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BUFFALO SCALES
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VOLUME XLI.--NO. 3.35.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER I, 1906.—FOURTEEN
PAGES.
ESTABLISHED 1865.
S. LOCKWOOD,
President.
J. MUIF JR.,
Cash.cr.
M. FREEBORN,
Asst. Cashier.
The Lcckwsod National Bank
201 Commerce Street, SAW ANTONIO, TEXAS
Accounts Solicited. Loans Made on Approved Security at Lowest Rates.
Mexican Money Bought and Bold. Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent to the Public.
E. B. Chandler
MONEY TO LOAN
Real Estate For Sals
102 EAST CROCKETT STREET
T. C. FROST,
President.
J. T. WOODHULL,
Vice President.
NED MclLHENNY,
Cashier.
Frost National Bank
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
Cap&aiSs $600,000.00
Exchange Drawn on Principal Cities in Europe and Mexico. Mexican
Money Bought and Sold.
DAVIDSON
MAKES REPLY
TO BAILEY
Attorney Genera! Implies That
Senator Did Not Offer to
Help Prosecute Ouster.
SORRY THAT BAILEY
"RESOETS TO ABUSE"
J N Brown President. Edwin Chamberlain, V. President. Otto Meerscheidt, Cashier
iUNO NATIONAL BANK
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EMflSTS
One and Two Oollar Bills Al-
ways on hand for lady cus-
tomers.
WEST TEXAS BANK & TRUST CO.
Alleges the Senator Has Not Been Can<
did With the People of Texas and
Says Proceedings Are Solely
to Purge the State.
OKLAHOMA
CONSTITUTION
UNDER WAY
Delegate Opposes Adoption of
Resolution Recognizing Federal
Constitution as Paramount.
RAILROAD REGULATION
AND SEPARATE COACHES
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—Weather
forecast:
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory—Rain and colder Saturday;
Sunday fair and colder.
West Texas—Rain and colder Satur-
day, possibly snow in the Panhandle;
Sunday generally fair.
New Mexico—Rain or snow Satur-
day, except in the southwest, colder
in north and east portions Saturday;
Sunday probably fair in south, snow
in north portion.
Louisiana—Showers Saturday; Sun-
day fair, colder in north portion, light
to fresh southeast winds, becoming
variable.
East Texas — Showers Saturday,
colder in the interior; Sunday fair
and colder in east and south portions,
fresh south winds, becoming variable.
OPERATOR
BLAMED FOR
DISASTER
Alleged That Disregard of Block
Telegraph Rules Caused Ter=
rible Wreck on Southern.
RAILROAD OFFICIAL
ISSUES STATEMENT
Provision Proposed Declaring Railroad.
Express, Sleeping Car and Oil Pipe
Line Companies Common Carriers
and Prohibiting Free Passes.
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VERY SERIOUS CHARGES.
Alleged That Attempts Were Made to
Take Lives of Men Engaged in
Investigation.
RAILROAD TIED UP.
Men Refuse to Work Because of Ar-
rest of Engineer Charged With
Killing Indian in Mexico.
DENVER. Colo.. Nov. 30.—The News
today says: Edward K. Clark, Interstate
Commerce Commissioner, is on his way
to Denver, where next Monday ho will
begin an investigation into the charges
made against the Union Pacific Coal
Company that that corporation lias
stolen thousands of acres of coal land
to which it holds no rightful title.
A. J. Smith of the Smith-Bradbury Min-
ing Company, who stands sponsor for
some of the charges against the corpo-
ration, intimates that ho will charge the
attempted murder or a government
agent by poison during the hearing.
Smith says that it would appear that
an attempt was made to remove Michael
A. Myendorff, the land office detective
who testified in Salt l^ik -iC'lty on
Wednesday and who mentioi.'d two
•Wyoming Senators unfavorably during
his testimony.
According to Smith, Myendorff, after
completing his investigation, stopped at
a saloon on his way to the Union Sta-
tion Smith says something was put into
the liquor; that the detective became
unconscious and that it was necessary
to take liim to a hospital.
It is also alleged that two attempts
•were made to poison A. I'". Abbott, Gen-
eral Manager of the Peerless Copper Ex-
traction Company, who, with Smith and
W H Canniff. had been largely instru-
mental in bringing about an investiga-
tion'
Japanese Deported.
Special Telegram to The Exprcr.-..
EAGLE PASS, Tex., Nov. 30.—The im-
migration Department has ordered de-
,,,-irted four Japanese which were detained
l ar. who were afflicted with trachoma
f, contagious disease of the eye One
Chinaman was also deported. II. G. Du-
bose of the Immigration Department loft
with them yesterday for San Francisco.
TUCSON. Ariz., Nov. 30.—The Sonera
Railroad, which is the southern extension
of the Southern Pacific system from No-
gales, Ariz., to Ouaymas, Mex., is tied
up by a strike for the release of J. H.
