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VOL.
XXVII.
THURSDAY,
TEXAS,
JANUARY 3
1907.
NO.
34.
REPORT OF
SOLDIERS'
AMUSEMENTS
!
ENGINEERS
SHORTAGE
For the New Year
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-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EQUITY.
PROSPERITY AND
LABOR FAMINE
25c
DEATH ROLL
35c
re-
IS PILING UP
70c
In
25c
WOMEN ON BOARD
25c
LUCKILY UNHURT
25c
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WILL NOT HOLD
B.A.Cook
GOOD IN COURTS
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and
TO COMBAT ASSOCIATION.
PURCHASING
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WAR MATERIAL
writ of
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JOHNSTON’S PROMOTION.
RUMOR OF A COTTON SWINDLE.
KITCHELL TO RESIGN
S. P. OAKLAND MOLE.
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PROF. OTTO BETTENDORF.
MAIL ORDER HOUSE FIGHTS.
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Wreck on Rock Is-
land in Kansas.
10c
10c
10c
10c
To be Fought by Texas
Delegation.
Army is Badly in Need
of More Men.
Ed. McCarthy
& Co.
VIOLENT DEATH OF
GEN. VON LAUNITZ
Prefect of Pol’ce of St. Petersburg
Shot and Instantly Killed
There Today.
Phone Us Your Orders
Phone 723
MAY WE
SERVE YOU?
25c
25c
35c
15c
LOSE A MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR
HOPE HELD OUT
FOR GALVESTON
Japan Secures Large Quantiles of
Explosives in England to Re-
plenish Her Stock.
Killed A'ready Number N-arly Fifty,
Most of Them Mexicans—In-
quest Held Today.
Said to Have Affected Work of Re-
cruiting Officers—Congress
Again in Session.
Says His Name Used Without Au*/
thority in Reflecting on Gov.
ernor Glenn.
BLACKBURN SAYS
IT WAS forgery;
Bayou Beans,
6 lbs
White Beans,
5 lbs
9 lbs. good Green
Rio Coffee
$1.00
$1.00
25c
Man is supposed to be the head of the
family, but it is merely a case of sup-
position in a great many cases.
de-
ad-
'Tis better to have kissed amiss than
never to have kissed a miss.
"Save Your Money; Let It Earn Money
Put in the Savings Department."
A Prosperous New Year
To Our
Depositors and
Friends
Black Eye Peas,
4 lbs
To close out, we have marked them 35c,
3 for $1.00.
Pink Beans,
6 lbs
25c
$1.00
70c
of
while
INSURE
Against Fires
Place Your Business with the
Local Institution
I
Lipton Tea,
per lb
He No Tea,
per lb
Butter Oil, K O a
gallon uUu
(Absolutely pure article.)
Scotch Oats,
package
Aunt Jemima’s Pancake
Flour, package..
Buckwheat Flour,
package
Pearl Hominv,
package
Red Beans,
4 lbs
50c and 75c Neckwear
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 3.—A cable dispatch to
the American reports that, the Japanese
government has bought large quantities
of cordite in London, which are being
shipped to Japan as rapidly as the manu-
facturers can deliver it. It is stated that
Japan is merely replenishing her reserve
of explosives, which was exhausted by
the war. <
suit will go far toward determining the
future steps in the warfare between the
catalogue houses and the retail merchants
and jobbers. For years, it Is alleged, the
order houses have been cutting into the
retail trade to such an extent as to drive
many of the merchants in small cities
and towns out Of business.
At 'the annual meeting a year ago the
South Dakota association of retail mer-
chants devised a boycott against catalogue
houses and also against those wholesalers
who sold to catalogue houses.
Gregg and Gresham at War De-
partment Endeavoring to Have
Her End of Report Adopted.
3 cans
Carnation Cream
20 lbs.
A Sugar
17 lbs. Granulated
Sugar
10 lbs. •
Cream
certiorari.
idea prevalent that
10 lbs.
Pearl Grits
(Fresh daily.)
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Resolve
By Associated Press.
