Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 231, Hammond, Lake County, 19 March 1907 — Page 8

JfiE LAKE COUNTY TIMES Tuesday, March ID, 1907. Not Necessary. FAKE BY A REPORTER GRAFT LDDE STRUC HER OPINION. That Story of Confession of an Alleged Participant in tho Brownsvilio Affair. San Francisco Probers Said to Have Got Down to Pay Dirt for a Fact. WRITTEN TO "SELL THE PAPEE." MUCH EXCITEMENT IN TOWN Or Perhaps the "Enterprising" Writer Had a "Brain Storm." Sales of Franchises That Erought tho V u Sellers $450,000 Rumored. His lucky Star! It's every man's 'Or Perhaps He Was Taken in by a Jlote"-Other Facts Prove the Story False, Anyhow. Grand Jury Makes Up for lost Tim S'L ' . Jy good luck to have such a good chew to chew as by Sitting Up All Niht tJreat Sensation Is Promised Pretty Soon. 'A

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Washington, March 19. Tho principal development in the Brownsville affair investigation is that the alleged confession of "D. XV. Cray," supposed to "dp a member of company B, Twenty-fifth infantry, which is implicated in the shoot-up, which was printed nt Galveston, Tex., has been formally denied in a telegram from Major Blocksora, at San Antonio, to the war department. Major Bloc-ksom said iu his dispatch that he iiad received a telegram from the chief of police at Galveston saying that the publication was a fake. Senator Foraker had the alleged confession put In the record, with the denial, which had been supplied to Chairman Warren by the war department. The Ohio senator also had recorded the fact that there was not a man named "D. XV. Gray" in the disc-barged battalion, but that there were two men named Gray, one "G. W." and the other "J. II." Gray, in company C Both of these ; men were heard from, denying that they had made confessions. One is in West Virginia and the other in Pennsylvania. Four Guns Have Been Identified. The senate investigation Is being made most thorough, and the result of one branch of the inquiry is that lour rifles from company B, Twentyfifth infantry, were used in the Brownsville affray, if the ordnance department of the army can substantiate reports sent to the committee concerning a microscopic examination of the thirty-three shells picked up in the streets of the town on the morning following the shooting. All of the rifles in the possession of the battalion at Fort Brown on the night of Aug. 13 were sent to the Springfield arsenal, and two shots were fired from each. The shells used were then compared with these picked up at Brownsville, and the officers making the testa reported that it has been demonstrated beyond dispute that four guns of company B were used in discharging all of tho thirty-three shells. Experts Ready to Explain. The reports wore made a part of

the committee records, and Lieutenant

Hawkins, of the ordnance department,

and G. A. Spoouer, expert Inspector of gauges used In the manufacture of muskets at the Springfield arsenal, are ready to go on the 6tand to explain

the reports and be cross-examined concerning them. Two of company B's rifles, said to have been used in the

afrray, were kept in the storehouse un

der lock, the key of which was in tho

possession of ex-Quartermaster Sergeant Walker McCurdy, and the oth

er two rifles were said to have been Issued to Privates Joseph L. Wilson

and Thomas Taylor. Call lbr More Witnesses.

Senator Foraker immediately had

eubpoenaes Issued for Taylor and Wil

son, and for the recall of McCurdy.

He also asked that the war depart inent be Instructed to send for Lieu

tenant Laurison, who commanded

company B at the time of the affray Secretary Taft in a letter to the com

mitteo pointed out that the men who

did he shooting may have used any

guns they could secure, and that Tay

lor and Wilson cannot be held to be guilty because of the showing made by

the tests at the arsenal.

"HANDS ACE03S THE SEA"

Rev. Edward Matthews at the White

v House on Hie Mission of International Friendship.

. Washington, March 10. Beeponslve to a request made by Rev. Edward

W. Matthews, of London, formerly a

chaplain in the British navy, Mrs.

Roosevelt has promised to give a silt United States flag, with which to drape a bust of Admiral Lord Nelson, pre

sented to the naval academy by dN

rection cf King Edward.

When he came to the White House

3ev. Matthews brought with him

Victory medal and testament to present

to one cf the president's children. The souvenirs were given to Archie. The

president gave Matthews a persona

message of greeting and friendship for

the king. Something New Under the Sun.

