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Indian Lands in Oklahoma Are Prey for “Land Grabbers” Who by Devious Means Gain Acres
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VOLUME 31, No. 206
BROWNSVILLE RAILROAD WILL BUILD ITS OWN
LINE INTO SAN ANTONIO; NO BONUS IS ASKED
INDIAN LANDS
“GRABBED" BL
UNSCRUPULOUS
So Says Member of Commit
tee Appointed By House to
Investigate Graft.
IT WILL BE LOOKED INTO
Certain Man, One of Many, Has
Become Rich By Under
handed Methods.
Mandated Press.
Sulphur, Gkia., Aug. 15. —‘ ‘ Every
inch of land * owned by the Indians is
looked upon as legitimate prey for land
grabber's.”'
This statement was made today by a
member of the committee appointed by
the house of representatives to investi
gate Indian land contracts. Besides
the charges of Senator Gore that he was
offered a $50,000 bribe to “boost” the
McMurray contracts in congress, the
committee is investigating land condi
tions.
“Some grabbers’* schemes certainly
will be called to the attention of con
gress,” said a committeeman. “One
man we have learned, has become rich.
He kept a list of Indians who owned
allotted land. Whenever an Indian died,
he rushed into court, had a guardian ap
pointed and with the connivance of the
guardian, demanded the land be sold un
der a ridiculously low valuation for a
few hundred dollars. He bought whole
sections of land.
“This man, only one of many, start
ing with no capital, now owns, 10,000
acres for which he paid ‘he Indians r>
compensation adequately. As there are
in Oklahoma, something like 20,000,000
acres of Indian lands, it seems absolute
ly imperative congress take prompt
steps to prevent further'land grab
bing.”
WILL WELCOME
SECOND SESSION
Said That Members of Peni
tentiary Committee Want the
Penal Regulation Submitted.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex.. Aug. 15—It was learn
ed this morning that members ot the
penitentiary investigating committee
would be glad to have the governor sub
mit matters of penal regulation at the
.econd called session. It is said that a
resolution is being prepared to ask the
governor to call a second session for
this purpose. Representative Gilmore,
chairman of the committee, declared he
knew nothing about any move of the
members of the committee to get a spe
« ial session, but oth«s say several mem
bers have seen the governor Gilmore
savs all the members will be glad to see
the matter come up if a special session
is called, but that he has no assurance
that it will.
The governor is absolutely non-com
mittal. It is safe to say, however that
he will insist on the passage of the in
surance law and the bill of lading bill.
The concensus of opinion still points to
the statement made Saturday night
that it “is up ,0 the senate.
SERMON IN ESPERANTO.
vjelegates to Convention Attend Serv
ices Conducted In the Universal
Language.
Associated Press.
Washington. Aug. 15.—Delegates to
the International Esperanto congress
which opens here today attended serv
ices conducted in Esperanto at St.
Paul’s Episcopal church yesterday.
The whole service, hymns, ritual and
sermon were in the universal language.
The ritual was read by the Rev. Paul
F Hoffman of Baltimore and Kev.
James M. Smiley of Annapolis
preached. .
At night a concert was given at
which soloists sang in Esperanto and
s chorus rendered “La Esperant, ’ the
Esperanto anthem.
The formal proceedings of the con
gress will begin with an address by
Dr. • Ludwig L. Zamenhof, inventor of
I the language.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
ANDGAZETTE
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MORE GRAFT IS
TURNED DP IN
ILL. CENTRAL
Alleged That the Road Paid for
Much More Work Than Was
Done on .Construction.
IT MAY REACH A MILLION
New Investigation Is Started
and May Reveal Stealings
Rivalling the First.
Associated Preas.
Chicago, Aug. 15. —The new grart in
vestigation of the Illinois Central rail
road in connection with the letting of
grading and construction contracts may
reveal stealings which will rival the
car repairing operations, according to
Chicago men in elose touch with the
latest inquiry.
Local officials of the railroad yes
terday were inclined to discount the re
ports that as much as $1,000,000 had
been stolen from the road in construc
tion work on the southern lines. They,
however, said that the inquiry bad not
gone far enough to determine the
amount.
From other sources it was learned
that detectives have discovered that
the alleged graft operations occurred in
connection with the letting of con
tracts for the grading and construction
of many miles of new roadway. The
total of these contracts is said to have
run into the millions of dollars. In
some cases it is asserted the road paid
for as much as 30 per cent more work
than was actually performed.
MISS CHARPENTER WILL
. BE FREE THIS EVENING
Expected That Bond Will Be
Made for Her on Charges
of Forgery and Passing.
Miss Marian Charpenter, charged in
four cases with forgery and in four
cases with passing forged instruments,
will likely.be released from the coun
ty jail this evening or tomorrow morn
ing, bond being furnished. Miss Char
penter has been in jail since her ar
rest a week ago, Justice Ben Fisk hav
ing set the bond at $3OO in each case,
making a total of $2400 which sho has
to give.