Vienna, Jan. 3.—Prof. Otto Butten-
dorf, the archaelogist, is dead. He was
noted for his discoveries of antiquities
in Ephesus.
GALVESTON,
Those having seats held at box
office for Maxine Elliott will pos-
itively have to call or send for
same by 9 o’clock in the morning
or they will be disposed off.
Half a loaf is better than none, but
some folks are eternally missing the
baker.
By Associated Press,
Topeka, Kan.. Jan. 3.—It is impossible
to say just how many persons perished in
the Rock Island train wreck at Alma,
Kan., yesterday, as a number of bodies
of the Mexicans were destroyed by the
burning of the smoking car. The con-
ductor says there were seventy-six Mex-
icans on the train, and it is feared that
forty-four of these were killed, together
woth four other passengers (all men) and
the negro train porter, making the total
dead forty-nine.
The coroner’s inquest will be held at
Alma today, when John Lynes, the boy
telegraph operator who is blamed for the
collision, will testify. The investigation
will be continued at Topeka.
So far as known all the women on the
train escaped death and none were even
seriously injured. Mrs. Harry Wright of
Dalhart, Tex., and baby, bound for De-
catur, Ill., were unhurt.
They also killed the proposi-
on the Guadalupe
to Cuero, as the
million dollars.
THE PALACE
\ For Bowling, Billiards and Pool. League
vGames Friday' and Tuesday Nights.
2322-2324 MARKET STREET.
Ag nts Dr. Jaeger Puce Wool Underwear,
which is absolutely non-shrinkable. We
guarantee it. if it shrinks, your money
will be refunded.
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Charge of Louisiana Lumber Men
That They are Defrauded by
Rai road Compan'es.
To trade where your
Dollars will buy the
most of the best for the
least amount.
Meal. . . .-
(Fresh daily.)
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Cali., Jan. 3.—The South-
ern Pacific company is planning, provided
it obtains permission of the war depart-
ment, to widen its Oakland Mole by fill-
in in something like twenty-seven acres
of tide lands. The company has filed its
application with the war department au-
thorities and will have a hearing on Tues-
day next.
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Expert photographers understand the art
of taking th mg s easy. (
TO TRANSACT BUSINESS
QUICKLY, ECONOMICALLY
ANO COMFORTABLY
Avail yourself of tne
facilities afforded by the
LONG DISTANCE
SERVICE of tnls
Company and its connections. Hun-
dreds of thousands of stations In
Texas, Arkansas and adjoining States
and Territories are within the reach
of your voice.
DO NOT TRAVEL! TELEPHONE!
The Southwestern Telegraph &
Telephone Co.
Stillwater, Okla., Jan. 3.—The Oklahoma
division of the American Society of Equity,
a national organization that aims to place
the control of his products in the hands
of the tarmer and to do away with the
middleman’s profits, met in annual con-
vention here today with a considerable
attendance. The meeting, which is to last
two days, will discuss plans for thorough-
ly organizing the wheat producing coun-
ties of Oklahoma and also to bring into
line the growers of cotton, corn, fruit and
other crops as well, in all parts of the
new state.
iBy Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 3.—Maj. Gen. Von
tier Launitz, prefect of police of St. Pet-
ersburg, was shot' and killed by a young
man at the Institute Experimental of
Medicine this afternoon.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 3.—An applica-
tion of Montgomery, Ward & Co., the
great Chicago mail order house, for aij
injunction to restrain the South Dakota
Retail Merchants’ and Hardware Deal-
ers’ association from maintaining a boy-
cott against the firm came up for hearing
in the federal court here today. The pro-
ceeding is of general Interest, as the re-
NO ADVICES FROM CHINA.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 3.—State
partment officials' are still without
vices as to the mass meeting reported
to have been held in Canton for the pur-
pose of reviving the boycott on Ameri-
can goods, but it was stated at the de-
partment today that this government
feels sure the Chinese government will
not lend assistance to the revival of the
American boycott. The state department
does not believe any movement not coun-
tenanced by the Chinese government can
have any great success and is disposed
to take the position that whatever
trouble there may be in Canton is purely
local.
