10 o’clock. The
records of the local weather bureau
show no parallel in 41 years.
SNOW AND SLEET.
Associated Press.
Birmingham, Ala.. April 25.—A suow j
and sleet storm striick north Alabama,
last night and this morning and accord 1
ing to the weather bureau in Binning j
ham, the extreme cold weather is gen-|
eral throughout this section.
FRUIT AND COTTON SUFFERS.
Associated Press
Montgomery, Ala.. April 25.—Snow,
ushered iu the day with a bleak. wind ।
and the thermometer nt 36 at 7 0 clock
this morning. All fruit, most vege-[
tables and a large percentage of cotton ।
will be killed.
STUMPS OLDEST INHABITANT.
Associated Press.
Selina, Ala., April 25.—For the first
time in the memory of the oldest in
habitants of this section, snow in April
fell here today. It was accompanied
by sleet and a cold northwest wind..
With cotton well up ami ready to chop
out. great loss will result to farmers. ,
SNOW IN KENTUCKY.
Associated Press.
Nashville. Tenn., April 25.—One and i
three-quarter inches of snow fell here,
early today. While vegetables will suf-j
fer from the cold, it is believed fruit .
will escape. Adairsville. Ky., reports'
a snow fall of six inches, and at Ben |
SHE IS A NOTED
SUFFRASIST SPEAKER
Miss Alice Paul, the young suffragist
leader, who will speak at the coming
forty-fourth annual convention of the
National American Woman Suffrage as
sociation in Washington. Miss Paul will
address the convention on the opening
night oq the subject of “The English
Situation. ’’
THIRD DEGREE
ID 8E PROBED
Associated Press.
Washington. April 25.—The -euate
committee on judiciary voted today to
conduct a thorough examination into
what is known dL the “third degree"
methods of extorting confessions from
persons charged with crime, and also
the practice of employing persons in
espionage on juries.
NO DECISION YET IN
CORPORATION RATE CASES
Special Dispatch.
Washington, April 25. —Wifh only a
few more decision days left, the su
preme court today failed to render an
opinion ou the corporation tax eases
testing the constitutionality of the law.
With the close of the session so near at
hand the decision was confidently ex
-1 peeted today and its failure to come
was'the cause of disappointment among
administration leaders.
FAIR TONIGHT*AND
WARMER FOR SOUTHWEST
Fair tonight and warmer is the pre
diction made by Major Allen Buell of
the United States weatner bureau. The
storm which bus done much damage in
the east still hangs over the eastern
part of the state, and frost is expected
tonight.
Frost ranging from light to heavy
and killing in sonic places, was experi
enced in eastern Texas. Oklahoma, Ar
kansas. Tennessee, Alabaiha, Missis
sippi, Louisiana and Georgia.
* A storm area is now reported to be
coining iu over the Pacific ocean which
will warm up the atmosphere and cause
a change in the climatic conditions
ARGUE CASE TOMORROW.
Special Dispatch.
Granbury. Tex., April 25. —Arguments
will probably begin tomorrow before
District .Judge Oxford in the case of E.
Gaines, charged with murdering .1.
W. Reese. The state is examining wit
nesses today and there are fifty remain- ;
ing to be examined.
ton, Tenn., two inches of snow fel). It
is believed all fruit and vegetables were I
destroyed in that section. . !
Associated Preu
Huntsville. Ala- April 25.—The freeze
and heavy frost this morning* eost north
era Alabama hundreds of thousands of
dollars. The temperature dropped to
30 above aud there was iee in abund
aiicc. Practically nil cotton has been
killed, potatoes killed and wheat badly
"hurt.
. ■ i— —
Associated Press.
Waco. Tex.. April 25. —The thermom
eter is ut the freezing point today ami
there is frost in. the bottoms. Fruit ami
corn were damaged.
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QUICK ACM ON
SLAUGHTER HOUSES
Board of Health, Dr. Brumby and the
State Pure Food Inspector Will
Act—Roused at Last.
ADMIT CONDITIONS ARE SERIOUS
KEEP BE THREE
OHS 10 SEE If
I CUBE 10 LIFE
—MISS AUGUSTA KEISER.
।
Hermit Storekeeper Whose
Life Was Wrapped In Mys
tery Leaves This Request.
FELT DEATH WAS COMING
Sealed Her Will In Jar Which
Was Placed In a Safe In
the Rear of Her Store.