While waiting for the return of her
attorney, Carlos Bee, who was attend
ing the democratic state convention at
Galveston, no move towards release on
bond was made. The young woman was
visited frequently by her parents and
relatives, and these cheered her up con
sider' bly. With the help of Mr. Bee
it is expected that the required bond
will be arranged this evening and that
the young wor.an will then be freed
or at least by tomorrow morning some
time.
IN EXTRA SESSION.
Louisiana Legislature Gathers to Pass
On New Orleans Expo. Funds.
Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 15.—Convened
in extra session to consider a proposi
tion for raising $6,500,000 in support
of an exposition to be held at New-
Orleans, in 1915, to celebrate the com
pletion of the Panama canal, members
of the Louisiana general assembly,
gathered here today. The Bond issue,
it is declared, will substantially insure
the raising of the larger sums desired
but with increasing property assess
ments in New Orleans, might call for
only light taxation in the city. The
ouly other features embodied" in the
governor’s call are of minor conse
quences.
NEW FIRM AT LOCKHART
Special Dispatch
Lockhart, Tex., Aug. 15.—Lockhart
now has a new firm of abstractors,
known as the Flowers i McDowell Ab
stract Co., who have opened for busi
ness in the Lockhart National Bank
building. Mr. Flowers has practiced
law in this county for a number »f
years and is the attorney for the new
company. Mr. McDowell has had years
of experience as an abstractor and
knows Caldwell county records from
A to Z.
SENATORS, IN DISPUTE, ARE
MUCH IN PUBLIC EYE NOW
United States Senator Nelson A. Aldrich on the left and his accuser. Sen
ator Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas, who are now very much in the public eye
because of the accusations made by Bristow that Aldrich had the tariff
schedule on rubber “.'(jokedat the last session of congress so that a rub
ber manufacturing ednee/n in which he and his son are interested would reap
the benefit. Both senators have been calling each other liars for the past few
weeks, without everything being clear ed up yet,.
FIFTEEN DATS
HAS EXPIRED
Nothing But Formalities Re
main In Taking Dr. Crippen
Back to England,
Associated Press.
Quebec, Aug. 15.- —The fifteen days
Dr. Crippen and Miss Lenevc are re
quired to spend here before they could
be sent to England on a charge of mur
der expire tonight but there were no
legal moves in the case this morning
and none are expected today unless the
prisoners abandon their announced in
tention of making no fight against ex
tradition. The only formality now in
prospect is the release from the pro
vincial jail into the hands of Inspector
Dew and his assistants, who will take
them back across the Atlantic.
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4- BURGLAR AND KILLS HER. *
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Special Dispatch. 4
4 Denison, Tex., Aug. 15.— 4
❖ Mistaking his niece for a burg- 4
4- lar when she went into the 4
4 yard for a drink of water. D. 4
4* L. Jackson shot and killed Min- 4
4 nie Beek, aged 13. late last 4
4 night at Preston Bend, this 4
4> county. The girl was killed in- 4
4 stantly. 4
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Mrs. Jack Raybould and daughter
Edith, are visiting friends and relatives
in Houston and Galveston.
C Local Weather
Fur Sau Antonio and vicinity:
Forecast till 7 p. m. Tuesday.
L Partly cloudy weather tonight
and Tuesday.
OThe maximum tempera lure fof
the 24 hours ending at 8 o’clock
•the minimum Mas 74 degrees.
U Comparative temperatures (of
thia jear and last:
1909 1910
Dthis morning was 100 degrees and
4 a. m..i. 77 76
6 a. m.... 75 75
V 8 a. m. ... 77 78
10 a. m. ... 83 84
12 noon .... 89 89
1 p. in ... Vl on
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. MONDAY. AUGUST 15, 1910.
SENATE 15
KILLING TIME
• Looks as It Is Trying to Aoid
a Vote on the Club
Bill.
Special Dispatch.
Austin. Tex., Aug. 15.—Every effort
is still being made in the senate to kill
time. This afternoon after recess, an
other recess was taken for half an hour,
j Apparently the senate is trying to avoid
la vote on the “club bill” or any other
of the restrictive measures.
A member of the bouse who has a
death in the family, wrote the governor
a personal note, asking him if another
session is possible. The governor an
swered that he has not made up his own
mind yet.
EX-BANDIT IS KILLED
Noted Frontier Character Shot to
Death After Battle With Police
rt Nuevo Laredo.
| Special Dispatch.
Laredo, Tex., Aug. 15.—Geronimo
Gonzales, a noted frontier character
and crack shot, was shot three times
land killed yesterday in Nuevo Laredo,
I across the Kio Grande, after he had
; disarmed one policeman and stabbed
another. He was once a Mexican ban
dit feared by hundreds and late dep
uty sheriff of Webb county.
