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PRESIDENT MAKES FURTHER DENIAL OF HARRIMAN’S CAMPAIGN FUND EXPOSE
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On this sub-
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REVENUE MATTERS
STILL UNSETTLED
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motives, either in consequence
proper
in consequence of lm-
of th:9ats or
ton
between railroad capi-
anyone has at-
of the American legatlon to Guatemala
neulty was bright tonight.
WALL STREET INTERESTED.
WOMAN IN POLITICS
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cable
Sidney Webster and the correspondence; but desire to come to the United States.
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given him such prominence.
he lose of its
points
the last two years as disproving
uing
that Immunity would
imputations
any
them for their contributions.
be shown
WOMAN WITH A RIFLE
etema M«vk.
ManMIAN’S AmrTiox.
ation la regarded aa seriouw by tha im-
payments
NOT YET DECIDED
were
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ATROCITIE$ ALLEGED.
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WEATHER FORRCAST.
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basing rates
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Washington, April 1.— President Bo-
nilla of Honduras is still surrounded
at Amapala so far a- the state depart-
ment knows, tat the bombardment of
the town by Nicaraguan gunboatn has
ceased, according to dispatches received
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the vestibule being shattered.
The wounded white mon I
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thing new happened 1" that a young lady
wan elected city secretary over a popu-
hanineas
Interest
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The ohildren of General Caretamo, it is
I added, were han fed bY the invaders.
Finley Denies That There is
Any Connection Between
IF"
7VA
find it to be absolutely impracti-
Take the ease o tWO rallroads
west,
pl ted
States
in ।
I and
decl-
street where Mr. Harrlman’s position
as a leader in the railroad world has
boro a wedding supper awaited them interest nt the public at large.**
Weir, who was "hot in the hip and left
leg. and & C. Crawford, who was struck
in ths left hip.
against the Salvadoran republic
It is the desire of the Nicaraguan
would
> earn
alone
Roosevelt Still Trying to Ex-
plain the Affair.
RAIL RATES AND
CAPITALIZATION
Points Out Misconceptions Re-
garding Railroads.
shooting of her bushand is known
was 44 years of age.
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Denies the Imputation That Immunity
Has Been Shown Contributors
to Campaign Fund.
Tabor’s Case will be Taken to Court of
Appeals
Texarkana, April B — (Special.)—Judge
H. A. Turner of the Fifth judicial dis-
trict refused to grant a new trial this
morning In the case of the State of
Chairman of House Committee May Be
Able to Report Today--Partial
Agreement Reached.
Vow Married Man and Women Die ia
Kotol Pize,
Hundreds of Skilled and Unskilled
Laborers From I and of the Hiring
bun Seeking Admiutance.
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l’reslelent of Souther Kallway Fhinks
Iniraicat lewislation Hurta Pubilc
as Mnch as Ruilroada.
EFFORTS BEING MADE TO REACH
COMPROMISE ON TAX
BILIS.
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Controversy Eagerly Dinenssed la Fin-
aneial Cirelem,
New York, April B.—The publication
of the letter from E. H. Harriman to
ACTION OF UNITED STATES OF-
PICIALS DORSN’r M IT
NK AHAGI A.
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hold passports jssued to them by the
. “ -------- They
tmpoasible to prevent smuggling serous
the border of either Mexico or British
Columbia.
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Depew’s Toga
washington, April 1.—The following
, -tement was given out at the White
use today:
The real reason for E. H. Harriman's
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nature of thr bnnis at -utdlement ngrend
upon by th. men l». it wan ntatea by pomd rei ion
They expeet to obtam emplosment on
th. railroad, of th. West and South-
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THE FORT WORTH RECORD
AND REGISTER
SMALL RACE RIOT
Ta. waste, ana we Minek- Shot
Lymeabere. Va.
Lnehbure. va., April 1—A wall riot
cccurred tonight at ruth and Main
ork out such a hem* he would
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Oklahoma and Indlan Territory i
|b«w»n aad eooler for kursdays
Kiday fair.
