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HOUSTON DAILY POST: MONDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 19. 1906.
$7.70
Laredo, Texas
AND RETURN
Limit Feb. 26th
$10.70 .
Monterey,Mex.
AND RETURN
Limit Ten Days
(Stopov*# *1 L»redo
I. ® G. N.
On sale February 20th and I'lsf. Full information given.
I. M. GRIFFIN.
217 Mairv Street
SELECTED BY LOT TILLMAN'S ARREST
THE CREW SAVED FROM ! EFFECTED ONLY AFTER A
DEATH AT SEA. ! > SEARCH OF YEARS.
The Fate Appealed To for One of
Crew Who Should Make
Shore for Aid.
Negro Put in JaiJ at Madisonville
but Removed to the Jail
at Houston.
I Houston Post SPniaJ.)
NKW YOltK. February 14.—'Tlirougfc
cumin* lotf* for what iNMd going al-
n*v*T to a sure death, Captain Sewell and
twnnty men. the crew of the American
otwunnhip Pnvhl. won their lives from
the h Tin try oi»ral rwefs near Port Llmon.
They lost their veaael, however, and to-
day the men ranched New York on the
■teamahlp Panama from Colon. Captain
Hewell remained hy the ."hip.
The David nailed from Baltimore on
January 22. bound for Port Llmon, with a
r*rgo of railroad. Iron. The voyage wm
an eilrmiHy rough one. On February ii.
In the mldec of a delving rain, before day-
light. the ateamer struok on a reef on
Cnurtovn Keys, seventy-five mile* from
Part Llmon.
The <x>ral plerred her side, and as the
aea waa running high the position of the
m»n was extremely dangerous unless thry
eouid get word aahrnre to St. Andrnw's
Island. I^ita were <-a*t to »«•> who would
make the attempt to reach the mainland.
Hecond Officer I^een was selected, and
he aad two of the men started to the
shore In the small boat. He made but a
•hort way when the sea dashed the frail
boat against the reef and smashed H.
With his boat n I most sinking ho managed
to get Imii to the vessel. Again a oholco
was made. and this time the lot fell to
First Officer Combs.
He pulled away from the David onlv
to meet the samn fate of the man before
him. Again th« boat got back to the
v exact, and this tlmo Chler F.nglneer
«'arisen was selected to make the at-
tempt. Those on the deck watched him
directing the two men at the oar« as the
tiny boat tossed on the sea. 11b waa
successful, and the boat, after many
perils, reached St. Andrew's Island.
Th« next morning three sloops put out
to the rcscue. The aea had moderated
aid they took tlie men off without mucll
trouble, but tli • David Is there. The cap-
tain Is at Port Umon.
MANY BANKS AFFECTED
By Appointment of Receiver of
Creelman Lumber Company.
.i .Issoimtfd Vtcss Report.)
CHK'AOO. February 18.—Attorneys rep-
resenting a number of ."'■editors fllel an
Involuntary petition In bankruptcy and a,
petition for a receiver In the United .
States district court on Saturday
against Frank M. Creelman. who has ex- ^
lm»lv" lumber Interests throughout the
South and who la a sen of F. fc. Creel-
rain. one of th» directors rtf the Bank of
America of thl» city, which waa placed.
In the hands of a receiver laat Thurs-
day.
After the petition had been filed it was
announced by Judge Ij*ndl» that no ac-
tion would l>e taken In the matter by tha
court until next Tuesday.
The tangle In Mr. Creelman's affairs.
It Is said, may affect a number of banks
throughout the t'rlted States.
These bnnks have accepted stock of va-
rims lumber companies as collateral for
loans. Under the appointn.ent of a re-
reiver for Mr. Crewman's interests, thin
stock, it Is ass -rted. will be valueless.
The first move against the Creelman
litterest s In Chicago was made today In
the United States district court, when an
involuntary petition wa» filed against the
Henry Aaron Hon company, a large pic-
ture moldlt.g m an:i fact tiding concern. The
stock of this concern Is said to be owned
largely by the Creelman*. This petition
also usks for a receiver for the company,
but th« hearing was continued until next
Tuesday.
According to the petition In the Creel-
man case, the alleged act in bankruptcy
is set forth In the transferring on De-
c«mber 1. 1M6. or ISO shares of capital
Ktock of the Illinois Hardwood Lumber
company to th* Jackeon Tnist and Sav-
ings bunk of Chicago, when it was known
that Creelman van Insolvent. The peti-
tion pi i.-vs Crneluvon's assets at JISivKJO.
<>n«-(third of this Is declared to be stock
in sundry corporations. About $40,000 of
this Is sal«l to be held by five or moro ,
ci oeer.m. with different pledges of sale,
t.ll of which pledges ere now threatened.
The petition further sets up that Creel-
man own* 14.'**0 ncr'-s of timber land In
t .oul«1sm«%. which Is valued at llfl*.«X>.
This Inert, It Is alleged. Is not being prop-
erly cared for and Is * abject to the cupid-
ity of lumber thieves, resulting In a
Irrge In** to the (State.
Both the nptltlona filed were ordered
suppr<*s*»d from publication and were
withheld from the publle file#.
THE EASY OIL. ' •'
Scott's Emulsion is
H the easy oil "—easy to
take, easy in action. Its
use insures deliverance
from the griping and nau-
seating sensation peculiar'
to the raw oil. Nobody
who has any regard for
the stomach thinks of
taking cod liver oil in the
old way when Scott's
Emulsion is to be had.
It is equally certain that
no one whose health is
properly regarded will
accept a cheap emulsion
or alcoholic substitute
for Scott's Emulsion. It
fulfills every mission of
cod liver oil and more.
