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VOL. 44.
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICd FliLEfAY MAY 31, 1907.
NO. 91.
IN
MI
Y OF
Program Carried
Out Despite Rain
and Mud
DISPLAY TRUE PATRIOTISM
Ex-Governor Prince Delivers
an Eloquent Address on
Memorial Day.
Genuine patriotism was exhibited
by the Civil war veterans and others
who participated in the Memorial Day
exercises yesterday afternoon in San
ta Fe. Especially is this true of those
who marched on foot in the rain
through the muddy streets on out to
the National Cemetery and then stood
on the soggy grass during the cere
monies there. The program was prac
tically carried out in its entirety des
pite the fact that the untoward weath
er curtailed the procession and kept
many visitors away from the ceme
tery who would have 'been present
had conditions been more favorable.
Would Not Allow Rain to Interfere.
. Although the weather from early
morning was anything but pleasant
the executive comniitte of Carleton
Post, Xo. 3, Grand Army of the Re
public, would not listen to a postpone
ment of the exercises. The program
was to be carried out, rain-or shine, it
was announced. Consequently at the
appointed hour the procession formed
and traversed the entire route; many
of the marchers being without rain
coats or umbrellas and even rubber
shoes or hoots. But that did not make
any difference. They were imbued
with the spirit, of the Jay and did not
propose to let the rain dampen their
ardor. In crossing the arroyo the fire
department's hook and ladder truck
which was drawn by a span of mules
became mired and was forced to turn
back. ' ' j
Professor Perez's band headed the.
parade and discoursed patriotic airs.
The musicians were afoot and march
ed four abreast with nothing to pro
tect them from the rain save a soli
tary umbrella. The 'band also played
several numbers at the cemetery
while the ceremonies there were in
progress.
Speech of Ex-Governor Prince.
Ex-Governor Prince's address, which
was cut short on account of the rain,
was in part as follows:
"The world has never seen a more
touching sight than that of today, as
brought before us here in this quiet
City of the Dead, and as witnessed all
over the land wherever loyal hearts
beat from ocean to ocean in the re
currence of this beautiful custom of
the decoration of the graves of, the
defenders and preservers of the na
tion. "We are not called to it by; law;
there is no requirement, no compul
sion by any authority, National or Ter
ritorial; but it is a voluntary, spon
taneous, heartfelt action of a grateful
people.
"The cities of the old world and
their vast cemeteries are filled with
the monuments of the great departed;
the Pharaohs raised pyramids, emper
ors and kings have created arches and
columns, to commemorate their deeds.
But what a memorial is this! Not of
names carved in the cold, hard and
unresponsive marble; but a memorial
of undying and loving remembrance
In the warm and grateful hearts of a
whole people.
"And so, all over our land today,
loving hands are placing on the grave
of each fallen hero the flag for which
he fought; and beautiful flowers,
spring flowers the red, the white,
the blue emblematic of that nation
to preserve whose life he was ready
to lose his own.
All Heroes' Day,
"Throughout the Christian world on
All Saint's Day the people call to re
membrance the virtues of the faithful
departed and with loving, though
crushed and mournful hearts, devote
the hours to thoughts .of those who
have been most dear; so on this day
which may be called our National All-
Heroe's Day, we call to remembrance
the valor, the endurance and the self
sacrifice of those who died that their
country might live.
'And so, with reverence and love,
w&are met In this resting place of
the departed, on this Festival of Re
membrance, to scatter these tributes
of ov affection these tokens of our
undying gratitude.
"It s right for those who rest from
their tabors, thus to show our respect
and veneration; it Is right as to our
selves to demonstrate that we are not
ungrateiul nor 'forgetful; it is right to
the generation which is rising to take
our place?, as it teaches to them the
lesson of unfalterlng loyalty, and. Im
presses o .their minds how great
were the tlls, the pains, the sacrifices
of those who through five years of
cruel war marched and fought, through
hardship and hunger and wounds and
death, that those thus to come after
might enter into the goo'dly heritage
of free institutions and glorious na
tionality which is the portion of every
Republic."
ROOSEVELT SPENDS
NIGHT ON SWITCH
President's Car Sidetracked Two
Miles From Fort Wayne Today
Guest of Lansing, Michigan.
Fort Wayne, Ind., May 31. The spe
citl train bearing President Roosevelt
and party left here at 5; 80 o'clock this
morning for Lansing, Michigan. The
President's car stood during the nlgbt
on a switch two miles east of this city,
closely guarded.
Trip Continuous Ovation.
