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VOLUME XLI.--NO. 355.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1906.--FOURTEEN PAGES.
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New York Life Takes Steps to Protect
Its Surplus Business Under New
Insurance Laws.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Official an-
nouncement will be made in a few days
of the Incorporation of the North Ameri-
can Life Insurance Company under the
laws of New Jersey with a capital of
$200,000, a surplus paid in of 5150.000, and
with its principal offices at Trenton. The
new company, it is stated, will do busi-
ness on a noil-participating plan entirely,
and will confine its activities for the first
f«w years to States other than New
York.
This information was taken to mean
that the plan of New York Life officials
to provide for the transfer of its excess
business under the new insurance laws
had assumed tangible form. The official
staff of the new company will be drawn
entirely from New York Life ranks. John
T. Boone, inspector for the New York
l,ife in this city, will be president; the
vice president and general manager will
be Lee B. Durstine, also a New York
Life inspector here, and the principal ;
field managers will be John MacNamara, |
now a New York Life firld manager in
Chicago, and Lawrence Priddy a field
manager of the New York Life, with
headquarters in this city.
The new company, it is stated, is to
be started to take the business in excess
of $150,000,000 which the New York Life
Insurance Company, under the new in-
surance law, is allowed to write.
The new company will begin business
about Feb. 1.
CHAMBERLAIN IS FAILING.
Safd to Have Suffered Loss of Mem-
ory by Overtaxing Strength.
LONDON, Dec. 20.—The long retirement
of Joseph Chamberlain, owing to gout
and other ailments has led to constant
assertions .and contradictions regarding
the gravity of his condition.
The Chronicle states that he greatly
overtaxed his strength at the celebra-
tions in honor of his seventieth birthday
at Birmingham, with tlie result that he
lost his memory completely.
The past was a blank to him and bo
could not remember what had taken place
even a few hours before, and although
his other faculties were and are unin-
jured, ills memory is gone.
MOVES AGAINST REBELS.
Chinese Troops Trained by European
Officers, to Suppress Uprising.
NANKING, China, Dec. 20.—About two
thousand Chinese soldiers from Nanking1,
armed with modern weapons and trained
by European officers and accompanied
by a battery of field artillery, has pro-
ceeded to the front to meet the rebels In
the King Kiang district. General Hsl,
commander of the troops, left this city
yesterday.
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HARRIMAN IS
URGED TO STOP
SALTON FLOOD
President Sends Message Saying
There Siionld Be no Delay in
Closing the Break.
CALIFORNIA COMPANY
IS HELD RESPONSIBLE
TEXANS TELL
OF LOSSES BY
CAR SHORTAGE
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20.—
Weather Forecast: Arkansas, Oklaho
ma, Indian Territory, West Texas and
New Mexico: Fair Friday and Satur
day.
Louisiana and East Texas: Fair
Friday and Saturday; light to fresh
west winds.
II. C. Boyce and H. C. Jett Testi-
fy Abont Difficulties in Big
Slock Shipments.
SEVEN CARS SENT TO
HAIL 5001) CATTLE
Railroad Magnate Tells Roosevelt South-
ern Pacific Will Make Effort to
Repair flap and Executive
Expresses His Delight.
WASHINGTON, Den. 20.—President
Roosevelt is exerting his efforts to have
the break in the Colorado River in Mex-
ico repaired as soon as possible by the
California Development Company, which
he declares is ultimately responsible for
it. He today sent a telegram to E. H.
Harriman at New York reciting the con-
ditions and the inability to secure action
by Congress because of the adjournment
for the Christmas holidays.
The President told Mr. Harriman that
it is incumbent upon him to close the
break again anrl that action should be
taken without an hour's delay.
Mr. Harriman replied, saying that the
Southern Pacific Company had no con-
trol over the California Development
Company, but he would authorize the
Southern Pacific officials to try to repair
the break, trusting to Congress to take
action later to assist with the burden.
The President gave assurances he would
make recommendations to Congress to
this end.
It has been repeatedly asserted that
unless the break in the river is properly
repaired the losses in the Imperial Val-
ley, already enormous, will be at a con-
servative estimate* $14,000,000. The Presi-
dent. fell that longer delay was not justi-
fied in the case.
Message to Harriman Urgent.
The President fn his cessage to Mr.