•COTT ft BO WHS, 40* 'sa<l ftttsst, *«w Vet*
(Houston Post J^irisJ.)
MADISONVIIJLB. Texas, February IX.—
After two yours of persistent searching
rind the expenditure of iralty hundrods
of dollars, the negro Berry Tillman has
at last been placed behind' the bars'of
the Madison county Jail. His capture
near Jackson, Miss , wns reported in The
1*0*1 a few du>'s since, also n brief his-
tory of the crime with which ho Is
charged. On the night of February; 22
1!<M, he Is alleged by ifidletment 1o have
shot and 'killed jvtr. Sam A. Seay, 'sod of
Mr. K. B. Seuy of (his city, and made
gtod his escape. Tillman Is possessed of
moro than crdlnary intelligence for a
negro, and worked at the timber business,
being engaged hei« In receiving, grading
and, shipping waluut logs. His natlva
cunning stood him in hand In Jjls efforts
to evade the officers, ad he has been
tharp enough to never stay long at on-j
place, having worked,at various things in
the States of Louisiana, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi and Florida and In Cuba awl the
I sip of ,
j»urlng all this time Captain Stay lias
hud Mr. W. A. Williamson, a deputy
sheriff of Freestone county; who lives at
Wort hum nncl who know THlmAn well,
at work on the case, and_has spared no
mejns t-> nnprehend the all'>ged Slayer ot
his son. Mr. Williamson rs a first-class
(Jctrctlve, and him follftw«*tf ev-PTy clow
with th" most patient persistency, and
Mr Soav speaks In the highest terms ot
him as a mar., jls a friend and as an of-
fltor.
A short time ago Tillman was located
at D'Lo. Mb*.. where hi» was shipping
timber. When the tejegram reached there
tor his arrest there was not an officer in
the town except the mayor, who himself
put on a six-shooter and took charge of
Tillman, teJling him he was wanted in
Florida. Deputy Sheriff Williamson was
notified of his arrest, when he imme-
diately left for Jackson. Miss., where
Tillman had been carried to identify him
and bring him back, firm wiring Mr.
Seay of the "capture and instructing hint
to go to Austin and get the necessa'ry
reyul.litlon papers from Governor Lou-
hum. This Mr. Se*iy <1 id at once, and as
soon as he had secured thp papers he left
for Jackson to assist in bringing the
prisoner back to Madisonville. Mr. Will-
iamson nnd Captain Seay arrived in
Madisonville yesterday with Tillman, and
today Hanger Captain Hughes'and Bh^r-t
Iff Payne took him away lo Houston.
There have been many expressions of
doubt as to the advisability of bringing
Tillman back here, as it was feared ht?
might be mude th" victim of mob vio-
l«t>c«; there might have bfeen •'•l»iHie-
dlately after th£ crime was committed, as
at that time the entire country was great-
ly stirred up and excitement, ran high,
and there were numerous searching par-
ties 'nit after those who had a hand In
the killing. But Sir. Seay, who ham been.
a citizen of this county since 1859. has
ever discouraged anything viojatlve of'
the Ww/ and his advice will be heeded.
Tillman was perfectly safe In his hands
all the way from Mississippi to this place,
as long as lie mode no attempt to escape.
Mr: Seay fully warned the prisoner that
If he tried to get awaj he would shoot
him quickly, and thatThe wcild protect
ntm as long as he was In tiie hands of
the law. but that he 'intended to prose-
cute him to the fulieut extent.
Captain Seay, who is a member of the
State democratic executive committee,
representing the Fifteenth senatorial dis-
trict, states that he was never treated
with better coijrtesy and consideration
than while on this trip. He feels under
the deepest obligations to Governor Lan-
!?®rn of Texas. Governor Vardeman of
Mississippi, the sheriff of Hines county
Miss., and the city marshal of Jackson!
for their kindness to him nnd their con-
fidence in his word and promises They
all assured him that they" felt perfectly
safe in delivering the -prisoner Into hlfc
hands, knowing he would he safe and ful-
ly protected while a prisoner under the
lews of the country.
When Tillman was arrested at D'Lo he
asked the mayor what the reward was
i°.get arresting him. and was
told that It was $25. He then Immediate-
ly offered to double this amount for Ills
release, offering the mayor $60 to
turn him loose. This fact Is stated to
show the shrewdness of the negro and
there are many other Instances to be
cited that will go to show the Intelli-
gence and cunning with which Tillman
nap been endowed. .
A REVOLUTION
In Taxation Is Proposed by Ohio
Senator*
MORE WORK
Than Usual Has the Congress Ac-
complished at This Session.
A STOCK DEAL
Alleged to Be Behind the Sub-
sidy Bill.
(Houston Post Special.)
NEW YORK, February 18.—A special to
the Eagle from Washington says: Per.
sons who ruah Into Wall street and buy
Pacific Mall and other steamship stocks
In a belief that the passage of the sub-
sidy bill by the senate will send those
securities a-soaring. are apt to be sadly
disappointed. If Ihe cloak room whlsper-
It'gs arc to be relltd npon the senate's ac-
tion wns merely another sop tlfrown to
the shlpbulHers, who for the past ten
J!!"®** have been deluded by the promise
that something was to be done by con-
gress to encourage the American mer-
chant marine.
An understanding Is said to exist be-
tween the managers of the senate and
htusc by which the shipping bill Is to die
a natural death In the lower branch of
congress But fcr this definite agree-
ment the bill would not have gone through
the senate. The house has passed sev-
eral subsidy bills during the past five or
u \Sn,r" nnd w111 rest on tills re-ord for
the balince of th- present congress.