West Tetaps esttered phovyers
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Frlpy falr, fresh to brisk —M
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Zelaya’s Washington Keprese ntative
Seeks Information From State
Department Officials.
apportionment, return
intiuenee Kar secir
defendant was convicted yesterday and
3. __ Secretary his puntshment placed at tmprisonment
if anyone should seriooaly undertake
the competitve polnts
bustnesg between these
was at the Presiden’s solicitation that
he raised $200,000 for use in New York
state in the campaign of 1904.and that
the President agreed "If found neces-
sary" to appoint Senator Depew to be
ambassador to France it was declared
In banking circles that light could be
shed on the question of campaign con-
tributions in 1904 if the books of the
called at the department today and In-|men ward No 1: C B Stratton, ider-
qutred as to what authority Philip; man ward No 1; T O Wayland ider-
Brown, secretary nt the American legs- man ward no 1 short term, Ton De,
tion to Guatemala and Honduras, had a Mw man ward No 3, C C Byer", idor
for his interference with the bombard-man ward No 4,
ment of Amapala by the Nicaraguan ' Mise With its rerelved s majority ot
annot cntrol
Austin, Texas, April 3.— (Special.)—An
effort is being made to reach an agree-
ment with the railroad interests on
been kiljed politically by
--- - „ r.-- icogt “"d ‘he other may be onstructed
lar youns man. Followin« I. the rewui 11 "uun a mountainou. country nt •
of th. "ietoni ie.vy co-t Th. capttaniaation at
C W Meclain, morhal , kl I the mountain line. may. ery ...........
Danjein, elty attorny M1» Charine I „ , „ tar. umen „ „ that
withttn, elty wecretaryiJ. N Nal .a ? th. 1, wrnde ime „ rat-, shovia
wenmor and oollectot Ml< .ontorn deE j enpitaliztton th. rate, on
wara No. 1:CB stratton. monoum in. -.M be twa or
national Republican committee
thrown open.
Harry S. New of Indiana la no1
Ing chalrman of the committee.
the United Stateu.
"Leaving aside the question
ject the President referred to a state-
ment which he made Nov. 4, 1904, in
which he said in part:
— "That contributions have been made
to the Republican committee aa contri-
butions have been made to the Demo-
crats is not the question at issue. Par-
kero assertion is In effect that such
contributions have been made from im-
immediate effect.
politictans say
BRIDAL COUPLE PERISH ing one cent <0 murplua, nad been ,x-
_______ pended t T theepurpowee It would
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forces. Mr. Corea's advices from his seventeen votes over Jack Allin fnr etry
government show that Brown went to secretary, and M f. Daniels received
Amapala by the courtesy of th eNleara- six more votes than W, E Myern
lAnlirond Kna-
found, on careful examination.
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ntepand .11 Central Amertean repbiesishe •« not captured until bw ammu-lments and iproxomoni. Thi.mean:
State department omciaie nave reruned 1
to dlscione what Mr. Brown's instruc-
tions have been.
have amounted to only about $3,600
per mile upon its present mileage. The
enct is that proper dividends should be
Ran Salvador, April • — According to
| reports dr ou la tad here from Honduras
when the invading Nicaraguan and|Mrs
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ORIENTAIS ARE BEING SHIPPKD
ACROSS NORTHERN AND
SOUTHERN BORDERS.
streets, la which two white men and
two negroes were shot one of the ne-
groes' wounds probably being fatal. All
have been removed to the Gity bos-
pital.-
Three white men were walking on
Fifth street and were jostled off the
sidewalk by four negroes, one of the
white men being knocked down in the
gutter. A quarrel ensued and general
shooting followed. A passing car was
struck a number of times, the glass in
Borne of them have already ap-
for admission to the United
and have been denied.
, talization and rates'’ he said. I have
today from Philip R Brown. necretary n man in authority that the prospeets
for a peaceable settlement of the dif-
Eaeugl
Washington, April
Loeb snid today that there would not for Ilf..
be any further announcement form appenl to the court of oriminni appeals
the President bearing on the iseue be- counsel haring served notle to that at-
tween htm and A H Harriman grow-l feet in open court today.