Harriman said:
"It is incumbent 011 you to close the
break again. The question of future
permanent maintenance- can be taken up
later. Reclamation service engineers
available for construction. This is all
the aid that there is in the power of the
Government to render. The danger is
due to the actjop. ot' that, company in
the past, in making heading, completed
in October, 1904, In Mexican territory.
tTho present crisis can at this moment
only be met by the action of the com-
pany which is ultimately responsible for
It, and thatraction should be taken with-
out an hour's .delay.
"Through t,he Department of State I
am endeavoring to secure such action by
the Mexican "Government as will enable
Congress in its turn to act, but at
present Congress can do nothing without
such action by the Mexican Government.
This is a matter of such vital importance
that 1 wish to repeat that there is not
th* slightest excuse for the California
Development Company waiting another
hour for the action of the Government."
Tells President He Errs.
Mr. Harriman responded: "You seem to
be under the impression that the Cali-
fornia Development Company is a South-
ern Pacific ent»»rpr>< . This is erroneous.
We are int int< rested in its stock and
in no way control it.
"What the Southern Pacific has done
was for the protection of the settlers as
well as of Its tracks, but we have de-
termined to move 'he tracks onto higher
ground, inyway. However, in view of
vour message I r.m giving authority to
the Southern Pacific officials in the
West to proceed at once with efforts to
repair the break, trusting that the Gov-
ernment as soon as you can procure
necessary Congressional legislation will
assist, us with the burden."
Roosevelt Expresses Delight.
The President answered as follows:
"Am delighted to receive your message.
Have at once directed tli«> reclamation
service to get into touch with you so that
as soon as Congress reassembles I can
recommend legislation which will pro-
vide against a repetition of the disaster
and make orovision for the equitable
distribution of the burden."
interstate Commerce Commission Hear-
ing Develops That Trains Encounter
{Unusual and Disastrous Delays
in Transportation.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 20.—The In-
terstate Commerce Commission car short-
age hearing, began in St. Louis, was
taken up here today by Commissioner
Prouty, aided by P. F. Farrell, attorney
for the Commission.
J. A. Crow, president of the J. A. Crow
Coal and Mining Company of Kansas
City, was the first witness and testified
in reply to a question that S. L. Ful-
ton of Chicago, assistant to President
Winchell, of the Rock Island, holds
$10,000 in the C w Company. He admitted
that Fulton 1 • i received his stock with-
out paying it, but said lie obtained
the stock beio - he became employed by
the Rock Island.
Mr. MacKensie, president of the Amer-
ican Live Stock Association!, testified
that he had received many complaints
from the Southwest of financial loss re-
sulting from shortage of stock cars.
"What is the reason of this shortage?"
asked Commissioner Prouty.
"The railroads use the cattle cars for
other commodities," replied Mr. AlacKen-
zie.
Sheep Held for Weeks.
Mr. MacKenzio said he had known of
sheep being held tor six or seven weeks
waiting for cars and finally they were
driven from Albuquerque to Kansas In
order to get them to market. The ship-
pers had experienced more or less delay
• ■vry fall. aur. *hl - ear ho delay w^s
the most sevuw ;,e. ,n one case it took
foui days to ship cattle from Texas to
Kansas City, and in another instance cat-
tie shipped from Texas to Kansas City
had been sidetracked in Oklahoma for
twenty-one hours.
H. C, Boyce, who owns a ranch at
Channing, Tex., said he attempted to
make a shipment from Texas on Sept. 20
of 125 cars of cattle. He could not get
cars until Oct. 13, then only a limited num-
ber, the last of the cattle not being
shipped until Dec. 11.
Seven Cars for 5000 Cattle.
H. C. Jett of Fort Davis, Tex., said
he Iia<i been since Oct. 17 trying to ship
5000 cattle and had Just received seven
cars.
"Not 10 per cent of the cattle are being
moved," he said.
On the way to Kansas City he noticed
stock cars loaded with cotton, corn, rail-
road ties—everything but cattle.
"We cattlemen have got our blood up."
said Mr. Jett in reply to a question. "Wc
would like to tear out these railroad
tracks down there."
While G. P. Kelley. president of the
Champion Coal Company of this city, was
on the stand developments arose "which
caused Mr. Prouty to direct some ques-
tions to M. A. liow, attorney for the
Rock Island.
