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THE SOUTHERN MKRCURY-
•ORT OF
GRAND JURY
Session Sixty-Seven Days and
U6 Indictments Returned*
CHAPTER ON CRIME
OmkBHow of County Finance—Pool
Room—Important Rc-
comendaiions.
After havinr bt*n in session three
months the itrand 1ury adjourned finally
yesterday. The report of a grand ury
la not prlvlleKed mutter—thnt is. grand
Juries have no right to do anything but
bring witnesses before them, examine
them, and either indict or not Indict.
There is no provisions for "reports,"
throwing bouauets at some and libel-
ing others. If officials are derelict the
grand jury should Indict them—not scold
them. Before adoumment yesterday
. the grand ury submitted a lengthy re-
port to the iudge of tho criminal dis-
trict court. Shorn of libelous features
it Is given space as follows:
"In submitting this, our llnal report,
we beg to state that we have been in
las county was (689,800, making a to-
tal Indebtedness of 1932,006.71."
"We are of the op on that the nec-
essary legislation snould be obtained
whereby a safe depository for the
county's funds might be provided and
a reasonable rate of interest allowed
by such depoHltory on dally balances
of county funds In its possession* This
Interest on balances. In addition to that
paid on warranto under the present
system and the salary of the treasurer
could be saved to the county and
would, we believe, result In. a savin*
almost sufficient ■ to pay the Interest
on the entire bonded Indebtedness of
Dallas county, which amounts to $27.-
697 annually.
"There seems to be at present about
18000 invested in road and bridge war-
rants of Dallas county, of which the
only record on the books is a pencil
memorandum, stating that certain war-
rants are held by the permanent school
fund of the county. In our opinion,
the coun>ty commissioners should In-
sist on a proper record of this fund be-
ing kent."
The report criticises the sale of 13,-
284 acres of school land In Archer
county to B. C. Tabor under a twenty
years' contract on deferred payments,
bearing Interest at the rate of 3>/i per
cent per annum, the agreed price be-
ing 2 per acre. Kault is found with
Frank R. Shanks, county clerk, for
having a new set of indexes to the deed
records of Dallas-county made as an
individual and not as county clerk.
The sum of 145,631.61 was paid to Mr.
Shanks on order of the commissioners'
court and the report Insists that 121,-
375 of this sum should be returned to
the county as excess fees. It is rec-
ommended thai the commissioners'
court Instruct the county attorney to
institute suits to recover the aleged
excess due from the county clerk and
to cancel said contract relative to Dal-
las County's school lands: and should
the county attorney's official duties
the contract price. The work actual-
ly done amounted to very much more
than >45,000, but it was reduced to
that sum by the commissioners' court,
and, therefore, the compensation which
the report charges that I received for
the work done is inaccurately stated,
and thf. net profits to me, after deduct-
ing the cost of the labor which I was
compelled to employ, is very much le.'r
than that stated In the report.
Further than this I do not care to
say at this time, and would not say
this much but for the fact that I
not wish the public to be prejudiced
by the partial, and to me unfair state-
ments contained in that report.
FRANK R. SHANKS.
MINERS STRIKE
IS AVERTED
Satisfactory Agreement Has Been
Reached
Philadelphia, April 1.—All dangor
from a strike of soft coal miners n
Central Pennsylvania was averted by
,'in aeteemenl reached by the repre-
sentatives of the coul operating c<n.i-
panles at a meeting held here today.
The demand of the miners for a con-
tinuation of the present scale of wages
exten.lhn?
LONDON FIGURES
ON PEACE TERMS
London, April 2.—According to Reynold's Newspaper, It has informa-
tion from a source of the highest authority that Japan has communicated to
the British government, as the only terms she will consider:
"Russia must make the first advance by withdrawing her armies from
Manchuria.
"She must acknowledge Japan's authority over Korea and must pledge
herself not to Intel fere In the Hermit Kingdom.
"Manchuria to be restored to Cnlna and Russia to agree to a hands-oiT
policy there.
"Vludlvostock to be dismantled of its fortifications and made a port of
free entry to the commerce of all nitions.