Threntenea Strike
the payment f Interest and without
paying one ent of.ividends or carry-
Reterring to th" argument that rates
are kept up tn order to pay dividends
on watered stocks and that if these
not made earn Inga
Houston tendered his goo offices for
negotiations between the committee and
the rallroad interests, seeking to reach
some bests on which the committee and
the railroad people could agree, so that
the tax measures could be pushed
through without a fight from this quar-
ter. Mr Wolters has no personal inter-
est in the matter, but acts merely in
the interest of harmony. Some progress
has been made and it may be that by
tomorrow this question will be settled.
The lumber and oil people had fre-
quent conferences today with mombers
of the committee, and it la very likely
that an agreement will be reached soon
as tn thelr interests. It is certain the
lumber people will not be required to
pay a gross tax if ths intangible bili
will reach them. Just what the oil peo-
ple will have to do has not been deter-
mined.
Packing houses will be taxed under
the Intangible act and not under the
gross tax. The committee held a short
executive session tonight and Chairman
Kennedy hopes to be able to report to-
morrow.
Mr. Terrell of McLennan endeavored
to call up the appropriation bfll in
the house today, but failed. It is very
evident many members of the house
want to force this bill and the revenue
measures to an extra session in order to
draw |I per day
on its
every instance the Immigrants । the tax measures, Hon. J.F. Wolters or
probably make it impossible to
government to \aara by whnt right Mr arrest the woman he opened fire
Brown I. notinu for salvado. sueh .hooting whenever on. of th. fve of.
interterenee on hl. part 1. . radicailticers howed any portion, ot Mm«ir
„ggggge
u
other Polstlelans,
declaration of
PASSPORTS TO MEXICO
hence cannot affect the shipping pub-
lie,"
He supported this statemnent by quo-
tatioyg from President Hadley ^t Yale
aydfom Chairman Knapp of th* Inter-
sRMe commerce commission He gave
examplea of the producing ioculities,
of marketa, vf carriers and of commodi-
y,nate sata te Wave Hnnkered fof anything said in the letter to Sidney---
- — Webster in which ba declared that It migration oficlals for it is practlcaily
wl - |O^ Bi
last yei
the field
from nonrompetittve
between President Roosevelt and Mr.
Sherman and the President and Mr.
Harriman was given the widest consid-
eration in financial and political cir-
cles today. The statement given out
by Mr. Harriman last night in reply to
tie to show that railway chargee are
’ the outgrowth of economic laws and
commretal conditiona.
Rates Sad Capitniantion.
"In sll the discussion about ths sup-
General Carotamo was tbs Konuran
the Roosevelt-Sherman correspondence hold passporz m-ueu - -- —
was eagerly read, specially in Wall Japanese government to Mexico.
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1s yverthrown as uneonstitutionai
void by ths court of appeals in a ■
sion handed down unexpettedly
by NIcaragun
proper promises, direct and indlrect on
the part of the recipients, e e • But
there is not one particle of truth In
the statement," etc.
Neither Mr. Parker nor his support-
ers. the President declared, have been
able to traverse or question the state-
ments made in that answer. The Presi-
dent said that to his own knowledge
about a ozen contributions offered by
corporations had been declined by
Chairman Cortelyou, but that others
had been accepted. A contribution by
the American Tobacco company, he
said, had been returned. A prominent
man had made a contribution of $20,-
000 to the Republican campaign fund.
Subsequently this man had made known
his desire for an appointment in the
diplomatic service In the event that the
President was elected. As soon as hie
motives became known the national
committee returned his contribution.
The President asserted to his callers
that none of the corporations that con-
tributed to the campaign fund In 1904
had come to him for favors, either di-
rectly or indirectly. In this connec-
tion the President referred to the leg-
islation enacted regarding corporations
guan omcers, aszurng them that he
hoped to persuade Bontlla to surrender,
thus ending the bombardment of the
city. The Ntoaraguans consented to
cease firing for twenty-four hours Re-
fers that time Mr Brown went to La
Union. Salvador, aner from there he
dfrecte4 a protest on behalf of Halvn-
dor against the renewal of the"bom-
ba rd me nt of Amapala, saying that Sal-
vador would regard such action as a
only one who would add anything to I
the tetters and statements made by the |
President and Mr. Harriman. He is
W V. April B— Dr, and
the! a fraction of $14000 per mils, whereas.