PITTSBURG HAS GROWN.
Population Has Increased 18.2 Per Cent
Since 1900—Syracuse Is Also
Larger.
Associated Press.
Washington. Aug. 15. —The popula
! tion of Pittsburg is 533,905, an in
crease of 82,393, or 18.2 per cent, as
compared with the combined popula
tion of Pittsburg and Allegheny of
451512 in 1900. The population of
Syracuse, N. V., is 137,249, an in
crease of 28,875. or 26.6 per cent, as
compared with 108,374 in 1900.
NO ONE THERE.
The. attendance at the purity meet
ing set for 9:30 o’clock this morning
in the Y. M. C. A., was so small that
the manti up was
VICE PRESIDENT PERKINS MAKES
STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY
TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
11,112 DEAD
AND MISSING
That Is Toll of the Japanese
Floods According to Official
Estimate of Government.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
A«ioci>ted Press.
Tokio, Aug. 15.—Casualties from the
great floods, which last week inundated
many districts in Japan and Friday and
Saturday submerged two of the prin
cipal wards of Tokio almost entirely,
were given out today after an official
investigation, as 11,112 dead and miss
ing. Three thousand nine hundred and
fifty-three houses were washed away,
in addition to the thousands which were
under water during the flood, but re
sisted the strain. Thousands of persons
are homeless and dependent on public
relief.
Will SHUT OFF Ml
CAMPBELL SPEECH
Resolution Passed By House
That No More Be Asked to
Address the Body.
Special Dispatch.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 15.—Following the
introduction in the house of a resolu
tion to invite N. A. Shaw of Texarkana,
a former candidate for governor, to
speak to the house, Representative
Schluter offered a resolution providing
that no more distinguished speakers be
invited to address the house on account
of the important business to be trans
acted in the few remaining days of the
session. _
This would not affect Colquitt who
has already been invited, but would
shut off anv speeches from Campbell.
The resolution for Shaw to speak was
offered when he appeared in the gal
lery and a chorus of “noes” went up.
The motion seemed lost, but when Da
vidson called for the resolution it car
ried In the meantime, “the millionaire
farmer” had left the gallery and did
not speak.
THIEF MAKES HAUL.
Woman Leaves Purse Containing Valua
bles In Convenient Place For
Him.
Associated Press.
Asheville, N. C., Aug. 15.—A thief
succeeded in getting away with a silver
purse containing $5OO worth of dia
monds. three railroad tickets to New |
Orleans and about $25 in currency, the I
property of Mrs. J. Numa Jordy, wife of
a prominent lumberman of New Orleans, j
last night and has not yet been cap-1
tured. The couple were stopping at a j
local hotel and after dinner Mrs. Jordy ।
went to a writing desk and began writ- j
ing a letter. Leaving her purse on the]
desk she went out on the porch for a -
moment and when she returned the j
purse was gone.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT
Columbus Car Strike Becomes Serious
and Soldiers Are Called on to
Preserve Order.
Associated Prese.
Columbus. Ohio, Aug. 15. — froop .
“B” and Battery “C”. both of Co I
lumbus. have been ordered out in the
car men’s strike. The military ofti
vials are going over the lists to order
out 10W troops at once. The first reg
iment of Cincinnati has been ordered
out.
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CONNECT WITH SAP AT ALICE
Will Then Build Own Line From Alice
to San Antonio—Will Not Buy Ed
. wards Road Although Offered.
LINK FOR THROUGH TRUNK LINE
pi FI E St. Louis. Brownsville & Mexico railroad is coming
| j to San Antonio. A branch is to be run north from
J X Kingsville to San Antonio, and I have alreadv se-
cured oral contracts for the right-of-way as far as
Alice, twenty-two miles from Kingsville, where we meet the San
Antonio & Pass railroad.
“As soon as our road is completed to Alice we will establish
a temporary through service to San Antonio over the San Antonio
& Aransas Pass. The line to Alice will be completed as soon as
possible. It may be several months before trains are in operation.
; As to the time when we will extend the line on to San Antonio I
i cannot say definitely, as we have not decided upon the route yet.
We have several routes under consideration. I will say, however,
that our cars will be coming into San AntoAio within the next
twelve months."—Albert T. Perkins, first vice president of the St.
Louis. Brownsville & Mexico railroad.
This announcement was made by Mr.
Perkins at a conference at the Cham
ber of Commerce at 11 o'clock this
morning and came as a great but most
pleasant surprise to those attending the
conference, who were Fred W. Cook,
president of the Chamber of Commerce;
Nat M. Washer. Duval West and John
B. Carrington, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, William Doherty,
traffic manager of the St. Louis,
Brownsville & Mexico railroad, head
quarters at Kingsville, accompanied Mr.