"Russia to consent to Japan retaining a garrison at Port Arthur for a
limited number of years and the usual number of men for the fortress to be
decided by the nations Interested.
"Russia to pledge herself not to seek a naval base In the Far East.
"The railways from Harbin to Mfidivostock and Port Arthur to be pur-
chased from Japan by Russia and Immediately thereafter transferred to Chi-
na anl to be operated in the future for the benefit of all traders, no matter
what their nationality."
RUS8!A'8 INTERIOR LOAN.
was granted for a period
over one year from April 1. TTie de- Now Admitted That It is a Complote
session sixty-seven days and have re- .
turned 116 indictments, seventy-two of prevent his giving these matters the
••which were for felonies and forty-four time and attention which their import-
misdemeanors. This, however, repre- ance to the county demands, that said
sents only a small portion of our inves- i court employ such additional counsel
? tlgatlons. We have examined many [as the county attorney may suggest
cases in which we did not feel Justified i as necessary.
In returning an indictment, as we di 1 M. C. Cullen, Justice of the Peace,
not believe the evidence would ! paid to the county treasurer excess
warrant a conviction. In our fees of his office for the year 1904
Investigations we have followed j amounting to $1,032.14 and W. M. ICd-
your charge, and in every instance wards. Justice of the Peace, excess fees
heard witnesses on both sidas as far an j for the year 1904 amounting to $695.27.
possible. On March 22 we paid a visit. The report closes with the following
■■ to the county farm, and spent a part recommendations:
clslon was reached very readily. It Is
(♦aid. Though the meeting was a secret
one, it Is known that a majority of
the companies favored the proposition
to acccde to the miners' demand. There
w.is evidently a strong disposition to
avert a strike which would involve
about K0.000 men and put $600,000,000
Failure.
St. Petersburg, April 1.—It is now
admitted that Russia's Interior loin is
a failure. The slump in consols means
a loss of $400,000,000 roubles ($206,000,-
000). In order to pi event a panl;- the
worth of property In jeopardy. The ; government announces an early meet
of the day In carefully Investigating
same. We found about forty-eight
paupers and six prisoners were being
"Owing to the want of time, the
undermentioned officers were not in-
spected In detail, viz: County corn-
cared for by the county. We found : mlssloners' office: county attorney's
the farm well kept, the houses In good I office: county Judge's office: tax as-
• in . i • _i l . _i.li annuo i>'u r\ fH na • oloru's fiffmO
condition and the rooms and bedding
neat and clean."
The following chapter of the report
deals with alleged "crimes" in the city
of Dallas:
"In the ewrly part of our session It
Was brought prominently to our notice
that decidedly the greatest number of
crimes being committed In Dallas coun-
ty were being perpetrated within the
city limits, and that most of th-em were
committed in thnt part of the city
known as the "Reservation." or "South
End." Almost every day complaints
would come to us of some one being
rrhbed there. Most. If not all, of the
Inhabitants of that s.ction are profes-
sional criminals, and are banded to-
gether In the commission of crime and
the preventing of detection. The vic-
tim Is entlc.d into their resorts, some
aro drugged and some are robbed In
other ways. They have no trouble In
procuring all the witnesses d -sired to
prove unythlng they want proven. They
seem to act on the plan of reciprocity:
all swear for the oru> in trouble, who
will himself or herself be a witness for
any of the othprs at any time needed,
and by whom any fact can b.' proven.
We regret to say that there are some
lawyers who, if they are not actual pnr-
tosls of the scale of wages granted Is
sixty-two cents a ton for pick-mining.
The decision of the operators will
cause general satisfaction. The trouble
was over the wage scale. A meeting
to fix the scole from April 1 was called
on March 16. After being In almost
continuous session, the -conference was
adjourned few days since although
nothing hud been accomplished. The
miners held out for a renewal of the
scale but the operators Insisted on a
10 per cent reduction for the first naif
of the year and the scale based on 62
cents for pick-mining for the second
half. The meeting of miners and op-
erators committees was held In A!-
toona. Nothing being done, a meeting
sessor's office: district clerk's office, of the operators committee was called
and we recomend that the Incoming
grand Jury continue the investigation
of the above named offices by an ac-
countant as we deem such systematic
auditing nfecesBary In the interest of
the county, and suggest that Mr. J. A.