Lansing, Mich., May 31. President
Roosevelt's train arrived here at 10
o'clock this morning. Nine stops
were made between Hillsdale, Indiana,
and Lansing, and each time the Presi
dent made a short speech from the
rear platform. At several places sa
lutes were fired in his honor.
20,000 People Hear Address.
President Roosevelt was driven at
once to the State Capitol. Here he
held a reception In the executive par
lors where he shook hands with about
a thousand people and then stepped
out1 on the balcony and faced twenty
thousand people gathered there In an
ticipation of his speech. The presi
dent was given an ovation when he
completed his balcony speech and
went Into the hall of the House of
Represenatlves where he addressed
the state Legislature for about ten
minutes.
HAYWOOD JURY
BYTOMORROW
Idaho Murder Trial is Resumed After
Several Days' Adjournment New
Venire in Attendance.
Boise, Idaho, May 31. After a re
cess of three days the trial of William
D. Haywood, charged with the murder
of former Governor Stunenberg, was
resumed this morning. Sixty-one new
talesmen were in the court-room. It
is expected that the jury will be com
pleted by tomorrow night.
The defense exercised its eighteenth
peremptory challenge today, excusing
Harmon Cox. Only two peremptory
challenges now remain.
H. F. Messacer, a farmer, was ac
cepted as a juror for the vacancy
made by the eighteenth peremptory
challenge. Before the nineteenth chal
lenge wan used the court took a recess
until this afternoon.
DENVER CAPITALIST
DIES SUDDENLY
Walter S. Cheesman Victim of
alysis Pioneer of Queen
City.
Par-
Denver. Colo., May 31. Walter S.
Cheesman, president of the Denver
Union Water Company and one of the
foremost capitalists and citizens of
Denver, died unexpectedly at 3:35
o'clock this morning. He suffered a
stroke of paralysis last Wednesday,
but his death was not anticipated by
his physicians or his friends.
Cheesman was born at Hempstead
Harbor, Long Island, June 27, 1838
and came to Denver in 1860, establish
ing a drug business. He had been
identified with many of the largest en
terprises in Colorado and accumulated
great wealth, being the largest owner
of real estate in the business district
of this city.
STRIKE ilffi
117,000 Members
Naval Reserve
Quit Work
SMALL PENSIDNSTHE CAUSE
Of Trouble Which Involves
Entire Maritime Popula
tion of That Country,
Paris, May 31. French commerce
is threatened with complete paralysis
as the result of a general strike of
sailors belonging tp the Naval Reserve
which went Into operation today at
all the ports In France.
The Naval Reserve numbers about
117,000 men and comprises almost the
entire maritime population devoted to
the seafaring life.
The strike was ordered because the
government's bill Inceaslng the pen
slons from $40.80 to $77.60 for seamen
and from $156 to $200 for captain9 Is
inadequate.
ROOSEVELT'S PLAIN
AND STRONG LETTER
President Acted Justly But With Metcy
in Hagerman Case.
The Albuquerque Citizen yesterday published a letter dated White
House, Washington, May 1st, addressed by President Roosevelt to ex-Governor
Hagerman anent the request of the latter that action on his resig
nation be held off by the President until a full Investigation of the matter
could be had by the Chief Executive of the Nation.
In order to give it the fullest pos sible publicity and to disseminate its
contents among the people of the Territory to the greatest extent, it is
herewith republished. Its contents give the lie direct to the foul charges,
the dirty slanders, the infamous libels and the false accusations by Mac
pherson's Albuquerque Morning Coyote, by the Roswell Democratic Daily
Copperhead and by the weekly Democratic sheets in the pay of the Hager
man combine and shows clearly how false, how venomous, how dastardly
was and is the course of that conglomeration, men and newspapers, and
how unfounded their charges against leading Republicans and decent patri
otic Republican newspapers were and are. The tenor of the letter Is so
plain and unmistakeable, so clear, so direct, so incisive, that no other
comment is necessary at this time. The President says:
The Letter.
"Washington, D. C, May 1, 190".
"My Dear Mr. Hagerman:
"Mr, Gifford Pinchot has presented
to me your telegram to him in which
you ask that it be brought to my per
sonal attention, stating that hundreds
of people have sent telegrams to the
President protesting against my ac
cepting your resignation, and stating
furthermore that if my action in re
questing your resignation is not re
voked it will be a calamity to- the Ter
ritory, and that if I will reconsider
this action you are positive I will see
the injustice and unwisdom of it from
every point of view.