“Pin Money” Pickles,
bottle, 20c and
Sour and Dill Pickles,
either, quart
"H is Easy to Save, if You Will Only
Try: Interest Earned Everv Four
Months, by Putting Your Money
in the Savings Department."
GALVESTON NATIONAL BANK
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 8.15
One Appearance Only,
Miss Maxine Elliott
In the Clyde Fitch Comedy,
HER GREAT MATCH
PRICES—50c to $2.00.
MONDAY NIGHT, JAN. 7.
(One Night Only.)
Mr. Harry Beresford
in
The Woman Hater
PRICES—25c to $1.50. Seats on Sale. I
TON B&Bs5.ht7 ^‘THH BOS-1
SEABOARD
FIRE and MARINE
Insurance Co.
Capital and Surplus, $300,000
(Paid Up in Cash)
Officers
B. Adouv Prest. H. Wilkens. V.-Prest.
John Mealy, Tr as. J. H. Langbehn, i ec.
C. C Bow n. Asst. Sec.
Office, 2102 Strand.
Phone 96.
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, La., Jan. 3.—Charges that
Louisiana lumber interests lost approxi-
mately $1,000,000 a year because of meth-
ods used by receivers in weighing lum-
ber shipments will today be laid before
the state railroad commission here. Pro-
tests are made iby the Yellow Pine Lum-
bermen’s association of Louisiana and
the Southern Cypress Dealers’ associa-
tion. The million dollar loss is declared
due to excess in weights recorded by rail-
roads, the following causes being alleged
for such errors. The weight of cars, a
frequently Incorrect practice being to use
the weight stenciled on cars when, they
are built despite subsequent repairs; much
lumber carried in unclaimed stock cars
in which the hardened dirt is added to
the weight of lumber, the same being true
of coal cars, most of which are not
cleaned. In gondola flat car shipments
carriers make no allowance for rain in-
creasing the lumber’s weight, ..although
prior to May 4, 1906, 2000 pounds per car
was allowed, and before being entirely
abolished this allowance was placed at
500 pounds. Finally, petitioners object to
having the Western Weighing association
of Chicago pass upon weights, the correct-
ness of which the lumber men disputed.
The petition says: “The Western Weigh-
ing association passes upon claims 1200
miles away from the point of shipment by
stating that evidence furnished ty the car-
riers themselves as to weighings and tares
is satisfactory.”
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Tue heavy Holiday buying has left lots of
broken sets in our 50c and 7?c lines which we
wish to clean up. The Neckwear is of our
usual fine quality, in beautiful patterns, light
and dark shades.
The President’s Dismissal of Negro
So'diers Illegal, Says, the
Lattei’s Counsel,
RECEPTION TO DISMISSED.
Special to The Tribune.
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 3.—Friends of
the discharged men of the 25th infantry
have arranged for a reception tonight tO'
the several score of the negro soldiers
who have gathered here to press their
case before congress. It is announced
that the discharge of the negroes will be
fully discussed and that the record will
be set forth of “the colored soldier in
war and peace” from the first enlistment
of colored men in the military and naval
service.
Texas Firm Reported to Be Involved in
Forgery of Papers.
New Orleans, Jan. 3.—A rumor was
current in cotton circles here last night
that a Texas cotton firm with connec-
tions at Houston and Galveston and
two other Texas towns is implicated in
a big cotton swindle. According to re-
port forged bills of lading for 2000 bales
ol cotton have turned up through the
bsnks. A verification'of the rumor and
the name of the firm could not be ob-
tained up to a late hour.
TRIBUNE.
He Succeeds Ticket Agent Briggs of the
LocaJ Katy Office.
Mr. J. E. Johnston has been installed as
city passenger and ticket agent of the
Katy to succeed Mr. Briggs, transferred
to Son Antonio. Mr. Johnston was trans-
ferred from Greenville and the change
came as well deserved promotion for com-
petent and fdithful service.
He was formerly and for some time as-
sistant city passenger agent for the Katy
at Dallas and was promoted from this po-
sition to the agency at Greenville. He
comes to Galveston highly recommended
as a hustling passenger man, popular in
railroad and traveling circles.