McAleer, who has so faithfully and
painstakingly ussisted this grand Jury
In this work Is probably In better con-
dition to continue this work than any-
one else. There ure two other matters
which we feel It our duty to Include
In our final report.
"(1) With reference to pool rooms:
We find there are two such pool rooms
running wide-open and in full blast
in this city. Under the construction
placed upon the present law by the
court of criminal appeals, the evasion
of this law Is made easy; so eusy that
we have not been able to get evidence
to warrant the return of n single In-
dictment. Again, we are confronted
with u radical law for which no ade-
quate provision has been mude for pro-
curing evidence to convict for viola-
tion thereof. The law ought to be so
amended as to authorize conviction
on the unsupported testimony of an ac-
complice, and exempting witness from
prosecution just the same as now up-
for today, the miners agreeing not to
take rny action.
SUIT AGAIN8T 8ANTA FE.
of That
ties to the shaping of the fictitious d_- ,lteK ln gaming cases, and any other
fenses In these cases, connive at them. I amendments which will assist In driv-
"We believe that one of the principal ' Ing these places out of business. This
reasons why so many of these p-'ople 'aw aHnow stands is a dead letter,
succeed In escmlng the punishment "<-) Delinquent fees: We under-
whlch they so richly deserve, Is on ac- | that there has been a custom
count of the lack of proper means of ^existing that certain county officials
securing evidence. We believe that the
city of Dnllns has assumed such a s'z >.
and the difficulty of suppressing crime
has reached such a state, that It is im-
perative that a secret service depart-
ment should be created, whether in con-
nection with tlio sheriff's department,
the county attorney's office or the grand
Jury. In either event, that department
should be absolutely separated from
politics, and shoulri be under the direc-
tion of each grand jury during their re-
spective sittings, with power on the
part of th? grand jury to change officers
at any time and a- oint others In their
place. Wehave.nsa movement ln this di-
rection, recommended to the present
legislature the enactment of a law au-
thorizing the county attorney to ex-
pend opt of th- excens ? <*«■ of I Is oflce
R sum not to exceed $600 to be used for
the purpose of securing evidence, he to
be credited with such amount as ihe
grand jury finds has been properly
spent, and which amount the grand
Jury approves. This, we consider under
present conditions, to be of the most
ur^rent necessity.
Dallas is In need of u new jail, as
Ihe following recommendation will
•how:
"We Inspected the county Jail and
find same In such a crowded condition
|- that Insane patients are confined in
:" the same cells with prisoners, and we
i deem It our duty to recommend to the
I commissioners' court that they take
buildings or otherwise."
The grand jury Investigated the
books of certain officials. County Tax
K Collector H. H. Jacoby paid to the
county treasurer excess fees of office
for the year 1904 the sum of $2597.24.
"In this office," the report reads, "the
books and accounts are carefully kept."
A former county official is requested
to make out and file annual reports
•nd It Is recommended that his bond
be held In force until he has com-
plied with the law In this respect. Ac-
rding to the report, District Clerk
W. Jones has paid excess fees for
the year 1904 amounting to 93211.62;
Tax Assessor Ferguson's excess fees
amounted to $1365,08; ex-County At-
torney Walter S. Lemmon filed his an-
ual report; ex-County Judge Edward
p. Lauderdale has paid into the coun-
treasury excess fees for the year
i4 amounting to $1748.16. The flnan-
condltlon of Dsllas county is set
:h In the following paragraphs;
e have checked all the receipts
>e county treasurer for the period
Feb. 1. 1908 .to Feb. 1, 1906, and
. ired same with reports of the
eral officers from whom money*
re received, and find the following
likes on hand Feb. 1, 1906
r fund 119,944.11
road and bridge fund 1,602.29
k) bridge fund. First
trict
d bridge fund, Second
steps to provide separate accommoda
E tlons for the Insane by
additional
have neglected to draw their sularles
even when there was money In the
treasury to pay them until after the
end of the fiscal year in order to draw
an extra ten per cent on the umount
due as delinquent fees. This some-
times amounts to as much as two or
three hundred dollars extra salary per
year for such official. We heartily dis-
approve such u pernicious custom.