Made an Unsatisfactory Governor.
"This renders it necessary for pie to
write you very plainly. You made, as
I am informed, a good secretary of le
gation at the court of St. Petersburg.
All that I have heard of your private
life is to your credit. Furthermore, I
believe that you have done certain ex
cellent things while you were Gover
nor; and of course I will permit noth
ing good that you have done to be un
done. But I must add that as a whole
I think you have been an unsatisfac
tory Governor and that your removal
from the position is imperatively de
manded. If it were not for my knowl
edge of your previous career and of
your standing in private life, and. my
consequent reluctance to. believe iftii
your motives were as improper as cer
tain of your acts would indicate, I
should have removed you instead of
requesting your resignation. I have
not thought it necessary to go into
any matters as to which there was any
chance of controversy, and the depart
ment of justice has been as anxious
as I have been to show you all consid
eration, and to resolve every doubt in
your favor. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Cooley in his report purposely
omitted, as he informed me, the infer
ence which he believes ought legiti
mately to be drawn from the facts
that in the land grant transactions,
wherein I believe your conduct was
blameworthy, you were actuated in
your improper and presumably unlaw
ful action by your desire to secure the
aid of certain Democratic politicians
in the faction fight. 1 decided that in
this matter I would give you the bene
fit of the doubt, and so as to your ac
tion in appointing six members of the
Legislative Council to lucrative posi
tions, although there seemed to me un
moral doubt that this amounted to the
bartering of offices by you in return
for legislative support. As for the
hundreds of persons who have tele
graphed me on your account, I cannot
say that I have seen all of the tele
grams, but I have seen a great many
of them, 1 have received an even
larger number from persons In New
Mexico who protested against your re
tention in office. I have also received
numerous statements to the effect that
neither set of telegrams was really
spontaneous. There has been no sin
gle instance In which the appointment
of Mr. Curry as your successor has not
received hearty commendation.
Charges Were Not Shaken.
"I found that It was not necessary
to consider anything save Assistant
Attorney General Cooley's letter, from
the department of justice. This sets
forth a state of facts which your per
sonal explanations, when before me,
in no way relieved, and which make It
Impossible, In my judgment, to retain
you In office unless I am content to
abandon all Idea of holding public of
ficers in New Mexico, or Indeed else
where, to any proper standard of offi
cial conduct. This report from the, de
partment of justice related to your de
livery of certain deeds to the Pennsyl
vania Development Company. It ap
pears that the grant of land, which was
agreed to before you became Governor,
was on Its face grossly fraudulent;
and that the transaction could not be
completed save by your action, made
with full knowledge of its fraudulent
character. An investigation Into the
matter of these New Mexican land
grants had been made by the Secre
tary of the Interior and submitted to
Congress. The chairman of the com
mittee on public lands of the House,
Hon. John F. Lacey, on May 1, 1906,
wrote to the Secretary of the Interior
that the proposed grant would be u
violation of law; the particular grant
referred to being, as the Secretary of
the Interior officially stated, in all es
sential respects the same as the grant
you consummated.
Grossly Violated the Law.
"You state that this document was
never officially called to your atten
tion, but it appears that you certainly
had knowledge of it when you acted;
and it further appears that the com
missioner of public lands, in view of
the report, expressed his unwilling
ness to deliver the deeds to the repre
sentative of the Pennsylvania Devel
opment Company, Mr. Hopewell. It
was his business, and not yours, and
you could only act in his absence;
though of course you could have re
moved him, if you had been willing to
remove him, for refusing to take the
improper and fraudulent actioirwhich
in his absence you took on his behalf.
You, however, obtained an opinion
from the Attorney General (the same
gentleman whom the newspapers re
port as now organizing meetings to
ask for your retention in office), which
opinion Mr. Cooley rightly stigmatizes
as "an absurdity," for as Mr. Cooley
says, it is only explicable on the
ground, either that the attorney gen
eral thought that there was no abso
lute evidence of a violation of the law
(a conclusion which it was inconceiv
able he could have rea"hed or that
you could have reached), or else that
as there were difficulties attendant
upon the enforcement of the law you
should go out of your way to violate
it. You took advantage of the absence
of the commissioner of public lands
on official business to go yourself with
the attorney general, Mr. Reid, to his
office and yourself complete the trans
action. Usurped Duties of Land Commissioner
"It was there suggested to you by
a clerk of the land office that the mat
ter should be delayed until the com
missioner could be communicated
with, as if you wired him it would be
impossible to get him back in Santa
Fe inside of two days. You refused
to permit this delay; although there
was absolutely no reason whatever
for such refusal on your part. You
directed the clerk to compute the
amount due as payment of the prin
cipal and interest, and then asked
him to deliver the deeds, to which he
replied that he had no power to do so
and that the seal had not been affixed
to twenty-three of them. You then
directed him to bring all the papers
to your office, together with the seal
of the board of public lands, and in
the presence of the clerk and of Mr.