London,' March 19. Dr. Thomaa

J. McNamara, parliamentary secretary rf the local government board, haa been admitted to membership in the

Dulwlch branch of the United Irish

League of Great Britain. This is the

f.rst instance of a member of the Brit

Ish ministry joining a militant Iris! Nationalist organization.

San Francisco, March 19. The ac

tion of the grand jury yesterday in

bringing before it tho members of the

board of supervisors aroused the greatest interest in the proceedings of that lody, which had been forced to sus

pend its sessions on account of the

loubts thrown upon the legality of its

existence by the attorneys of Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef, indicted for alleged extortion. When it wa.i announced that the grand jury would probabij- remain iu session all night

t was conceded that extraordinary re

sults may be looked for.

Bulletin Behind the Scenes ? To add to the public excitement The

Bulletin published an "extra" declar-

that further exposures of munici

pal corruption had been made, and that many indictments would soon be

reported. In certain circles the statements were given credence because of

the knowledge that The Bulletin people

have been openly securing evidence to

aid Assistant District Attorney Ileney

ri his prosecution of -public ofiicials.

The Bulletin says that a plot involving the granting of valuable street railway privileges has been laid bare.

Half-a-Mlllion-Dollar Bribe ? It Is charged that the sum of $4r.O,-

C00 was paid to high officials to per

mit of the conversion of street railway systems into electric lines, and that the bulk of this money was retained by

a mysterious man," and that small

sums of money were parceled out to minor city officials to secure enough

votes to permit of the granting of tLe

lequired franchises. Another story to that rival telephone companies each paid large sums of money, one to shut off competition and the other to secure

the right of competing for public pat

ronage.

Monopoly in Fights Bought. Another charge is that a corporation

fund of ?2G,000 was raised by prize fight promoters to secure a monopoly of light permits. The railway franchises and the telephone franchises were passed by the supervisor 3 in the day of confusion immediately

following the earthquake in April. Assistant District Attorney Heney a few days vgo, when asked for a candid

personal opinion of his evidence against

ofiicials Indicted and about to be indicted, said: "I have stronger evi-

denco against these people than I had

in the land fraud cases in Oregon, and where the juries convicted."

ECONOMY ON THE BAIL

Thousands of Men Thrown Out of Em

ployment on the Roads in

the West. Onaga, Kan., March 19. Pursuant

to orders from Union Pacific headquar ters at Omaha work on the construction of the Topeka and Northwestern

railroad from northwest has been sus

pended, and work, all along the road

has coine to a standstill. Already the

grading outfits from along the route

are arriving in this city for transportation to other parts of the coun try.

As a result of the shutdown thou

sands of men have been thrown out of

employment and every train leaving here is crowded with discharged laborers.

Ruefs Trial Is Postponed. San Francisco, March 19. Upon request of the prosecution the trial of Abraham Ruef, charged with extortion, has been postponed by Judge Dunne until March 25, in order to await the action of the United States supreme court at Washington on the writ cf error granted to Ruef by Judge IIebbard. The writ of error will come up in Washington next Monday.

Cleveland Still Hunting.

Georgetown, S. C, March 19. ExPresident Cleveland, Commodore E. C. Benedict, and Admiral Lamberton, who have spent some days at the home of General Alexander at South island, have left there and gone over to the club house of the Santee Gun club, where the party will remain for a fewdays. Fish on the Executive Committee. New York, March 19. Stuyvesant Fish.' ex-president of the Illinois Central road, recently elected a director of the Missouri Pacific, has been elected a member of the executive committee of that company.

A - iA hj. Belle Did you havo to help hixa out when he proposed? May No; papa did.

Will Decide a Commerce Question. Washington, March 19. If a motion made in the supreme court of the United States by Attorney General Bonaparte is granted the court will soon ronsidr-r the question of the effect ok' the interstate commerce law on transportation contracts made nrior to tho enactment cf the law.

Local Option for Colorado. Denver, March 19. A local option bill, with an emergency clause, has been finally passed by the legislature. It Is epproved by Governor Buchtel and will become a law before the end of the week. Salvador Openly wilh. Honduras. Panama, March 19. -According to reliable information received here from Salvador that country has allied itself -openly with Honduras in tho war with Nicaragua,

Full Stop.

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Dusky Visitor (who has never seen a hot water bottle before) I done kill Cat beast anyway. Sketch.

Harold: "Do you believe In age before beauty?"

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