We recommend that the clerk of
the Criminal District court be Instruct-
ed by the judge of the said court to
prepure a certified copy of the recom-
mendations herein, touching and ap-
pertaining to suggestions made to the
commissioners' court, to be prepared at
once and delivered to the members of
the commissioners' court to the end
that these matters may have dnd re-
ceive proper attention.
"ln closing we desire to add that in
our labors we have had the most cor-
dial and loyal support from our excel-
lent county attorney and his assistants,
especially Mr. H. D. Ardrey. who has
been with us most of the time that we
have been ln session. We have been
diligently and faithfully served by the
bailiffs during our term, for which
we return our thanks. We thank your
honor for the valuable help and kind-
ness we have at nil times received
from you. Respectfully submitted.
"H. B. JOHNSON, Foreman.
"ALEX. COCKRELL,
"S. P. LIVELY,
"F. M. GOOD,
"W. O. CATHEY,
"HENRY HAMILTON,
"M. C. SNYDER,
"II. CLAY RAWLINS,
"JOHN F. WEST,
"W. I. ADDISON,
"I. WALTON,
"HENRY BENNETT."
Independent Oil Producers
8tate After Road.
Kansas City, Mo., April 1.—The
Kansas Oil Producers' association ex-
ecutive committee today met with ofll-
clals of the Santa Fe and Kansas rail-
road for the purpose of putting an end
to the suit against the San.ta Fe in
which the producers are trying to oust
the Santa Fe from Kansas. Much
secrecy was preserved by the oil men.
The basis of the compromise is given
out as a concession by the Santa F'-'
arxi discriminations against sections of
the oil field and general discrimina-
tions against the entire state. Other
meetings are planned.
The attorneys for the association nr*
State Senators Smith and Fltapatrlck
of Kansas. Both wore opposed to the
radical methods urged by Frank S.
Moravett of Ohio, formerly attorney of
the association, who was retired a
month ago.
COLORADO
HAS HORROR
Ing of a national assemly. It was vlth
this intention that the gold reserve was
exhibited the other day. The people
still remain skeptical and the feeling
throughout the country that the gov-
ernment Is not in earnest, strengthens
every day.
Privy Councilor Maximoff, a wv.il
known statesman and financier, said
today:
Russia and Turkey conaummated. Get-
many profits by our interior troubles
and our external war. William's ud- '
vice to the Czar was to oppress Poland .
and resist reform. Berlin also dls- j
covered that Gen. Linevltch would;<er- j
tatnly turn the tide of war and that!
America and England were Intriguing.
"In Russia today, however, fresh dis*
trlcts ere under .the reign of martial
law and altogether 70,000,000 of our
people require military surveillance.
The country is in the throes of a finan-
cial crisis. We are threatened with
an epidemic of cholera. All this ren-
ders friend William's advice Impracti-
cable."
Foodstuffs For the Army.
St. Petersburg. April 2.—More than
ten trains leave Russia dally for Vlad-
Ivostock laden with foodstuffs and mu-
nitions of war. The government is
"Germany advises us to continue'lhe . making extraordinary efforts to fully
course we are now pursuing, because
Germany would like to see the econom-
ic and administrative vassalage of both
provision the town before the Japanese '
can throw their lines about It and cut
off communication with Russia.
AMMUNITION
FURNISHED
Legisia'ure Will Supply the Neces-
sary Sinews of War.
HUNT FOR OCTOPUS
Appropriation to be Made—Speculation
on Wi hams Bill—t%To Concur
' or Non-Concor* *
Ouray, Col., April 1.—The boarding
and bunking houses at the Bankers'
Consolidated National Mining company
In Imogene basin, ten miles from here
were swept a\v,ty at 8:30 o'clock to-
night by a snowsllde that came down
without warning. Two men were In-
stantly killed and two others are thdught
to have lost their lives. A dozen were
Austin. Tex., April 1.—The legisla-
ture was not in session today, both
branches huving adjourned Friday un-
til Monday morning.