REVENUE FOR THE STATE
Is to Be Raised by Taxes Upon
the Property of Corporations,
Franchises to Be Included.
A VERY S1EADY GRIND
Though the Results as to the
Bills of General Interest H^ve
Not Been Very Great.
HALLETSVILLE NEWS.
I County Candidates Are Attend-
ing School Celebration,
(Houston Post Special.)
HALLBTiyiLLK, Texas, February 17.—
County Attorney Baghy and Deputy Sher-
iff Muneon went to Yoakum today In re-
sponse to a telephone message.
Many of the county officers and candi-
dates today went to a big school <olubra-
tlen at the Komensky school taught by
Prof. F, K. Bucek. fourteen miles abovo
here.
Hob f'aesnr, who la in jail here on sev-
eral charges of u«.«uit with intent to
murder, growing out of the shooting of
two negro women and a child, today
waived an sxamlning trial and in default
of bond will stay In jail till the grand Jury
meets.
Mr. Monserrate vlett president and gen.
eral manasnr of the San Antonio and
Annsas Pass Railway company, la vary
popular luire, and It U imped that he will
not, under the n>-w nutriugement, lose his
position.
The roada have dried up from th« rain
of Monday night, sno today the town wa$
crowded with people from the country,
and ilia merutMMits did good business.
COL. I'M BUS, Ohio, February 18.—'The
platform adopted by the last democratic
State convention In Its fourth paragraph
declared for the wiping out of tho levy
for State purposes In order that each
county might havu for itself home rule In
the mnttcr of taxation. No recommenda-
tion was made as to what should be done
In order to make up the deficiency. In
bus message of advice to the general as-
sembly, delivered Inauguration day, Gov-
ernor Pattison offered no specific substi-
tute for the levy.
Tftere has been offered in the senate by
ITroderic C. Howe of Cleveland a bill
which In its title carries the announce-
ment that its purpose is the repeal of the
State levy upon real estate and personal
property and to provide a revenue for
State purposes. Its effect will bts to pro-
vide a complete revolution in taxation,
methods as they have stood for fifty
years, for It seeks to raise the revenue
by taxing franchises of quasi-public cor-
porations.
Because of the ancient decision of the
supreme court that intangibilities can not
be taxed no way had ever been devised
of getting at this class of property. The
nearest approach has been to levy an ex.
else tax upon their gross receipts and to
tax the shares of stock In the companies.
This has been done under statutes that
are popularly known as the Willis and
Cole laws,-deriving their name from their
authors.
MAYOR JOHNSON S BILL.
There Is no secret that the Howe bill
was drawn under the super-vision of May-
or Tom Ij. Johnson of Cleveland, and
that It was Introduced at his request by
Senator Howe. Fully aware of the up-
setting of conditions that It would cause,
Mayor Johnson, in a jocular vein, de-
clared today that its title should be "A
bill to mise political h—1 in Ohio."
In brief, the bill proposes that the
governor shall appoint a commission of
three electors next June, who shall serve
until February, 1909, and the successors
of such members are then to be appoint-
ed every two years, at a salary of $6000
each. It will be their duty to value all
property of the class of corporations men-
tioned. but moro particularly to get at
the franchises. Those specified in tho
bill arc railroads, street, interurban and
suburban railways, sleeping car. freight
line, equipment, express, telephone, tele-
graph. gus, natural gas, pipe line, water
works, messenger, signal, union depot,
heating, cooling and electric light com-
panies. All books are to be examined,
and the power is to be given the com-
mission to examine witnesses, and, in
fact, authority to secure as much data!
as will enable them to get at the true
value of the property, including the fran-
chises. j
DEFINITION OF VALUE.
The "tangible value," as provided for
in the bill, shall be the true value in
money of the tangible property, real and
personal, and the "aggregate true value"
In money of the entire-property, including
the tangible, and the right to collect
tolls, and other rights and privileges. The
franchise value shall be determined by
subtracting the tangible from the aggre-
gate. Rules are laid down for the com-
mission <o work by. and for the manner
In which the statements are to be made
by the companies to the commission. For
instance, all concerns are to be required
to give the number of shares of the cap-
ital stock, both issued and outstanding,
and the par value. Two rules are laid
down for the guidance of the commission
in determining values. The commission
shall take the full market value, salable
or real, of bonds or other indebtedness,
notes or other impending liabilities, as
determined by the average sales of the
year, to which will be added the total
average value of all capital stock of the
company, as determined by average quo-
tations. The sum of the total value of
the capital, as determined, shall be the
rule for aggregate value of property.
Then again, from the gross receipts of
the company from operation wholly within
the State, or the proportion of such re-
ceipts as the mileage in Ohio or the busi-
ness done in the State bears to the total
mileage or business done by the com-
pany. shall be deducted the operating ex-
penses. The operating expenses, or the
proportion so found, deducted from the
gross receipts so found, shall be capital-
ized at a rate of not more than 4 nor
less than 5 per cent, or, in other words,
the sum so remaining multiplied by 20
or 25 is the true capital stock in Ohio.
VALUATION~~OF SHARES.
The value of the shares of capital stock
are to be determined by the quotations on
(the New. York Stock Exchange or any
exchange in Ohio, but the commission is
not to be confined to this.
When the report of the commission is
made to the governor it shall be pub-
lished. and upon the findings of the com-
mission as to a tax Valuation, a charge
of six-tenths of one per cent Is to be
made and collected by the State treasurer.