Heir every cent of its net earninga after
KENNEDY IS HOPEFUL
enough to pay 'he
bonds ’
Dividends and w
After deliver i ng the ultimatum of the
general mnnagers to the representa-
fives of th* men this Afternoon a long
conference was held and the final result
was that the labor leadera earns to’an
agreement which they requented the
two government offlelals to deliver to
the managera tomorrow. While it is
not known officially' what the exact
with Mrs. Drew. No cause tnr
fconfnsign; former
-ttrtunu—wh”—were
Mins Wilhite Eleeted City Becretary of
Clebure,
Cleburne, Texan, April 3 (Hpeciai)
A total of 903 votes were cust here in
th* elty election yesterday, -nd some-
influential poil-
tell ths American officials that the
Japanese government will not issue
them passports to the United States.
Under ths circumstances the Japanese
cannot be admitted legally to this
country but scores of them are being
smuggled across the Mexican border.
The department is also informed that
many Japanese are reaching Honolulu.
There they take passage to San Fran-
cisco bearing passports to British
Columbia. From San Franeleco they
go to Vancouver. Intending to make
their way across the northern border
to the United Staten The general situ-
I when tB. mvaamng mioaraguan ana I -r. Loya Garee »t thia pince pasd t order to the oradit on
Honduran rovoluuonary armte, oocu-were burned to death tonieht when thelwhica a carrier oan provMde Haalf. in
| plod Tegucigalpe they surrounea the Riverview hote was destroyod by firn the tnoney market, with the means to
place on a murerea several persons Mr and Mrs Garee were married yee- add to its faciltties in those particulars
terday in Mounduvilje, and were on route which are esnentlal, not only to its
to the homo of the groom’s mother, own interota as a carrler, but *9 the
riman himself was not at his office as
early as usual today. It was said that
he was in consultation with several of
his friends as to the present aspects of
the situation, presumably with a view
to defining his future attitude and course
at procedure, should the President make
a rejoinder to his statement of last
night. Not.the least interesting por-
tion of Mr* Harriman’s presentation of
his side of the controversy was his
statement that he could not withdraw
lag out of the conferences and letters
between the two in the latter part of <
1904, the details of which wars made
public yesterday.
competing for tusinesa between two
common points One of thrm may be
* Hue . nstru ted throuzh comparative-
ly level country •« relatively small
Pams ef Five Louilana orfeers Neld
ney for Hourw.
New Orleans, April B—Armed with a
rifle and standing guard over her e ad
has ba Ads body. Mrs I. C Drew held a
sherire and four deputies at bay or
over twenty hours yesterday at Water
Valley, La., accordina to dispatehes
reai hing her* tonight It is charged
that Mrw Drew shot her husband.
When the sheriffs posse arrived to
three times those on tpe other and the
mountain line, been ise of its high rates
woubt be put out of bus Inees between
POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE
vow I ork I eut-imisce Apporetonment .
. Knoeked Out by < ourt.
Albany, N Y, April a The entire
apportionment nt iegilative diatri ta
made by the lnat New ¥erk legialature-
Washington. April Intormation
has reached the immigration bureau of
the department of commerce and labor
that hundreds of Japanese have arrived
in Mexico destined for the United
states. The Inepector who was sent
to Mexico by Commissioner Sargent to
investigate the immigration at Japan:
eee to the United States today notined
the department that he had Interviewed
several hundred Japanese, principally
laborers, skilled and unskilled, who era
now in Mexico. Many of them are in
strattenea etreumstanced. They have
no intention of remaintag in Mexico.
commander who defeated ths rovolu-
tiontets of Honduras at El Carragal
early in January, compelling them to
flee into Nicaragua He was defeated
later at San Marcos, but after having
been reported kilted, succeeded In re-
gaining the Honduran lines uninjured.