Hopewell, the beneficiary of your
grossly improper conduct, you affixed
the seals to the twenty-three deeds,
handing them to Mr. Hopewell, asked
if he considered that a delivery.
Hopewell replied that he did, and han
ded them back to you with the re
quest that they toe recorded on the
deed records of the commissioner of
public lands. You handed them to
the clerk with instructions to have
them recorded and these instructions
were carried out. The deeds were
returned to you and you handed
theni to the attorney of the Pennsyl
vania Development Company. You
accepted from Mr. Hopewell his per
sonal check for $11,113.74, which you
subsequently deposited in the office
of the commissioner of public lands.
The department of justice reports
that:
Action Illegal and Improper.
" 'It seems entirely clear that Gov
ernor Hagerman's action was both il
legal and improper.
'"The action of congress of June 21,
1898, and section 1, Chapter 74, laws
of New Mexico, 1899, supra, clearly
made the contract illegal at the time
Governor Hagerman alleges it was
entered Into. The delivery of the
deeds could not have been enforced
by the grantees, or by the Pennsyl
vania Development Company, which
was not a party to the contract. The
governor had every reason to believe
owing to the correspondence with the
secretary of the Interior, that the
transaction was a very doubtful le
gality, in upite of the opinion of the
attorney general. It was clearly his
duty, In my judgment, to withhold
delivery of the deeds and let the mat
ter be tested in the courts if the
grantees named in the deeds saw fit
to mandamus the commissioner of
public lauds. His action in usurping
the duties of the commissioner in his
absence was both illegal and unjusti
fiable. It was entirely competent for
.him to enforce the carrying out of
his wishes by administrative methods
in removing the public official and ap
pointing in bis place some one In
sympathy with his policies, but It was
neither legal or justifiable to adopt
the course he did.'
As to J. J. Hagerman.
"With the above statement I entire
ly agree, If I permit such an act by
the highest officer in the Territory to
go unpunished, I can not hold to ac
count any subordinate official for any
infraction of his duty. It was a grave
question in my mind whether I ought
not to remove you instead of merely
asking your resignation. -I resolved
the doubt in your favor and request
ed your resignation. Under no circum
stances would I reconsider this ac
tion. "Secretary Root has banded me a
long telegram from your fa-. her, in
which he states that 'he wishes me to
delay my action on your resignation
until you have bad time to answer
the charges made against you, which
he further states are well known to
be unfounded, and ' made by party
freebooters to restore themselves to
power. Apparently your father does
not know, or disregards, the fact that
'ht'He charges are contained in the
statement above referred to from the
department of justice and in the rec
ords of the interior department; that
thrre is not the slightest question as
to t he facts which were admitted bv
you in your interview with me as well
as in your Interview with Secretary
Garfield, and that you had a full
bearing before Secretary Garfield and
before me. Under these circum
stances what, your father means by
saying that the charges are unfound
ed I am unable to imagine. If any
party freebooter or any one else is
guilty of conduct such as yours I will
treat him just as I have treated you.
With the gossip that your father re
peats and the inferences that he
draws therefrom I have no concern.
As to the charges he by inference
makes against others, I can only say
that any facts that he will give me
against anyone I will consider if I
have the power to do so. Charges of
a very grave character were made to
me against your father himself in
connection with his land transactions
in the pant. Whether " they were
true or not I cannot say, because a
preliminary investigation showed that
action on them would be barred by
the statute of limitations.
Curry's Appointment a Personal One.
"No one suggested to me the ap
pointment of Captain Curry as your
successor. The idea was my own,
because I wished under the extraor
dinary circumstances in New Mexico
to find some man whom I personally
knew and whose uprightness,
strength of character and knowledge
of the people and the circumstances
I could have entire confidence. Cap
tain Curry was one of the best men in
my regiment. He has been away
from New Mexico for eight years, so
that he is in no shape or way identi
fled with any factional trouble there
in. ' 1 do not. even know bis politics.
During these eight years he has done
distinguished military and civil serv
ice in the Philippines, not only hav
ing shown great gallantry in action,
but marked administrative ability
when in charge ot the 'Manila police
(Continued on Page Eight.)