Rietz. now held at Hermosillo on the
charge of manslaughter.
Rcltz was the engineer of a passenger
train which killed an Indian while the
latter was walking on the track. Reltz
was held for trial in default of $5000 bat-
All trains were pulled into Hermosillo
yesterday and abandoned by their crews.
No train men can be induced to cross the
line from Nogales to help break the
strike.
Representations have been made to
Washington.
CONCILIATORY SPIRIT.
Colonial Debate in Reichstag Lasts
Three Days.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.—The colonial debate,
in the Reichstag has already lasted three
days. It has developed a conciliatory
spirit, as the hope prevails that the new
director of the colonial office. Herr
Deerinberg, will be ahle to get the colo-
nial wheel out of the mud.
Herr Erzberger, whose revelations of
irregularities in the colonial department
were the principal cause of reform, con-
gratulated Herr Deerinberg today upon
the great results achieved In two months.
He said Deerinberg was a sorcerer, be-
cause lie had succeeding lit abrogating
the colonial monopolies.
After his speech Herr Erzherger hand-
ed over to Herr Deerinberg the incrim-
inating documents in the case, for which
Deerinberg thanked him and promised
careful investigation.
Daily Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 30.—Attorney Gen-
eral R. V. Davidson late tonight gave out
the following open letter addressed to
Senator J. W. Bailey:
"Austin, Tex., Nov. 30, 1906.—Hon. J". W.
Bailey, Washington, D. C.—Dear Sir: For
more than six years the people of Texas
have lived under the shadow of the
wrong perpetrated against them by the
reintroduction of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company into Texas under your guidance
and direction after it had been outlawed
by the highest courts of the land. During
all of this period of time It has plundered
the people without conscience, and the
obligation which 1, as Attorney General,
owed them, prompted me to exhaust
every effort to purge this State of an
institution which should never have been
permitted to re-enter.
"In developing the testimony necessary
to convict that corporation of continued
violations of our laws, 1 have proceeded
with an eye single to that purpose. That
our investigations have developed the
fact that you have not been candid with
the people In stating your connection
with its reintroduction has only filled mo
with shamo and sadnest.
"Even under the groat provocation of
having unworthy motives ascribed to me,
ray assistants and associates, 1 have had
no f"ePn<r -Mu-r U en lb**1 of ' 1
one to whom has nuen entrusted lue hifcii
position of United States Senator should
resort to abuse and villlfication in an
effort to silence the righteous Indignation
of our people.
"In my anxiety to escape a controversy
that might have injuriously affected the
interests of the State in the case against
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, 1 ii-.ve
refrained from denying your misstate-
ment to the effect that you had tendered
your services to the. State in that case.
"If the attack made by you on mo
through the papers of this ilute were
purely personal 1 might still refrain, but
when you charge that the officers of the.
State have entered into a conspiracy to
do injury to a ctizen, 1 owe it to Un-
people who elected me to an honorable
position to answer.
"I have filed a petition wherein it: is
charged that 11. C. Pierce, acting for the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, before and
after its reorganization, paid out money
in connection with cases pending against
the old company, thereby assuming obli-
gations of the old corporation, and that
such sums so paid were audited and ap-
proved by the auditors of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey. The alle-
gations have boen sustained by the
District Judge as proper, they would not
have been made if the faots had not been
regarded as pertinent, nor would they
have been made if I had not been in
position to prove them.
••The circumstance that the evidence
established that you received some of
the money which the company charged to
expenses connected with the Texas anti-
trust cases is a fact lor which I am in
no sense responsible, and my idea of the
discharge of public, duty does not com-
port with the suppression ol evidence
because such evidence might injure one
In high position.
Asks Some Questions.
"That you may have an opportunity of
explaining the facts suggested by tho
notice filed by us in the discharge ot
official duty, 1 make the following state-
ments and ask the following questions:
"April 1900, you received from H. C.
Pierce $3300. This sum was subsequent-
ly returned to 11. C. Pierce by the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company and charged
as 'account of Texas cases.' Was tho
sum given to you as a loan or as a fee:
if a loan, has it ever been paid.' if a
fee. for what service?
"June 15, 1900, a charge was made m
the books of the Waters-Pierce Oil Com-
pany of $1500 as paid to Henry & bulb
blink 'on account of expense of anti-
trust civil case.' Was not this sum paid
by a sight draft drawn by you: You have
Stated that you did not draw on the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company for such
sum. Did yon draw such a draft on li.
r pierce or J. T). Johnson? * .
"You received $200 on Nov. 2.1, WOO,
which was charged on the books of the
Waters-Piorco Oil Company as on ac-
count of Texas cases.' Did you represent
the Waters-Pierce Oil Company or H. ' .