He will no doubt be welcomed into the
organization of ancient and accepted P. &
T. agents of Galveston, of which Col. Jim
Miller and Commodore Max Naumann are
the original organizers in Texas. These
two veterans have outlived ninety-seven
local agents in the International and Great
Northern and the Katy offices, '
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CONGRESS REASSEMBLES.
Special to The Tribune.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 3.—Both houses
of congress reassembled today after the
holiday recess. In view of the fact that
but twlo months remain until the present
congress will expire by limitation it is
recognized on all sides that the wheels
of legislation will have to move rapidly
if even those measures of an imperative
character are disposed of before the final
adjournment. The case of the dismissed
negro soldiers of the 25th infantry is ex-
pected to take up a good deal of time
during the next few days. Senator For-
aker has expressed a determiijation to
press his resolution for further investi-
gation and President Roosevelt is ready
with the additional testimony gathered
by Assistant Attorney General Purdy at
Brownsville.
German Chancellor Gave Reason for
Dissolving Reichstag.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 3.—Chancellor Von Bue-
low yesterday disclosed the motives and
acts of the government in dissolving
the reichstag in the vigorous election
manifesto, which took the form of a
letter to Gen. Von Liebert, chairman of
the committee of the Empire League,
formed to combat the Social Democrats.
The chancellor explained that he had
a double purpose in appealing to the
country, namely, to free the govern-
ment from dependence upon the Clerical
party and to strengthen the Liberal
groups in the reichstag so that they,
in combination with the Conservatives,
may successfully oppose the growth and
destructive power of socialism and re-
actionary clericalism.
By Associated Press.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 3.—Governor Gleent
announced yesterday that he would ap-
pear before the grand jury at Greens-
boro. which is asked to indict Congress-1
man Spencer E. Blackburn of the eighty
district on a charge of criminal libel.
“I have not been able to hear from th®(
solicitor of the district,” said the gov-i
ernor.
This action follows charges made in a1
letter from Blackburn sent Saturday last1
from Washington, in which he stated
that he Would contest the election of
Congressman Hackett, the Democratic!
candidate fro mthe eighth' district. His
grounds for contesting the election al-
leged, among other things, that there hadi
been a conspiracy in which Governor
Glenn used his influence to secure Hack-
ett’s election and as a member of the
state text book commission, voted to put
books of the American Book empany on
the state list of public school books inn
return for which the American Book
company contributed large sums of
money to corrupt the voters of 'Lie
eighth congressional district, while in
return Hackett was to use his influence1
to have Governor Glenn elected United'*
States senator to succeed the present'
senator, Lee S. Overman.
In a card published yesterday, Hackettj
denies Blackburn’s charges. *T shall!
prosecute Blackburn to the full extent of 5
the law,” Governor Glenn said to thaif
Associated Press. ‘‘One of two things;
must be done, I must be impeached ottl
Blackburn must be sent to jail.” j
When called over the long-distance tele-
phone at Greensboro, Congressman Black- i
burn declined to make any formal state-'
ment concerning the report that Govern*j
nor Gleen would prosecute him for crim*
Inal libel. !
‘‘The notice of my protest tomy oppon-J
ent,” said Mr. Blackburn, “has not beenti
filed. That, however, will contain all thaj
charges I may prefer.”
No warrant for Mr. Blackburn’s arrest?^
has been issued. Yesterday afternoons
Congressman Blackburn sent the follow-1
Ing statement to Solicitor Brooks: j
‘‘The statement in Sunday’s papers con-J
penning the notice of my contest upon MrJ
Hackett and the reflections on Governor!!
Glenn Is without my authorization. Myj
notice to him, signed by •myself; will bar
sufficient for public scrutiny* Thus far,?
any signature appearing in the phpersl
purporting to be mine is a forgery. Im*
the notice of my contest which I havei*
issued there will be found no suggestion!
of corruption upon the part of Governor
Glenn. This notice will speak for itself.
“SPENCER BLACKBURN.”