The revenues thus raised are to be di-
vided by placing $300,000 to the credit of
the sinking fund, $500,000 Is to go to
universities and normal schools and $2,-
300,000 Is to go to the commn school
fund. Whatever is left will be turned
Into the general revenue. If the bill be-
comes a law the counties will be re-
lieved of the $1.35 tax levy, and the au-
thor. by recent computation, feels that in
this manner about $3,600,000 can be
raised.
In many respects the Howe bill follows
the measure Introduced by Senator Van-
over of Wayne county, the principal dif-
ference being that the last named instru-
ment provides only for a State board of
assessment, which Is to assist county tax-
ing officers tb'arrive at the true value of
corporations of this kind, real and tan-
' glbfe. It makes no provision for a rev-
enue for State purposes.
The presentation of the Howe bill puts
the question squarely up to the demo-
crats of tho general assembly as to
whether It is to be indorsed as a party
measure or something akin to It offered.
Mayor Johnson has simply taken advan-
tage of an opportunity created perhaps
largely by himself as a member of tho
committee on resolutions that draughted
the platform last June.
The corporations whose interests are
threatened by the Vanover bill will surely
redouble their efforts to estop the progress
of the Howe measure, unless it can be
demonstrated to them that their burdens
will be lighter, or at least no heavier than
under the present system. It Is quite cer-
tain, so his friends say. that Governor
Pattison was not advised of the proposed
Introduction of the bill. •
THE WEATHER.
(Associated Press Rebort.)
WASHINGTON, February 18.—Eut Tex-
as—Local shower* Mondsy; warmer In
southeast portion, Tuesday partly cloudy;
light to fresh noutheast to aouth wiuds.
West Tfcxas, New Mexieo, Oklahoma
snd Indian Territories—Fair Monday and
Tuesday,
Arkansas-Showwrs Monday, Tuesday
fair,
Louisiana—Fair Monday; showarg at
night er Tussday; light souttj winds,
CASE OF MANN
Is Giving Littleton an Opportunity
to Show His Mettle.
ATTITUDE OF JEROME
In the Case Has Been One that
Is Without Precedent in the
Legal World.
CorMaCaldiaOsaDay,
2 Days
(Houston Post Washington Bureau.)
WASHINGTON, February 18.—Congress
has been iu session for approximately two
and one-half months now, and it Is ad-
mitted that both houses have at least
done more work, regardless of the actual,
tangible results they have accomplished,
than during the usual period of similar
length at the beginning of a long session.
Aside from the Christmas holidays, both
the senate and the house have ground
along pretty steadily, and the official re-
porters say that more talking has been
dene than during any corresponding time
In the recent past.
Naturally, in considering the work of
the session, one gives attention, first, to
wnat may be termed the president's Del
schemes; that is, tlie matters. on which
he laid especial stress in his message,
lsven a superticial examination of the
existing status shows that so far he has
accomplished practically nothing at all,
and that in most cases the indications are
that he will not accomplish much in the
future. And the most important fact to
be reflected on in this connection is that
in practically every instance in which
congress seems likely to fail to carry
out his recommendations, its very good
and sufficient reason is that these rec-
ommendations should not be carried out.
It sometimes seems a hopeless task to
make that portion of the public which is
absolutely blinded by hero worship see
this, but it is a fact nevertheless, and one
of these days the country generally will
admit that it is a fact.
RATE LEGISLATION.
The most Important recommendation
of the message sent In when congress
convened last December was with refer-
ence to railroad rate legislation. One of
the many bills which the president is
reliably reported to have indorsed passed
the house by a practically unanimous
vote, but *t has not passed the senate,
and neither it nor any other measure will
pass the senate for many a week. This
is as it should be, regardless of what
criticism may be leveled at the senate
by persons who judge that body by a few
or its individual members, who are either
the representatives of special interests,
6r are positively corrupt. Even some of
the most ardent supporters of rate leg-
islation not only admit, but declare,
that the so-called Hepburn bill, as it
passed the house, 'was neither adequate
nor perfect as far as it went. The com-
mittee which reported It tp the house
agreed to resist all amendments, and it
was put through without the cnange of
so much as a punctuation mark, despite
the fact that even some of the men who
helped to frame it did not hesitate to
say It lacked much of being what it
should be. An unusually large number
»of speeches were made on1 it, It is true,
but the fact remains that it was not prop-
erly considered, and that It would not
have been passed by such an over-
whelmingly large vote had the house not
been perfectly certain that the senate
would amend It, and. In some particulars
Amend it in such a way as to improve
It, and* the Roosevelt wor.'ihipers will
try to give him all the credit, forgetting
that the democratic party has been con-
tending for proper regulation of railroad
rates for fourteen years past, and that
so far as its pending legislation is con-
cerned, democrats have been consistent^
in working toward the proper goal, and,
republicans have been the only ones
who have stood In the way. And If no.
bill ,is passed, or if one is put through
which will not stand the test of the
courts, it will be republicans on whom
the blame must be placed. It Is just as
important to remember tills as that all
the credit can not justly be given to Mr.
Roosevelt in the event of a successful
ending to the campaign.
SUPERVISION OF INSURANCE.
Another important matter recommend-
- ed by the president was Federal super-
vision of insurance. Absolutely no prog-
ress has been made by Senator Dryden
ajid others who are trying to have legis-
lation which will accomplish this enacted,
and it is as nearly certain as such a
thing can be that no law which will per-
mit the big insurance companies to con-
centrate their fire on one central Fed-
eral body, instead of being compelled to
deal with forty-five insurance officials
and commissioners in as many different
States will be placed on the books. So
one more of Mr. Roosevelt's recommenda-
tions seems to have encountered an in-
surmountable obstacle, and for the very
good reason that the best judgment of
' the honest and sincere men of congress,
regardless of politics, is opposed to the
carrying out or that recommendation.