Several members of both the senate
to concurring or non-concurring in. the
senate amendment*.
CHARGES MADE
IN BOWSER BILL
Austin, April 1.—The following are
the changes made ln the Bowser Dal-
las county road bill which has been
agreed to by all parties Interested. The
bill has passed to third reading in the
house, and Is expected to be passed
finally the next time local bills are
considered:
"No part ®f sa,,J 80 Per cent °f
money derived from the sale of such
county bonds shall be expended or ap-
plied by said court to any other pur-
pose whatever until all of said cardinal
roads and at least four, such iriterm^
diate roads, through the four quarter^
of the county respectively shall have
been so completed or contracted for
fully as provided under the provisions
of this act: but after that shall have
been done the balance, if any, of said
80 per cent of any and all moneys
derived from the sale of such bonds
may be expended by said court, under
contract, and as provided ln this act,
upon such other first or second class
road or roads as said court may deem
to the best interest of the county; pro-
vided, that such other road and roads
shall each then conriect with one or
and house today expressed themselves
as being of the opinioh that the bill
introduced Thursday looking to the ap-
propriation of ? 16,uuo to be used by tne j more of such cardinal or intermediate
attorney general tor a big octopus hum j roads. In designating such additional
would pass tne legislature finally by j roads said court shall duly consider
the middle of the present week, and and shall be governed by the volume
that the fund thus provide! would be
ready for Immediate use if so desired.
In this same connection the rumor,
whether true or not. gained currency
In certain extrusive legislative circles
that possibly the beef trust comrnlt-
inore or less injured, but none fatally, tee. recently appointed by the legisla-
ture, had secured sufficient evtdence
to Justify action upon the part of the
st! te and that this monev was to be
used along that line. It Is well known
to the members of the committee th,at
there are some wise birds perching
high upon t.he tree tops that will In-
sist upon chirping out little secrets to
the effect thnt It Is not probable that
all this money would be appropriated
unless the legislative committee had
found out something about the beef
trust that was worth Investigating. It
Is also well to note that It is hardly
probable that the legislature would
hand the attorney geenral $16,000 and
instruct him to go out gunning for
the trusts without having in their
mind's eye some work that he could
conduct along practical and tangible
lines. While there is no questioning
the fact, but wb;* the attorney general
would be perfectly cnpab'.a of finding
these violators of the law If there were
any the action of the legislature gives
rise to the Heeling in more than, one
direction that the beef trust commit-
tee has secured some evidence that
The dead:
George Rabb, blacksmith.
John. Orth, electrician.
The missing who are thought to be
dead:
Alex McNeill, mine foreman.
Among the Injured is W. B. Oram,
nephew of J.ames B. Oram, principal
owner, who will recover. Barney Burns
Is the most seriously injured.
The slide came down without a mo-
ment's warning. The first news of the
disaster came by phone from Camp
Bird, half a mile oway from the scene.
The force at Camp Bird, numbering
250 men, went to the Bankers property
and began digging out the men burled
under the snow and wreckage. .
Walter McEowen. wok. who w.as
thought to be dead, remaining uncon-
scious for three hours, has since re-
gained consciousness and will probably
recover.
NEW CHAIRMAN GRATIFIED.
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County Clark 8hank's Statement.
The report in reference to myself Is
Inaccurate and grossly misleading ln
three important particulars,
1. It alleges that the Indexes could
not have been made by any one but
a county clerk, whereas an inspection
of the indexes themselves will show
that they could have been made by
any good abstractor In the city oi
Dallas, or elsewhere.
2. The report states that the Indexes
were prepared by transcribing the eld
ones. Thla is not true. The old In-
dexes were not transcribed. On the
contrary, the old Indexes were incom-
plete in many particulars, thousands
of names having been omitted there-
from. In order to correct these de-
fects, it became necessary for me, un-
der the instructions of the commis-
sioners' court, to read every page of
the old record—not the Indexes—in or-
der to be able to supply the nameB omit-
ted from the old Indexes. In addition
to tha'., under the Instructions of the
same court, It was made my duly to
Incorporate In the Index after ^arh
name a description of the Instrument,
and a description of the prpperty af-
fected by the Instrument. It was a lap
made my duty, by the instructions of
the court, to classify and place in
lly groups the names In the index-
Faela Complimented at Being Placed
at Head of Commiaaion.