Perkins.
Mr. Perkins and Mr. Doherty arrived
in the city from the Brownsville eoun
’ try this mornii and immediately upon
’ their arrival sei't word to the secretary
9 of the Chamber of Commerce that Mr.
’ | Perkins desired to confer with Presi
’ j dent Cook, Mr. Washer and other mem
-1 bers of the Chamber of Commerce. The
request was quickly granted and when
9 Mr. Perkins had informed those who
had gathered at the conference that the
.' St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico rail
road had decided to extend its line to
San Antonio the San Antonians could
* scarcely believe their ears.
Mr. Perkins said that the St. Louis,
. Brownsville & Mexico road had for
some time past had up the fubject of ;
i extending to San Antonio but it decided
। to say nothing to the San Antonio busi
ness men until some definite arrange
ments had been made.
Road Is to Be Built.
“These arrangements have been
made,” said Mr. Perkins, “and I am
here to tell you gentlemen that our
line is to be extended to your city with
in a very short time.”
Asked" if the road was to be further
extended from San Antonio to Brady,
• making connection there with the
. Frisco system, Mr. Perkins replied that
he did not know what the arrangements
.; would be after the liue was built to
, | San Antonio. He intimated that the
' j line would in the course of time be ex
j tended to Brady, thereby giving the
'I Friseo a through line from the Browns
; ville country to the north.
J “Our road has made wonderful gains
i during the past year and more is to be
done, ’ ’ said Mr. Perkins. ‘‘ We have
I had San Antonio in mind and just as
I soon as the line to Alice from Kings
ville is in operation we will be running
our own trains into San Antonio over
the Sap's tracks from Alice. This ar
rangement will be only temporary, until
our line is built into San Antonio from
Alice. I
“Seventeen miles of 80 potrnd steel
rails have been laid by the Brownsville
road this year and before January 1,
■ we expect to have an additional forty
three miles laid. Thirty-five miles of
' new track have been laid in the Rio
| Grande valley to take eare of the sugar
cane and agricultural products. Four
of the new locomotives recently ordered
were delivered at Houston yesterday.
This shows that our road is making
rapid strides towards becoming a first
class road.
LAST EDITION
4 o'Clock
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
| Questioned as to whether the St.
! Louis, Brownsville & Mexico railroad
had taken over the San Antonio, Rio
Grande & Tampico road, a small portion
of which is graded. Mr. Perkins an-
I swered:
“Our road has not bought the San
1 Antonio. Rio Grande i Tampico road
i and will not buy it. There are no ne
i gotiations on for the Durchase of that
road as ?ar as I know. We will build
our own line into San Antonio. Mr. Ed
wards, of the San Antonio, Rio Grande
& Tampico, eame to me about a vear
ago with a proposition but no deal "was
made. You can say to the people of
San Antonio that our road has not en
tered into any deal or agreement with
the Edwards road, but that we intend
♦ o construct our own line.”
The conference lasted over an hour,
Mr. Perkins talking freely as to the
plans of his company.
The announcement that a railroad
company bad decided to come into San
Antonio without asking a bonus almost
staggered Mr. Cook and Mr. Washer.
Business Men Are Jubilant.
“Why this is a most pleasant sur
prise.” said Mr. Washer. “You are
the kind of railroad man I like to talk
to.”
••The business men of San Antonio
will be delighted to hear of this prop
osition. I feel sure that this railroad
will be built as the announcement that
it will be is made by a real railroad
man, an officer of a railroad company
which is rapidly improving its line al
ready in operation. We San Antonians
will give the St. Louis, Brownsville 4
Mexico railroad a most cordial wel
conie.”
Mr. Cook was just as jubilant. “The
coming of the St. Louis. Brownsville &
Mexico railroad to San Antonio will put
us 100 miles closer to the Brownsville
country than Houston,” said Mr. Cook.
“That will mean great things for San
Antonio. This is the road we have
needed all the time and the news that
it is to be extended to San Antonio is
good. ’ ’
After the conference Mr. Perkins and
Mr. Doherty were the guests at •
luncheon at the St. Anthony hotel.
They will reinaiu in the city until to
night when they will go to Houston-
Mr; Perkins expects to return to his
headquarters at St. Louts within the
next week. He has been in the Browns
ville and coast country for about two
weeks, and says conditions there ar
very satisfactory to his company.
LABORERS*ARE KILLED.
Portion of Dam Collapses- Kilim* 8«t
-eral and Injuring Number of
Italians-
_ . . „ r tug. 15.— Several
lt.Yun'iXrer, were ki.lcd «d a large
nlimb er injured by th. collapse today
of a portion of a dam in
conntv, at Masaeua. on the btg power
canal.’ The injured were taken to a
hospital at Cornwall, QaL