. The ratification of the Santo Domingo
I treaty, which President Roosevelt has
been extremely anxious to have brought
about ever since the convention was first
submitted to the senate, will not be ac-
complished, and for the reason that it
ought not to be. A number of republi-
can senators are opposed to it, although
all of them would probably vote for it
should a vote be secured, and with the
exception of Senators Patterson of Colo-
rado and McEnery of Louisiana, those
who sit on the democratic side are solidly
arrayed against the treaty. Senator Clarke
of Arkansas has set all doubts at rest by
formally announcing that he will vote
against ratification.
Another of the president's pet projects
was the establishment of a whipping post
for wife beaters in the District of Co-
lumbia. and this was actually laughed out
of the house and treated with such disre-
spect as has perhaps never before been
the portion of any matter backed by a
president of the United States. Even the
man who became the president's son-in-
law today voted against the bill providing
. for the establishment of the form of pun-
ishment suggested.
PHILIPPINES TARIFF BILL.
The Philippines tariff bill, another of
the president's favorites, was jammed
through the house by the power of presi-
dential patronage and the authority. of
the iniquitous house rules but its pas-
sage through the senate in the shape that
it came from the other body is highly
improbable. It is an open secret hero
that it will be used as a thing to be
traded and bartered In the interest of
other measures with which the president
Is, perhaps, more deeply concerned, and
the chances against It being finally en-
acted into' law as It passed the house
are therefore made all the smaller.
The statehood bill, which, like the
other just mentioned, was rammed down
the throats of the members of the house
by the president, and the committee on
rules is not having an altogether serene
time of it over on tho other side. The
present indications are that it will be
amended in at least one Important par-
ticular, and while a vicious wrong will
be done, even ,lf It Is passed In this shape,
the situation will not' be as hopeless as
If the house bill should go through with-
out change. Honest and sincere men In
both branches of congress, without any
reference to their political affiliations,
think the creation of one State out of
Arlsona and New Mexico Is unjust and
unjustifiable In the extreme. Yet the
president recommended that very thing.
About the only important measure,
aside from the subject of rates, which the
Sresident recommended, which will not
e passed, and which should be passed,
Is that providing for the creation of a
merit system In the consular service. The
provision for that system was eliminated
from tho general bill Msfora it left the
senate committee which first considerod
it, and It Is Interesting to note in this
connection that It was republicans, and
not democrats, who were responsible for
the change.
There are numerous other matters
whioh might be similarly commented on,
but the ones mentioned here are among
ihe most prominent, It w plain, from tho
situation with regard to them, that the
president is not making any very remark-
able progress and that the reason In most
eases l« that be should not make such
progress. - C. Arthui William*
(Houston Post Special.)
NEW YORK, February 18.—Martin W.
Littleton, the former Texas attorney and
until recently president of the borough of
Brooklyn, has been making his real legal
debut on this side of the East river as the
attorney for Colonel Mann in his perjury
trial. This case must not be confounded
in the minds of the public with the orig-
inal suit, which the associate of Colonel
Mann, Justice Deuel brought against Ed-
itor Hapgood for libel. In this first case
it wili be remembered Judge Deuel was
the complaining witness, while in this
latest case Moses Ellis Wooster, solicitor
for Fads and Fancies, published by the
Mann-Deuel-Town Topics combination,
charges Colonel William D'Alton Mann
with perjury. One of the experts at the
trial, by the way, was Albert S. Osborn
of Rochester, N. Y., a teacher in a com-
mercial school at Ro<»'iester, N. Y., who
said that he had tc.- .ued at that great
trial at which Patrick was found guilty
of the murder of Millionaire Rice of
Texas,"aftd that he had also been a wit-
ness at the Rice will case. He stated
that in his opinion the "O K, W. D. M."
oa ill® Waid letter, which figures in the
latest, controversy, Maim denying under
oath that he had written the "O K," was
written by the same person who wrote
letters which were admitted to have been
penned by Colons! Mann.
'J. hough Mr. Littleton in this second
suit has not won the fame acquired by
James W. Osborn, the criminal lawyer
who was a candidate against District At-
torney Jerome, having been nominated
by Tammany hall at tne time of the re-
tent elections, he has made a number of
telling points in behalf ot his client,
Colonel Mann, the editor of Town Topics.
Tnese different cases ire ro highly mixed
that it would take a Philadelphia lawyer
to determine the exact legal status of the
various pa.ties at different times, and it
was not the fault of Attorney Littleton
that h^> does not loom up large in the
public limelight, the fire having been
drawn previously when Justice Deuel and
the Four Hundred occupied the first
page-3 of the different newspapers at the
time of the libel suit. The perjury trial
of Colonel Mann himself is not attracting
one-tenth of the attention.
It is almost impossible to make persons
who did not attend the first trial under-
stand how District Attorney Jerome fig-
ured as the attorney of Justice Deuel.
He appeared in that capacity and against
the editor of Collier's Weekly because
Justice Deuel alleged that a crime had
been committed when Collier's Weekly
denounced Judge Deuel for his connection
with the publication of Colonel Mann.