He then gave an nccount of the out-
rages said te. have been perpetrated on
women and defeneeless citizens of san
Marcon which the general said was
looted and sacked by the soldiers of
Nicaragua.
Mouthed Over the Affair.
New York, April E—While the con-
troversy which has arisen between
President Roosevelt and E. H Harri-
man following the publication of a let-
ter written by E. H. Harriman to kid-
ney Webster regarding the collection at
a campaign fund by Mr Harriman dur-
ing the presidential campaign in 1004,
la attracting widespread attention v-
ticlans and others who were closely
connected with the campaign do not
show a disposition at this time to dis-
cum the subject.
It is imposnibie tn alqulate the conse
quences o the dec talon whleh they de-
Neribe as a political earthrunke."
If la genvrally belleved berk tonight
thnt the decision may prolong through-
out May, and perhnpa into June, the
seston of the leu lalat are because ot
the ne esafty of enas Ung a new appor-
tlonment in* the court holding that
unless thia is dune, lb i next election
for members of sll her house must be
held under the apportionment Iuld
down in the conatitutio.N of 1890,
courts below whieh hitherto have uus-
tnined the act The dechalon dors not
affect the personnel or invalidate the
acts of the prenent legial dura but
political velationn and aliguments In
every part of the altar mnde tu auit
now conditione have been thrown irTb
and Honduras. The United States
cruiser Chlengo and the gunboat
Princeton are both known to be lying
near the island on which Amapala is
situated and the presence of these two
American warships is supposed to be
largely responsible for the bait in the
bombardment.
Mr. Brown's dispatch today did not
state whether President Bonilia has
been offered refuge on an American
warship, neither does he state wheth-
er he hag taken any action to protect
the fugitive prenident Mr. Brown is
at La Union, Salvador, only a few miles
from Ania pain
Mr Corea, the Nicaraguan minister,
ployes Will Be Averted.
Chicago, April z A settiement of the
controversy between the wesiern rail
reads and their conduct ora ani train-
men neems nearer tonight than at any
time since Commisstonera Knapp and
Neil have interceded in behait of
penee
Congldera That He has sala Texas vs. Phil E. Tabor. In which the
Washington, April 8.— President
Roosevelt discussed w^h a number of
his callers today various features of
ths controversy between Mr. Harriman
and himself growing out of the publi-
cation of the letters between them. He
desired not to be quoted in the matter,
however. To his friends today the
President made it plain that his ver-
sion of Harriman’s visit preceding the
election of 1904 was that Mr. Harri-
man wanted assistance from the national
Republican committee to help Mr. Odell
in the New York state campaign toward
whose campaign expenses he (Harri-
man) had raised $100,000. The Presi-
dent promised to communicate with
Secretary Cortelyou and Mr. Bliss to
see what could be done. He did in this
case, he declared, just what he had
dons in other instances where he had
been appealed to help in state cam-
paigns.
To some of his visitors the President
referred to the statement made publio
last night by Alton B. Parker in Albany
in which he said that it has never been
denied that $150,00 was turned over by
the Equitable, Mutual and New York
Life Insurance companies to Mr. Cor-
telyou’s committee and that congress
had refused to make an investigation
Into the corporate contributions of 1904
tieal that I have no hesitatton tn say-
tng-thatevery—tegtstattve-prepesttron
that is inimical to the ralironds wT be
status of Anti-Gamblng Aet Remnin"
is Donbt.
Austin, April (Speclal — Th- at.
torney generars department has not
yet passed on the question an to wheth-
er or not the anti-gambiing bil Koe"
into immediate attact. 8ome question
has arisen as to whether the bill was
passed in each a torm as to make it go
into offset at ones. The orizinal bill
passed the house by a viva voee vote
and without the amatgtner cleune and
the free conterence committee to wpren
the bill was referred sdded the emer:
gncy clause and the report of tht
committee was adopted by the required
majority in both branches to put it
I xienrngwen- onargea With Murdertms
Detem-el--• pHiwomer.