Pierce in Texas in any case other than
the anti-trust case? Was the sum paid
to you by H. C. Pierce or the Waters-
pierce Oil Company?
"fin March 2S. 1901, or about that time,
vou wrote a letter to H. C. Pierce In re-
sponse to which you received New 'ion.
exchange for $1750. This sum was charged
upon the books of the Waters-Pierce Ol
Company as on 'account of Texas le^.il
expenses ' Did you, in this letter, request
a loan, or did you demand a fee? If a
loan, has it been paid? If a fee, lor
what service9 4 ,
•Yin March 6. 1901, you executed your
note for $8000 due in four months to H
c Pierce You received Pierces cheek
for that amount. He immediately had
the amount repaid him by the Waters-
Pierce Oil Company. Has this note <ii.w
befti paid? Hay payment ever been de-
manded" Your ruly.
manaett. i R y DAVII)SON,
"Attorney General.'
GUTHRIE, OV Nov. 30.—The actual
formation of a Constitution for Oklahoma
was Inaugurated this aft*!.toon when
propositions were Introduced in the Con-
stitutional convention for two plans, pro-
viding respectively for railroad regula-
tion and separate coaches for whites and
negroes. The railroad regulation bill is
summarized as follows: Railroad, ex-
press, sleeping car and oil pipe line com-
panies shall be declared common carriers;
to provide for stock inspection; to pre-
vent consolidation and prohibiting free
passes.
The "Jim Crow" resolution was offered
by Judge Ledbottcr of Ardmore, I. T.
Both propositions were relerred to the
committc on railroads. The rules were
adopted this afternoon.
A feature of the morning session was
the address of Delegate Dedbetter, who
opposed the adoption of a resolution rec-
ognizing the Federal Constitution as
paramount to the State of Oklahoma.
He declared that State sovereignty should
be strictly observed.
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SUFFERINGS INCREASED.
Investigation .Charge* of Graft
ji j S'.lpmcr' of - i. •<> Lut;-
sian Farrt ne Districts.
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 30.—As a re-
sult. of the investlgat n. which press cam-
paign and public in ignation have com-
pelled the ministry to make into the
Lidval contract for i ■• purchase of grain
intended for famine relief In which
Assistant Minister of the Interior Guerko
is alleged to be involved, the sufferings
of the stricken population of the Volga
provinces have been greatly augmented.
On account of tin- dUaster to Lidval,
the chief grain buyer in the face of
threatened proceedings, the purchase and
shipment of the solely needed grain has
been suspended and considerable time
must elapse before new contracts can be
drawn up.
Local Weather Forecast.
For San Antonio and vicinity—Rain
today; colder Sunday.
SAN ANTONIO.
Fredericksburg will offer $35,000 bonus
for extension ot "Sap" Railway.
Former university professor, returned
from Japan, talks of the island.
Senator Willacy will introduce bill pro
hibiting location of saloons on residence
streets or near churches.
Clearing house project about to fail of
consummation owins to protest of bank-
ers against closing at 3:30 o'clock.
Newly elected officials qualify for of
fice.
Supreme and State Protector of Knights
and Ladies of Honor are welcomed here
with elaborate reception and banquet.
TEXAS.
Meeting of railroad men and cotton men
at Houston places blame tor congestion
at Galveston and Houston upon Gaiveston
Wharf Company.
A continuation until the March term of
the District Court has been granted in the
ouster and damage suit against the Wa-
ters-Pierco Oil Company.
Railroad Commission orders that rail-
roaos provide yard and loading facilities
for live stocK shippers at San Antonio.
Attorney General Davidson publishes
answer to Bailey statement concerning
the Waters-Pierce ouster suit.
Fuel famine lias compelled the shutting
down of cotton gins in Williamson County.
Two legal hangings of negroes convicted
of murder take place.
Gulf Pipe Line Company, with capital
stock of »3,300,000, is chartered to build
pipe line from Indian Territory to Port
/• rthur
SPORTS.
Army and navy football teams ready for
annual game at Philadelphia.
DOMESTIC.
Says That Operator at Rangoon Failed
to Report Spencer's Train When It
Entered Block Which Was Sap-
posed to Be Clear.
CONTINUANCE
IS SECURED IN
OUSTER SUIT
After Legal Battle, Judge Brooks
Decides Waters-Pierce Is En-
titled to Time.
PROCEEDINGS WERE
MOST INTERESTING
Attorneys for Defendant Company Are
Placed on the Stand to Show That
They Were Not Surprised by
the Amended Petition.
XMAS LINENS
50c on $1.00.
Oriental Rugs, the best ever seen in
thLaceyCurtains from Switzerland, France
a*Drawn> Work, Colonial, Florentine and
Russian Laces.