But during the progress of the case it
became evident that there was an under-
standing between District Attorney Je-
rome and Editor Hapgood, the district
attorney referring to Messrs. Collier and
Hapgood as his dear friends. This as-
tonished Colonel Mann and Justice Deuel
since until the case was half over they
had imagined that they were the "dear
friends" of the district attorney. The
truth of the matter Is that Jerome at-
tempted what has perhaps never been
attempted by a lawyer before in the' his-
tory of the country—while pretending to
prosecute he was secretly defending the
man accused of the criminal action of
libel. It can readily be seen that not in
one case in a million could a lawyer do
that sort of a thing and escape whole-
sale condemnation and criticism. Jerome
succeeded in doing practically that,
though he kept up the legal fiction of
appearing to oppose Hapgood. making
the closing speech against the defendant,
thereby complying with all of the legal
requirements. But in this one cause of
a million he succeeded in "swapping
horses while crossing a stream" and
"getting away with the goods," simply
because he had an overwhelming prepon-
derance of "public opinion" on his side.
But* it was precisely this ability to
switch horses while crossing the stream
at the time of the first trial which made
the attorneys for the defendant, Colonel
Mann, extremely suspicious at the time
of the second trial—the perjury suit.
Hence it happened that anything that
Mr. Jerome wanted at the time of the
trial of Colonel Mann on the perjury
charge Mr. Littleton felt in duty bound
to oppose. This resulted in a con-
dition of affairs which at times
amused District Attorney Jerome—and
at other times amused the court.
When counsel for the defense, Mr.
Littleton, asked for the entire list of the
subscribers to "Fads and Fancies." from
Wooster. the complaining witness, to
show that he was really the promoter
of the alleged blackmailing matter,
though the burden of it had been put on
Colonel Mann's shoulders. Mr. Jerome
said that he would concede that "Fads
and Fancies" was not a blackmailing en-
terprise, and that It was really a master
work.
Remembering the adroitness of the dis-
trict attorney at the time of the libel,
Mr. Littleton said that he was afraid
that the concession made by the prose-
cution was like "Greeks bearing gifts.''
"Oh, very well," said Mr. Jerome, "for
the purpose of this examination I will
admit that 'Fads and Fancies' was a
blackmailing scheme."
This concession was not satisfactory to
Mr. Littleton, and Mr. "Wooster was final-
ly permitted to leave the stand without
giving the list.
A PINE LAND DEAL
WILL GIVE CENTER A NEW
MILL.
Trams Are to Be Built Out of
Center and Will Be Run
to Trinity.
WILL CONTEST
Jake G ks, Candidate for Marshal
of Beaumont, Asks a Recount.
ALLEGES ILLEGAL VOTING
Makes Specific Charges that 22
Persons Voted on Poll Tax
Receipts as Bartenders.
(Houston Post Special.)
BEAUMONT, Texas, February 18.—A
big deal for an extensive tract of pine
timber lands In Shelby county has just
been closed, which will mean the con-
struction of a large and modern sawmill
near Center.
From Mr. L. S. Moore of Center, and
agent for the Pickering Lumber company
of Kansas City, The Post correspondent
learns that the Pickering company has
just closed a deal for 28,000 acres of land
In Shelby county, the same being known
as the Huntington estate property, which
originally belonged to the Huntington in-
terests and was later acquired by the
Southern Pacific. >
With this purchase the Pickering com-
pany has a total of 68,000 acres of fine
timbered lands In Shelby county, which
will guarantee a fifteen-year cut for a
modern snwmllling plant of 100,000 daily
capacity, which will be constructed near
center.
It Is also learned that negotiations are
under way for the purchase of addi-
tional trnots of land, which If consum-
mated. will protmot the life of the mill
by a ten-year cut.
In connection with the big sawmill, a
series of tram roads will be built run-
ning from Center and connecting with
the roads at Tlmpeon.
(Houston Post Special.)
BEAUMONT, Texas, February 18.— Now
that the city primary election is over,
there is a general feeling of satisfaction
over the results, and the people breathe
a sigh of relief that the municipal political
campaign is over with.
The closest race of the campaign was
that between City Marshal Jim Stewart
and his opponent, Mr. Jake Giles, the for-
mer winning bj' a plurality of only fifteen
votes. Mr. Giles has announced thai he
will contest the result, and at his request
Chairman O'Brien of the city democratic
executive committee ordered the ballot
boxes to be preserved iu a safe place. Mr.
Giles will ask for a recount of the ballots
and believes tliat he can show that he
was elected. He says that he does not
question the honor or integrity of the
election judges or clerks at any of the
boxes, but he has received information
from a source iie believes is authoritative
that persons voted illegally and that with
such votes annulled lit will be shown that
he was elected. F or instance, it is charged
that twenty-two persons voted for Jim
Stewart giving their residence and occu-
pation as bartender for a certain saloon.
The legality of these votes will be ques-
tioned. Mr. Giles has other grounds for
asking for a recount, though, as stated,
his charges do not involve the honor or
integrity of the judges and clerks of elec-
tion. He says that he only wants assur-
ance that Mr. Stewart was fairly elected
to the office, in which event he will cor-
dially support him.
HEALTH STATISTICS
Completed by Chamber of Com-
merce Make Good Showing.
(Houston Post Sbecial.)
BEAUMONT, Texas, February 18.—That
Beaumont is today one of the healthiest
and cleanest cities of the country is proved
by statistics and information compiled
through the Beaumont chamber of com-
merce.
That the statement is correct is borne
out by the investigation of Dr. R. R. Sul-
livan at the request of the chamber of
commerce and the statistics arranged by
him. These statistics reveal that for 1905
the death rate of the city was only 12.8,
as compared with a death rate of 18.6 per
1000 population for the United States, as
given by the, census report for 1905. A
death rate of from 17 to 20 is considered
a fair rat.e for a city of the present size
of Beaumont.