SHE HAD NEVER MARRIED
• wr • — ■
: Had Trouble With Her Heart
' and Feared She Might Not
Really Be Dead.
“Keep tne three days before you
bury tne at all, for fear of being
buried alive."
Her heart affected, with the cer
tain knowledge that the death
summons was but a matter of time,
possibly long, possibly short. Miss
Augusta Keiser, aged 50 years,
owner of a small store, loft the
above injunction as part of one of
the most remarkable letter-wills
ever written. This morning she
was found dead in bed.
Foreseeing a sudden death over a
vear ago, Miss Keiser wrote her last
commands, placed them in an empty
fruit iar screwed on the lid and placed
it in a ’kitehen safe. To Mrs. W. D.
Smith, a neighbor and friend, she gave
directions that “if anything over hap
pomd ’’ Mrs. Smith was to look in the
1 a, and she would find instructions
what to do. The “something - ’ hap
nened some time last night.
' As late as 10, 19W, Mrs.
Continued on page four.
TUMBLES FROM
WINDOW; FOUND
WITH LIFE GONE
- , I
1 D. W. Liston's Body Discov-,
i ered By Policeman Walking I
His Beat at Four O'Clock.
“ j
In some unaccountable manner D. . i
Liston, 65 years old, a carpenter, room
ing at the Alisut boarding house, 424;
Grand avenue, fell from the second;
storv of that building some tune dur-;
ing last night or this morning and was
killed instantly. The discovery of the,
dend body of Mr. Liston was made;
at 4 o’clock by the policeman on that;
boat, and be in turn .notified Coroner'
Umscheid. The coroner, after viewing
the body, had it removed to the Riebe
morgue, where it was prepared for
burial.
Mrs. Alisut, who conducts the board
ing bouse, said she bad beard no noise
of the man falling from the window,
but as the window is rather low Mr.
Liston probably walked through it
while asleep, or tumbled through it in
attempting to close it when it became
chilly. Mr. Liston, in the fai\ struck
on his head and caused a bad Waeture
of the skull. He had been rooming and
j boarding with Mrs. Alisut during the
past two years. As far as id known
at present, Mr. Listoa is by
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board of health \vill take
Bimediate to investigate the
jtnall slauaOjkliotises operating
in ordinances.
Either this afternoon or tomorrow
or certainly before the week is 1
over the board will make this trip
and 1 can state that if there is
anything in violation oi the law it
will be stopped.’’
This is what Dr. Berrey, county
health officer, stated this morning
asked what the board of health
would do toward securing a clean meat
supply for San Antonio. Dr. Berrey
stated that it had been the intention ■
of the board to go out last week, but
that it was not done because the mem
bers could not agree on a time that was.
suitable to them and to C. A. Davies,
aitorney for some of the butchers using*
the smaller places.
. “I know that the board intends to
1 do its duty in this matter," continued
, Dr. Berrey. “We realize that condi- '
tions out there are not as they should
be, and wc are all anxious to see tint
1 1 clean meat is given San Antonio. The
inspection by the board will be thvip
ough and I can say that the ordinances .
. will be lived up to or the slaughter
place will go out of business.”
Central Slaughter House.
Dr. Berrey is in favor of rejuvenat
ing the old city slaughter house an I
I forcing all the butchers to use that.
It is much easier, he said* to make one
: -plant comply with the ordinances than
i to make five.
“That would seem to be the solution
of the matter," he continued, “an i
while I eannot speak with the author
| ity of all the members of the board,
vet I believe they would concur in a
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OCTOROONS ARE
NOT NEGROES
Neither Are Quadroons Accord
ing to Decision of the Lou
isiana Supreme Court.
Associated Preu.
New Orleans. April 25.—That a bog?
part of the legislation in Louisiana di
rected toward the separation of the
races does not apply to octoroons or
quadroons is the gist of a decision
handed down today by the state mi
preme court. The court holds wher-’
the text of the law merely says “ne
groes,’’ it cannot bo applied to octo
roons or other persons of mixed blood.
a sop. who resides at Denver, Colo., and
the body will be held pending advi<-'-s
from him. He was also a veteran of
the Civil war, having fought ou the
Union side.
GET AT POoIfROM
ANOTHER ANGLE
Associated Press.
Washington, April 25.—Senator Smi' i
(South Carolina) today introduced a
resolution in the senate providing for
an inquiry into the sale of cotton to
the “eotton pool.”
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