Discrimination Charged.
Mr. Kellev testified that his company
had been discriminated against to the
advantage of other coal companies, which,
Continued on Page Two.
Local Weather Forecast.
For San Antonio and vicinity:
day fair; frost.
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SAN ANTONIO.
Few developments occur in extradition
trial of alleged revolutionists.
General counsel of National Good Roads
Association urges new method of main-
taining good roads.
Bishop Forest says powerful revolution
will follow existing troubles In France.
Board of Health holds last meeting of
current year.
English capitalists looking to San An-
tonio for large investments.
TEXA8.
Captain Brooks of the Ranger Service
tenders his resignation to the Governor.
Cuilen F. Thomas addresses anti-Bailey
meeting at DeLeon.
Resolutions are adopted at Brownwood
meeting requesting Representatives to
vote against re-election of Senator Bailey.
Senator Bailey speaks at Proctor.
Commissioner Colquitt files with the
other Commissioners his views on the
Pullman Company question.
Iron moulders in Southern Pacific and
Houston & Texas Central shops at Hous-
ton go on strike.
Oyster openers' strike at Port Lavaca
is settled.
Supreme Court grants writ of error and
will hear argument on constitutionality of
Williams intangible assets law.
Sergeant John L. Sullivan, former Ran-
ger, Is candidate for doorkeeper of House
of Representatives.
RAILROADS.
Port O'Connor Route is advertising for
500,000 cross ties.
SPORTS.
Two well backed favorites and a long
shot with many friends win at New Or-
leans. The day's winners: Dargin,
Tinker, Rebounder, Nedra, Gold Proof
and Dr. McCleur.
Bookmakers recoup their losses at Oak-
land and favorites have a bad day. The
winners: Cheers. Mabel Hollander, Chief
Wittman, Shady Lad, Baker, Gateway.
All Black at long odds furnishes a big
surprise in the second race at Ascot.
Other winners of the day: Legatee, Win-
some Ways, Gorgolette, Green Seal, Tay-
lor George.
Premier Clemenceau aroused to out-
burst by effort to postpone the bill on
the new religious law
DOMESTIC.
According to census bulletin the total
cotton ginned this year is 11,099,001 bales,
against 9,297,817 last year. Texas has
ginned this year 3.481,502 bales.
Final estimates by the Department of
Agriculture place the value of the crops
produced In the United States In 1906 at
$2,925,967,073.
The list of dead resulting from the ex-
plosion of the steamer W. T. Scovell In
the Mississippi River now reaches thir-
teen.
Albert T. Patrick, convicted of the
murder of Wllilam Marsh Rice, former
Texas millionaire, is saved from the death
chair by Governor Higgins of New York,
who commutes his sentence to life im-
prisonment.
President Roosevelt said to have de-
cided to a6k E. H. Harriman to make
repairs to check overflow of the Imperial
Valley.
FOREIGN.
Caracas advices say President Castro
is near death and that a revolution to
capture the Presidency is sure to follow
his demise.
The Vatican issues a note of protest
against the action of the French Gov-
ernment.
If the Moroccan Government Is unable
to dislodge the bandit Ralsuli French and
Spanish warships will land a force to re-
store the authority of the Sultan.
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FORAKER ATTACKS
TESTIMONY OFFERED
BY
BROWNSVILLE CITIZENS
Ohio Senator Bitterly Assails
President's Message on
Negro Soldiers.
INTIMATES DISCHARGE
IS "ATROCIOUS CRIME"
Would Like to Cross-Qaestion
Capt. McDonald—Declares Ma].
Blocksom is Son of Copperhead
Democrat-Democrats Take no
Part in Controversy.
Special Telegram to The Express.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.— Foraker of
Ohio touched off the oratorical fire-
works over the Brownsville affair today
In the Senate and fired broadsides of hot
shot at the President for his discharge
of the riotous negro soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth Regiment.
Immediately after the morning busi-
ness Foraker called up his resolution
offered yesterday for a Senatorial in-
vestigation to supplement the testimony
which accompanied the President's mes-
sage on the subject. He was keenly on
his mettlo and proceeded to attack In
language as direct and pointed as that
which characterized the President's re-
sponse to the original Foraker and Pen-
rose resolutions.