During the year 1905 there were no
deaths in the city from measles, whooping
cough or scarlet fever. The health of the
city is again revealed by the following
complete list of cases under treatment in
this city on February 1, as follows: Ma-
larial fever, 3; la grippe, 4; acute dysen-
tery, 2; scarletina, 1; penumonia, 2.
The extensive improvements made with-
in the past two years in sewerage and
drainage and Beaumont's proximity to the
gulf and to the pine forests insuring a
liberal percentage of ozone in the air are
the chief factors in bringing about the
satisfactory and improved health condi-
tions, which, it is believed, will compare
most favorably with the record of any city
in the country.
Spindle Top Lady Maccabees.
(Houston Post Special.)
BEAUMONT, Texas, February 18.—At a
regular meeting of the Spindle Top hive,
Ladies of the Maccabees, the following
officers were installed to serve for the
ensuing year:
Mary B. Bradley, lady commander;
Sarah H. Barclay, past lady commander;
Minnie A. Lauve, lieutenant commander;
Hattie B. Wood, record keeper; Adeline
Peterson, finance keeper; Adelia Newel,
chaplain; Lydia Trenk. sergeant; Matilda
Reynolds, master at arms; Ada B. Smith,
sentinel; Julia Seiman, picket; Vive B.
Erwin, pianist, and Dr. Barclay, pianist.
Hardy Not a Candidate.
(Houston Post Special. )
BEAUMONT, Texas, February 18.—
Rumor has connected the name of Colonel
G. W. Hardy as a probable candidate for
judge of the Fifty-eighth district .court.
Colonel Hardy had been strongly urged to
make the race, but makes positive an-
nouncement that he will not make the
race, preferring to remain in the walks of
private life and favoring the candidacy
of Mr. D. W. Glasscock, who will be a
candidate for the office.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE SllOMO Quinine Tub-
lets, PniggUt" refund money if It falls
to cur & a. W, GROVE'S signature Is oa
eaoh be*. 85o» _____
News Notes.
CHouston Post Special.)
BEAUMONT, Texas, February 18.—«
Judge W. H. Pope, whose court is in va-
cation during next week, left this morn-
ing for Shreveport, where he has accept-
ed an invitation to bt> present at the
opening of a new hotel. Judge Pope will
also visit his old home at Marshall be-
fore returning to the city.
Action looking to providing Beaumont
with the free library so badly needed is
being urged by the Woman's Reading
club, and the project is one worthy of
every commendation and encouragement.
A meeting of the Woman's Reading club
has been called for tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. John
B. Goodhue to consider the sale of the
club's lots on Liberty avenue and ways
and means for realizing the proposal of
establishing a free library.
Mrs. S. B. Cooper, who was seized with a.
sudden attack of pneumonia, is resting
easy at her home on Calder avenue, and
while she is not out of danger, there is
hope of her recovery witnout the Illness
assuming an alarming phase. Mr. Cooper
was stopped at St. Louis last night while
en route to Washington by a telegram
informing him of the serious illness of
Mrs. Cooper, and he will return to the
city tomorrow.
A light amusement program for the
coming week Is offered the patrons of
the Kyle theater by Manager Everett
Weiss, the only attraction being Alice
Neilsen In "Don Pasquale" next Satur-
day night. Edwin Brush, the magician,
will appear at the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association building Tuesday nig.'it.
_____ •
It is reported that several oases of
glanders ha-^e broken out among the
mules at Odella and Fannette, in the
northern part of the county. Mr. S. E.
Blgham and other citizens of Fannette
are investigating the matter, and if the
disease is mought positively to be glan-
ders they will wire State Veterinarian
Knight of Houston to come over and in-
vestigate the disease.
A free lecture on Pythianlsm will be
delivered at the Toung Men's Christian
Association tomorrow evening by Freder-
ick Brobst, who is traveling under the
auspices of the New Orleans Lyceum bu-
reau, and who will lecture here under the
auspices of the local Pythian lodge. The
public, and ospeclally Pythlans, are cor-
dially Invited to attend the meeting.
The following commissary managers of
the Kirby Lumber company passed
through th# city today en rjut" to their
homes from Houston, where they pur-
chased supplies and goods for the com-
missaries; W, B, Sherrod, SUsbee; Knox
M, Lee-Woodvllle; W. M. Miles, Silsbee;
W, G. Woodward, Call; Th°mas A_ WU-
truu, XlrbyrUl*; W. I* Payne, Buna; R.
Cawthon's Gigantic Sale
of Seasonable Clothes for Men, Boys and
Little Fellows positively closes today.
Everything in Men's and Boys' Wear is offered at a sacrifice today only.
K. H. CAWTHON & CO.
We are not unmindful of our obligation to the many
friends from whom we derive patronage and success.
American Bank & Trust Co.
211 Main Street,
Union Bank k Trust Company
HOUSTON. TEXAS
DEWITT C. DUNN,
Cashier Ass't Cashier
OFFICERS
J. S. RICE. H. N. TINKER,
President
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
FRANK ANDREWS J. M. ROCKWELL
HYMAN LEVY M. E. ANDREWS
J. S. RICE
YOUR BUSINESS INVITED
L. Jolly, Browndel, and J. V. Allison, Vil- |
lage Mills. 1
Colonel W. C. Averill, chairman of the
Frisco committee of the chamber of
commerce,has called an important meeting
of the committee for tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock, at which various matters in
connection with the Frisco plans in rela-
tion to this city and section will be con-
sidered.
Dr. J. A. Gibson, city health officer,
was called to Sylacauga, Ala., today by
a telegram Informing him of the serious
Illness of his sister, Mrs. E. J. Smith, at
that place. Mrs. Smith was suddenly
taken 111 and is said to be in a critical
condition.
