The Plain Texan and Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1906 Page: 1 of 12
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Algeciras, Feb. 14.—The delegates to
the Moroccan conference at their session
examined' the proposed reforms *' iti • the.
customs of Moroccd and the plans for.
suppression of the contraband traffic in
arms and then adjourned until Saturday.
No word was spoken during the ses-
sion concerning the main feature of the
Franco-German controversy, namely,
the control of the Moroccan police, ánd
this still is the subject of private efforts
to bring about a compromise. Howev-
er, repeated conversations between the
French and German delegates have not
resulted in any perceptible progress to-
ward a solution, each side showing much
firmness. i
The American delegates, while opti-
mistic, admit that the prolonged inabili-
ty of the French and Germans to reach
an agreement renders the situation in-
creasingly difficult each day. Ambassa-
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WEATHERF^RD; TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1906.
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never been any serious charge establish-
ed. There was never a time when com-
plaint on the part of some of the mem-
bers oi the Home was not heard.
Texas Mails
The second assistant postmaster gen-
eral has sent instructions to officials of
the .department in the Southwest con-
cerning the routing of mails over the
Cotton Belt and the Frisco-Katy. to this
part of the country. It unofficially an-
nounced that about an even division of
Texas mails will be made between the
competing roads.
When the Frisco effected its combina-
tion for the through fast mail service in-
to Texas the Iron Mountain controlled
all the mail into this state and had done
so for eight years. The instructions
from the postoffice department are based
upon the showing made since a week
ago Sunday, when they inaugurated
Washington, Feb, 14.—Ata
utes after 6 o'clock today the senate
its final ballot on the subsidy shij
bill, which was passed, 38 to 37.
All the votes for t&e bill were,
publican senators, and five Republican
senators voted
opposition—Burkétt, Dolliver, XaFol4-
lette, Spooner and Warner.
The vote on the bill was preceded by
action on a number of amendments, and
this by an entire day of debate.
Many important amendments were ac-
cepted, but only in one case was modifi-
cation agreed to that was not in accord-
ance with the wishes of managers of the
bill.
The exception was an amendment of-
fered by Mr Spooner eliminating the pro-
vision giving half-pay
naval reserve who
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role in bringing the French and German
delegates into confidential communica-
tion, his idea being thus to secure a pri-
vatee understanding before the issues
are presented in open conference. How-
witu a reasonable degree of certainty
that the Frisco combination has taken
the Fort Worth mail ánd the connections
from that point away from the Iron
Mountain absolutely and that instruc-
tions just sent out are predicated on
ever, if this private understanding is not conclusion tfiat the Frisco route is the
arrived at Mr. White still hopes that the
open conference may find a solution,
best one for tie fast mail business. The
Gould lines got the Dallas and South
Texas mails.
To Investigate Home
Austin, Feb. 14.—The action of Ma-
jor General K. M. Van Zandt, of Fort
Worth, commander of the department
Contributions to be Recovered
New Yoirk, Feb. 14.—Recommenda-
tions that legal proceedings be instituted
of Texas United Confederate Veterans, to recover certain contributions made by ready l?fe.n 0^tained bX
in appointing a committee to investigate Npm Vnrt T íf fnenm^ partment in nineteen states,
if-
the affairs of the state Confederate home
at Austin caused little surprise here. It
was known that some of them have
been writing letters of complaint against
the management to. different camps over
the state for some time. Some of the
«camps looked upon the complaints as
worthy of investigation, and the matter
was taken up with Major General Van
Zandt with the result that an investiga-
tion has been ordered. There has been
an investigation of this institution under
nearly every administration since it was
«established and up to this time there has
the New York Life Insurance company
were submitted to the trustees of that
company today by. the investigating
committee headed by Thomas P. Fowl-
er. It is recommended that the money
be recovered from such officers and trus-
tees as counsel shall decide are liable
therefor. The report states that there
is no record on the books of the compa-
ny to show that campaign contributions
were given, but that information was
obtained from the testimony of Presi-
dent McCall and Vice-President G. W.
Perkins on the stand before the Arm-
strong committee.
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the subvention to the oceanic
ning from the Pacific coast to Austi
Washington, Feb. 15.—Light, was
thrown on the land fraud investigation
by Secretary Hitchcock at an ei
hearing before the subcommittee
house appropriation committee
In connection with l}is estimate of
000 for a .continuance of the
dictments and 400 con
To, the surprise of the
Mr. Jiitchcock said that
in the frauds uncovered by his depart-
ment and has more than Oregon, Wash-
ington or any of the states which are
supposed to be the chief offenders. «Cal-
ifornia also shows a long list of
It was explained by
cock that the unearth
had been conducted as qi
sible, but that the lack of
not indicate diminished ac
Assistant Secretary
Collector F. E. Rimple .of the
fice ane other officials, were
the subcommittee.
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Martin, Victor E. The Plain Texan and Weatherford Democrat. (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1906, newspaper, February 16, 1906; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179217/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.