Later, however, the governor decided
not to institute criminal proceedings in
view ef Mr. Blackburn’s statement that
the reflections on the governor were
without his permission. Governor Glenn
will await further advices from Wash-
ing as to the authenticity of the alleged
Blackburn letter.
Special 'to The Tribune
Washington, D. C., Jan. 3.—When the
Texas delegation got together on the
floor today for the first time since the
holidays consternation reigned. They
learned that the board of engineers had
turned down the whole intercoastal canal
plan on the ground that business Would
not justify it. This is a particular pet
of the entire delegation and the threat
is now made to unite with Lorimer of
Chicago and the lake-to-gulf waterway
proposition and thus force the rivers and
harbors committee to include the inter-
coastal canal in the bill, despite the un-
favorable report of the engineer board.
Meanwhile Representative Garner got
busy and . induced Chief Engineer Mc-
Kenzie to overrule the board of engineers
on that part of the canal from Aransas
Pass to Matagorda bay which will open
the Colorado river. Burgess and’Garner
are now endeavoring 'to also get McKen-
zie to overrule the engineers and recom-
mend' the section from Galveston to
Aransas Pass.
The board of engineers hit a few other
projects,
tion for deep water
river from Victoria
cost would be over
They likewise killed Maj. Jadwin’s rec-
ommendation of a 10-foot channel at the
mouth of the Rio Grande, from Browns-
ville to Brazos Santiago.
Col. Gresham and Representative Gregg
are putting up a fight today at the war
department with Gen. McKenzie to over-
rule the engineers on the Galveston rec-
ommendation.
The elimination of other projects indi-
cates that Galveston has a chance for
about a million and a half appropriation.
Garner today introduced a bill for a
survey on the Arroyo Colorado from
Deepwater to the town of Harlingen on
the Brownsville railroad. It is an old
bed of the Rio Grande, with, six to eight
feet of water, but needs dredging
snagging.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of
the (board of directors of the Galveston
Chamber of Commerce will be held tomor-
row morning at 11 o’clock at the rooms of
the chamber in the Cotton Exchange
building. It is stated that Mr. C. R.
Kitchell will tender his resignation as sec-
retary of the organization at this meeting.
Mr. Mitchell succeeded Mr. J. H. John-
ston ‘ as secretary in the spring of 904.
What his intentions are in severing his
connection with the Chamber of Com-
merce have not yet been made known by
Mr. Kitchell.
By Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 3.—Col. Alexander S.
Bacon of counsel for the Afro-American
council in the case of the dismissal by
President Roosevelt of the batall.on of
negro troops for the Brownsville, Tex.,
affair made public his opinion yesterday.
His report will be sent to Senator For-
aker and the members of the senate and
house committees on military affairs.
After reviewing the evidence presented
in the president’s, message, Coi. Bacon
declares that the negm soldiers’ “dis-
charge” without honor was illegal and
would not be upheld by the courts if
brought before them under
Col. Bacon contends that the
the president, as
commander-in-chief of the army, can in-
flict punishment within his discretion is
a mistaken one, because under the Eng-
lish and American constitutions no per-
son (except minors, prisoners, etc.,) can
be punished in time of peace, except by
the judgment of a court.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 3.—Not in
cent years, except in w«ar times, has the
army been so badly in need of men as
at the present time. A recent circular
addressed to all officers in the recruiting
service, made public at the war depart-
ment, calls attention to the fact that re-
cruits are needed in large number for
coasf artillery,zfield artillery, white in-
fantry and white cavalry. Recruiting of-
ficers are enjoined to redoubled efforts
to secure recruits qualified for military
service.
Officers on duty at the war department
admit that the situation is one calling!
for the most extraordinary efforts. Par-
ticular emphasis is given in the circular
to the necessity for developing to the ut-
most recruiting in the large cities, and
recruiting officers have been asked if
more officers should be sent them to
assist in the work.
It is declared at the war department
that the present prosperity and labor
famine in 'the country is. more or less
responsible for their inability to get new
men, and it is also stated fhat on ac-
count of lack of the canteen a great
many men are refusing to re-enlist.
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