Captain Edgar Jadwln, U. S. A., of
Galveston, who has charge of the Inter-
coastal canal proposition, spent the day
in the city on business, returning to his
home this evening.
Among the Beaumont visitors noted in
the city today were Vic C. Barringer of
San Antonio, W. Waldo of Houston. A. G.
Bggleston of Lake Charles and Judge W.
H. Nail of Kountze.
State Senator O. C. Gruwell and John
D. Losecamp of Billings, Mon., are visit-
ing Beaumont on a business mission.
They are interested In the oil fields of
Montana and are here consulting witii
the oil operators.
JOHN A. M'CALL DEAD
report of the Fowler Investigating com-
mittee composed of directors of the New
York Life, who made public their findings
last week. They censured Mr. McCall for
certain acts of his In connection with Mr.
Hamilton. An effort was made to keep
the contents of the report from the sick
man, but learning the statement had been
filed he worried so much over the mat-
ter that It was decided early last week to
permit him to see it. The recommenda-
tions In the report demanding of him a
fuller account of the legislative work than
he had made are said to have been a
crushing blow to the company's former
president. He declared to his family and
to the Intimate friends who saw htm
that he was determined to get well; that
he wanted to live to set himself right
before the American people. The strain
was too much, however, and from that
time Mr. McCall's decline was rapid.
John A. McCall was born in Albany,
N. Y., March 2, 1849. He entered the In-
surance business early in life and in 1885
was appointed State lnesurance commis-
sioner by Grover Cleveland, who was then
governor. He relinquished that position
to become comptroller of the Equitable
Life Assurance society, which position he
held until he became president of the
New York Life Insurance company in
1£P2.
♦ > ♦
Sketch of John A. McCall.
John A. McCall was born in Albany, N.
Y., in 1849, and received his early educa-
tion there. He entered business life as a
clerk in the Albany State Currency As-
sorting house, which he gave up to en-
ter the Connecticut Mutual Life Insur-
ance service. From 1869 till 1876 he was
employed as a clerk in the New York
State life insurance department. He was
made deputy State life insurance super-
intendent in 1876, in which capacity he
served till 1883, when he was made State
superintendent of insurance. From 18s
till 1892 he was comptroller of the Equita-
ble Life Assurance society, leaving that
company to become president of the New
York Life Insurance company. He was
married to Mary I. Horan of Albany.
During his career in the business world
he was connected with the following in-
stitutions: President of the Berkshire
Cotton Manufacturing company, trustee
of the Continental Trust company, the
New York Security and Trust company,
director of the National City Bank, the
Central National bank, First National of
the city of New York, Fidelity Trust
Commercial National Bank
— OF HOUSTON
Capital $300,000.03
Surplus and Profits over - $450,000.03
MANHOLE
AND
SEWER
CASTINGS
HART WELL IRON WORKS
HOUSTON
TEXAS
company of Kansas City, the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance company, the National
Surety company and the Iugersoll-Ser-
geant" Drill corripauy,
Mr. McCall was a member of the fol-
lowing clubs: Metropolitan, Lawyers,
Manhattan, New York Athletic, National
Arts, Omaha, Minneapolis, Montreal, and
the American Social Science association.
ARE CLOSING DOWN
OPERATORS AT HUMBLEl
ARE DISCOURAGED.
John O'Neil Sinking a Well iit
New Territory—A Roman-
tic Wedding.
fHouston Post SPeciaLI
HUMBLE. Texas, February 18.—Mr.
John O'Neil is having a derrick erected
with a view of putting down a test hole
on the strip of land just west of the Hig-
gins and Parafflne companies' earthea
tonks and due south of the well which
had the big blowout during the recent
strike. This well is more of a wildcat
proposition than anything else, as it is
far south from any of the territory. This
hole will be watched with a gre;'.t deal
of interest by all of the operators, and
should oil be developed iu paying quanti-
ties it will extend the field fully three-
quai ters of a mile, and it would not be
surprising to see derricks 'erected and
wells going down in the middle of earthen
tanks, as most of them are in that
vicinity.
The production of the field continued
to fall off and things for the operators
art looking bluer and bluer every day.
It has now been over a week since tbe
Moonshine and Producers' companies
closed down their air plants "for repairs."
Smith and Grarberry, as reported on the
streets today, will shut down, and it is
feared that most of tho other large com-
panies will soon follow suit. The field is
doing less than WOO barrels per day. with
no indication of even holding up at that
rate. "Unless another field comes in real
soc-n," as predicted some time ago by
one of the best posted .Tien, "the price of
oil is boui d to soar skyward and will in
the near future reach the u5-cent mark.
One of the prettiest and most romantics
weddings that ever took plac.-^ in an oil
field was solemnized yesterday at th a
residence of Mr. J. S. Curry, foreman of
the tra-k department of the Houston
East and West Texas, by Rev. H. Brown
of Houston. The contracting parties wero
Miss Hillma Mae Pruett, one of the fair-
est flowers of Grovel on, Texas, and Mr.
Harry Sircey Bridges, the handsome and
pcpular manager of the shipping depart-
ment of the J. M. Guffey Oil company.
He is one of the company's oldest and
nost trusted employes. Both parties re-
ceived congratulations and best wishes
from a host of friends throughout Texas.
Mr. C. I. I'ettigrcw today received the
■sad intelligence of the death of his aunt,
Mrs. J. M. Pettigrew of Moffat. Texas.
" he death occurred Saturday of heart
failure.
Mr. C. E. Barrett, superintendent of
the oil field, was out today looking over
his waste oil business. •
Colonel Fisher of Houston is out today
cm business.
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