A SIMON
106 W. Houston St. Book Bldg.
Uniform rates for rent of postoffice
boxes will become effective on Jan. 1.
Bureau of Navigation considering ad-
visability of withdrawing marines from
battleships.
Block operator is blamed with disaster
on Southern Railway at Lynchburg.
Funeral of President Samuel Spencer
will occur In Washington on Sunday af-
ternoon.
Senator Warren contradicts testimony
of Meyendorff at the hearing on alleged
Utah coal land frauds.
Abraham Ruef and Chief of Police Di-
nan of San Francisco Jointly indicted for
conspiracy.
Taking of testimony in trial of Chester
E. Qillette for murder of Grace Brown
is completed.
FOREIGN.
Investigation Into graft charges causes
stoppage of grain shipments to famine
districts of Russia.
Russian Government promulgates pro
gram for industrial reforms.
LYNCHBURG, Va., Nov. 30.—The cause
of the wreck near lawyers Depot yester-
day morning In which President Samuel
Spencer and his party lost their lives,
lies absolutely at the door of C. B. Mat-
toax, the operator who was in charge
of the block telegraph station at Ran-
goon. Mattoax, who disappeared less
than an hour after the wreck, has not
been found, despite the fact that the
railroad detectlvcs have scoured tho
country in the vicinity of the wreck
and his heme at Sandy Level, forty miles
from the scene of the accident.
An official of the railroad late this
afternoon said that the company is de-
sirous of apprehending Mattoax In ordev
to secure a statement that might throw
some light on the causes that led him
to allow the two trains In the same
block at the same. time. This official
was not prepared to state today whether
or not the company would take stops to
prosecute the Tlsslnt *"r nor If
he could be prowcutf
of the State of Virgin!
An examination of ti
kept at the Rangoon a
offices discloses tho f
allowed train No. 33
EXptesM, upon the bloc
nig *iiis station and get
from him at 6:06 o'cloi
at Lawyers, the next
claimed that Mattoax
for a "clear track" fo
therefore did not knov
passed Rangoon. The
Lawyers bears out this
Superintendent W. S.
Janvtlle Division late tl
plained that the engine
train had gone some dis.
Its train when It became detach.,
erroneous and that the engine was h u -
more than twenty feet from the train.
The trouble which caused the train to
stop was the breaking of a knuckle of a
drawhead on the front end ot the tor-
ward car. Tho trainmen were repairing
this when the collision occurred.
General Superintendent E. A. Coapman
stat s there is not the slightest doubt
but the flagman made every possible ef-
fort to protect the rear of the train, but
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WRECK ON ROCK ISLAND.
Ten People Injured in Accident Near
Enid, Okla.
ENID, Okla.. Nov. 30.—Northbound
train No. 12 on the Rock Island was
wrecked near Waukomls, eight miles
south of tills city, a{ 9 o'clock this
morning and ten passengers were injured,
noii: fatally. Spreading mMs <t*U3wl tlus
accident.
Just 215 in ilea to Houston.
Continued on Page Two,
Dally Express Austin Bureau.
AUSTIN. Tex.. Nov. 30.—A continu-
ance until the March term of the Travis
County District Court was this' evening
granted by Judgo V. L. Brooks In tho
ouster and damage suit of the State
against the Waters-Fierce Oil Company,
but not until after a legal skirmish in
which the attorneys for both sides hotly
contested every point of law involved.
Judge Brooks' ruling was that new
matter had been injected into the amend-
ed petition In which two separate viola-
tions were charged. This had been tho
chief reason claimed by the defense and
was a legal technicality which Its at-
torneys have drawn the State Into.
In the original petition the State al-
leged certain general violations, such as
rebating, monopolizing the oil business
in Texas and maintaining secret prices in
restraint of trade.
The defense demurred to tills, saying
the allegation was too general and
•ailed for more specific charges. Tho
lemurrer was sustained by the court.
What Amended Petition Asks.
In its amended petition the State point-
1 out specific Instances, naming tho
agl R list ''• l«' Dallas "■d
company with which Roy Campl" 1
id been associated in San Anton'
The court held two separate v
,re contained in this pleading
ition for continuance, the
iniing It had no time to defei
irges was granted on that
case will come up during t
court la ginning the first Mo
>i'-''defense refused to accept
he State's answer to the mo
Inuance as facts and the
,-tl U L. Fenri and John D. John-
general attorney t'or the V a-tors-
ce fill Company, on the stand to
, e the truth of the answer.
Has Good "Poker Face."
Since the beginning of the hearing
Judge Johnson. "Sycamore
i.j f lilfirl bv his associates because of
his great height and slender build, had
not spoken a word. Today he "Emitted
to a fusillade of iiuestions from Attot-
n.H.. Through a half hour's ques-
tioning his demeanor scarcely changed,
once or twice he twitched when some
direct question bearing upon the nature
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