PARENTS SEE
When Elegant Su
burban Home is
Destroyed
SEnlTSlsfPEBISHEO
Father and Mother Badtf
Injured in Attempt to Save
Loved Ones.
Long Branch, N, J., May 31. The
bodies of the young daughters of Wal
ter Schiffer, Secretary of the United
Cigar Manufacturing Company and
two servants in his household were
found this morning in the ruins of his
house which was burned last night.
The children burned to death were
Marion, aged 10 and Ruth aged 14
years. The servants were Marie Dil
ter and Tilly Monthon.
Iu attempting to rescue her children
Mrs. Schiffer was so seriously burned
as to be in a critical condition. Mr.
Schiffer and two guests were also se
verely burned and four servants sus
tained painful injuries.
The house was the residence of
Jacob Rothschild, which Schiffer had
rented.
DEATH CLAIMS
F
EDWARD
Examiner of Sur
veys For General
Land Office
T
Sister Arrives From Wash
ington Too Late to See
Him Alive.
Death came as he slept to Edward
Livingstone Faison, examiner of sur
veys for the general land office at
Washington, I). C, who expired at
: 15 o'clock this morning at his resi
dence, No. 101 Palace Avenue. It was
known yesterday that the end wan
near and it was doubtful if he could live
through the night. He retained con
sciousness almost to the. very last
when he closed his eyes in peaceful
slumber and the transition from life
to death was scarcely perceptible.
Mr. Faison had been an Invalid only
a few months. Last October he con
tracted a severe cold which affected
his lungs and which he was unable to
eradicate. His physician advised him
to go to the Rocky Mountain region
in the hoie that the change of climate
and the high altitude would enable
him to regain his health, and early iu
January of the present year ho camw
to Santa Fe. At his request he waa
transferred to this city by the land of
fice officials and had since made his
base of operations here.
Mr. Faison was unable to give much
attention to his official duties, how
ever, since his arrival in Santa Fe.
He appeared to be improving and felt
that his recovery would be only a
question of time, but the climatic
benefit proved to be only temporary.
His throat became seriously affected
which made it difficult for him to
swallow any food and thereafter his
decline was rapid. He was cheerful
during his waking hours yesterday and
last night. He recognized the watch
ers at his bedside and conversed with
them occasionally.
North Carolinan By Birth.
Edward Livingston Faison was a na
tive of Elliott, North Carolina, bora
on October 13, 1870, being therefore at
the time of death aged thirty-six years.
After a common school education he
entered Lehigh University at South
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, pursuing a
course in civil engineering and re
ceived his degree in 1895. For two
years he was identified with the U. S.
Geological Survey, but during the past
eight years he was connected with the
surveying branch of the U. S. Land
Office.
Mr. Faison's duties as civil engineer
with the two federal departments
made it necessary for him to travel
from place to place and during the
past ten years he had no permanent
home. For some time previous to
coming to Santa Fe he had been sta
tioned at Salt Lake City, Utah. His
wife accompanied him on his travels
and frequently went with him on his
trips into the country examining sur
veys. ,
Sister Arrives Too Late.
Mr. and Mrs. Faison were married
nine years ago. Mrs. Faison was for
merly Miss Willie Gaumgartner,
whose home then was at Staunton,
Virginia. They have no children. Sur
viving besides the widow are the aged
mother, Mrs. Cornelia Faison, of El
liott, West Virginia, and an only sis
ter, Mrs. Marion Butler, of Washing
ton, D. C, wife of ex-Senator Butler,
of North Carolina, who is now practic
ing law in the National Capital. Mrs.
Butler arrived in the city today from
Washington too late to see her brother
alive. She will accompany the widow
with the remains which will be for
warded Sunday morning to the old
home in West Virginia.
Shriner and Knight Templar.
The deceased w; a member of sev
eral Masonic fraternities which he .
joined while at Salt Lake City. He
was a member of both the Knights
Templar and the Order of the Mystic
Shrine. He was also a member of the
University Club, a purely social or
ganization at Salt Lake City.
Short funeral services will be held
Sunday morning at the Faison resi
dence by Rev. W. R. Dye, pastor of
the Church of the Holy Faith. Im
mediately afterwards the body will be
conveyed to the depot accompanied fry
the widow and sister who will take it
on their long, sad journey East.
C. H. Luckenbach, who died last
week and Mr. Faison had been fast
friends since boyhood. They were
both graduates of Lehigh University
at which institution they formed their
acquaintance.
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