Foraker charged that the President had
not only misconceived his constitutional
power, but had also misconceived the
testimony on w):ic\ his action "was based.
Under the Constitution, contended the
Senator, the President is merely Com-
n ander-in Chief of the Army to direct
where and how It shall serve the coun-
try, but that in Congress alone is vested
the power to raise the Army and pre-
scribe by law rules for its regulation,
including enlistments and discharges. He
asserted that the articles of war pre-
scribe that all such offenses as are
charged against the Twenty-fifth Regi-
ment were punishable only by courtmar-
tial, and as a court martial may direct.
He characterized the President's action
as arbitrary, unjust and autocratic in
the extreme.
Atrocious Crime, Indeed.
If guilty the punishment of those men,
said the Ohio Senator, was totally inade-
quate and unlawfully inflicted. If they
are not guilty, he added, with ferocious
emphasis, "an atrocious crime has indeed
been committed." He attacked the testi-
mony of the "scores of eye-witnei vhT
from among the "sterling citizens of
Brownsville," referring to the President's
allusion to Major Blocksom's report.
These witnesses by name are George W.
Randall, O. J. Mattock, Jose Martinez.
Adolph Bolack, A. Baker, A. C. Moore, E.
Polita Martinez, C. S. Canada, Victorian
Fernandez, Mr. Stark, G. C. Madison, J.
P. McDonald, Dr. Thorne, Genes ro
Padrone, Herbert Elkins, Macedonlo
Ramirez, Guy Gentfro, Caledonlo Garza,
P. M. McCampbell, M. G. Palling and
G. W. Rucker.
Mr. Foraker deduced that all but eight
of them testified to nothing direct or
incriminating the soldiers. He slurred
Blocksom as an unfortunate selection for
such a mission, saying he w is the son of
an Ohio war Democrat, and that nobody
hated the negroes worse than the "cop-
perhead" Democrats. Blocksom's report,
said the Senator, show- there is a screw
loose about him. Blocksom based his re-
port largely on what had been told him
by one < 'aptain McDonald of the Texas
Ranger-. whatever they might be. who
was said to be so brave h- would not
hesitate to attack hell with a single
bucket of water.
Knox interrupted to ask if there was
not other testimony in the record in ad-
dition to that cited by Major Blocksom.
Foraker said lie had no doubt that
there was much other testimony, and he
wanted to bring it out. He would like
to cross-question this Captain McDonald
and (with sneering emphasis) those other
twenty-one "sterling citizens'' of Browns-
ville.
Tribute to Negro Soldiers.
The Senator denied flatly that there
were a.iy precedents in the United States
Army in time of peace for the Presi-
dent's action, and launched Into a tribute
to negro soldiers in general, for whom
he demanded a square deal in practice
as well as in preachment at the hands of
the President.
Scott of West Virginia butted in to say
that he had been informed by an ex-
army of fin r that the colored men of the
Twenty-fifth were as worthy of trust and
belief as any other class of men. He add-
ed that but for the gallantry of the col-
ored Tenth Cavalry in the Spanish-Amer-
ican war the Rough Riders would have
bren cut all to pie< os, and we should not
have had the privilege of having as Pres-
ident the present occupant o£ the White
House.
After further oncordum of the colored
troops and certain wllite regiments re-
ferred t r» in the testimony, Foraker closed *
by sayirg he would let the resolutions lie
over until after the holidays, when he
would triko them up at length and make
s*me further remarks.
His speech today was nearly three hours
In length.
Lodge of Massachusetts replied briefly
that ne was not one of those who ap-
proached a new subject like this with his
mind already made up. He thought Sen-
ators, before discussing the case, should
at least take time to examine the volum-
inous testimony just printed, and which
Foraker had quoted in fragments. It
was not a color question, and if these
troops had been unjustly dealt with full
reparation should be made, but he also
thought some Justice and fair dealing
was due the President, also the- Army
officers, whose unpleasant duty It had
been to deal with the case. He would not
assume, with the Ohio Senator, that they
had acted without evidence and that
Major Bh-ckaom had not discharged his
duty conscientiously because he had a
Democratic father. Senator Lodge made
a telling point against Foraker by citing
that the Ohio Senator had failed to note
in the printed testimony before him cop-
ies of documents on file in the War De-
partment relating to five instance* of ex-
traordinary misconduct and acts of vio-
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