Washington, April 1.—The newly se-
lected chairman of the Isthmian canal
commission, T. P. Shonts, president of
the Clover Leaf railroad, expressed
himself tonight as being very much
gratified over the compliment tendered
him by the president. It Is understood
that the members of the new commis-
sion may be announced on Monday.
It la expected that on that day will be
made public the plan of organisation
perfected by Secretary Taft before he
left the city. The expensive offices In
this city of the commission are to be
abolished and the present working
force cut down. Room will be made In
the war department for the commis-
sion and such of the minor employes
as it will be deemed necessary to re-
tain.
DAIRY ASSOCIATION.
Meeting Arrange* Program and Trans*
acta Routine Business.
Chicago. April I.—The executive
committee of the National Association
of 8tate Dairy and Food 80cietl«s. to-
day, after arranging for the program
for the next annual meeting to bd neld
at Portland*, Oregon, June 20 to 3#,
heartily endorsed the pure food bill in-
troduced by Commlsstonef Jones in the
Illinois letMatare and adopted a reso-
lution calling upqp the legislature to
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of population to be accommodated, and
donations of money, labor and ma-
terials which may be offered by citizens
and property owners therefor, keeping
constantly in view the purpose of this
act, which is to give to the people of
said county a complete and connecting
system of permanent roads and bridges.
Twenty per cent of all moneys derived
from sale of county road bonds may
be expended in the construction of
other first or second class roads, or
cross roads connecting populous towns
with the main cardinal roads, and ln
the discretion of a majority of said
court, the county judge being present,
it may construct said other first or
second class or cross roads in the
same manner and at the same time
as said cardinal roads, said fund to
be equally divided and allotted equally
to each of the four commissioners' pre-
cincts.
"Sec 16. Sixty per cent of till county
road and bridge funds raised by direct
taxation or of any and all money tliat
may come into the road and bridge
fund in said county, and not Includ-
ing moneys derived from sale of coun-
ty bonds issued for road purposes,
shall be applied to the building, con-
struction and repairing of the eight
cardinal roads mentioned In this act;
until said eight roads are completed
Sixty per cent of the time and labor of
the county convicts of said county,
,,,l° , , ~ ~ .. . a , fine count.y cuuyicis oi miiu cuunty,
tliey wont worked out, and teat It 'together with teams and wagons, shall
up to the attorney general to work
out his case on what evidence they
are In a position to give him. Inas-
much as he can not be expected to
work without money, the .appropriation
tn nvnoMon will be made:
In this same connection It has been
intimated that the committee, while
wttrklng on the beef question has tum-
bled on to some oil trust movements
along with the evidence along that line
already In the hands of the attorney
general, and that said oil Interests will
come in for a division of time with
the beef trust. Be that as it may,
every Indication points to the fact that
something Is doing, and results will be
awaited with considerable Interest by'
those who have been guessing for so
long why the beef trust committee
could get no Information and were so
anxious to Impress that fact upon
everybody. _
Another matter that Is concerning the
legislator lust at present le as to what
action the house Is going to take upon
the senate atnendmerts aa- to the Wil-
llnms' Intangible tr-: ill which Is now
up to the house to consider, when
asked as to whether he Intended to
move to eohcnr in the senate amend-
ments any time soon. Representative
Williams, the author of the bill, said
that he had not decided what he would
do regarding the bill. said, thnt he had
hot decided wt at he would do regarding
the matter, and that he would thin*
awhile before doing anything.
■
be applied and used on the first class
roads leading from the city of Dallas
to the county line. Except as other-
wise provided ln this act, the other
forty per cent of the county road and
bridge fund of said county shall be ex-
pended in the several commissioners'
districts of said county on roads In
accordance with the provisions of this
act in proportion, as nearly as practic-
able, to the amount of taxes paid by
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