• nd practical schemegFor
on rapitalization I am ■
Qreen iboro, N C.. April J At lbs
annual bunquet fthe Mere hanta and
Manufacturers club tonight. W. w.
Finley, president of the Houthern rati-
way responded to the toast, "Nortn
Carolina and its ilelationa to the Rail-
fund Problem."
He said Ths tnterest, ot ratiroad
• nd of tlie people dependent an It for
alder it, that my whois training and
inclination Impelled me to continue my
service as senator, and that so far as
I was concerned It was the senator-
ship or nothing. Not long after that
the opposition was withdrawn."
Bliss la Non-Committal.
Cornelius N. Bliss was asked if he
had antyhing to say about the situa-
tion developed by the exchange of
statements between Mr. Harriman and
President Roosevelt.
"You can’t galvunlxe ancient history,
or ancient fiction," sgid Mr. Bliss. "I
have kept still for two years and I do
not see any profit in saying anything
now. What has passed is the past,
and that’s an end to it."
Senator Platt could not be seen at his
office, and his secretary brought out
word that the senator would not, "dis-
cuss anything which may appear in the
newspapers," and that nothing could
induce him to change his position in
that .regard.
Former Governor Odell in Newburg
declined to discuss the Harriman let-
ters and the President’s reply. He also
refused to talk on the moneys received
by the Republican state committee,
while he was at its head.
Ex-Governor Black, who was a candi-
date for the senatorship with Mr. De-
pew, also declined to talk.
"Whatever my inclination might be.”
he told reporters who asked about his
withdrawal from the race Against De-
pew in 1904, "the proprieties will allow
me to say nothing."
nterest in the election of the "fate
ticket in New York in 1904, reference
to which was made tn the communica-
tion, which paased between him and.
the President, was that he desired to
advance his own ambition,. It la as-
aarted that Mr Harriman wanted the
positton at senator now ailed by Mr
Depew and that this was the reason
why ha was anxious to have him ap-
pointed ambassador to Paris The In-
erencer from Mr. Harriman', attitude
was th if Senatot Depew could ba
induced to go to Paris, that Governor
HI rain a waa prepared to appoint Har-
riman to the vacancy.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1907.—TWELVE PAGES.
could go to Improvements and better-
menta, Mr. Finley sald this was another
enttre misconstruction of the sttua-
tron.
"The Southern Railway company
since its urbanisation twelve years
ago, he sld, "spent or contracted to
spend, and it tn the act of spending
more than s26,000,000 for ite additions
to enenitiex and for capitalized batter-
__(
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Caytalu Lirlos' Case
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Aprt r—tm dia-
trict courts here are guarding with, the
utmnost secrecy everything in connection
with the process being carried on against
Captain Jouqum Lirtos of ths Olympia
It le rumored that Investigatton has
shown that General Quterone did not
mannge the embarkation or th troeps
on bonrd th* Olympla, but that the mat-
ter was attended in by a man named
Ocuno. an employe or the East Coast
ef Yuentan Colontzntton company, to
whieh concern the steamer Olympia be
! lonua
The Spanish colony hre has shown a
strong di-position to Interest itaeir in
favor of Captain Lirion, who hmnneit is
said to he a native of Hpaln,
The captain takes every posaihle op-
portunity to deny that he la in any woy
guilty, and endeavors to place all biame
upon Ocano,
whether the railroads of this couatry
are over apltalized, I wish to aay to
you that the idea that the rates are
controlled by i apitalisation is entirely
without justin ation Capitalzation
may ufreet the investing publie, but it
equally inimleal in its ullimate efte ta
to the interesta of the people of the
territories served by their lines.
Popular Mimconeeption.
Mr Finley sald that while the capi-
talizalion of each railroad munt be con-
sidered un Ha merita, be was covinced
that there was seriqus popular error in
supposinu that there ie any cnsidera-
big overcapitalization of railroads in
"My knowledge of ths $200,000 cam-
paign fund was all gained after the oc-
currence to which Mr. Harriman refers. I
I knew nothing about it at ths time,
and it would b improper for me to
mention any names in any way. I may
say, however, that ths money did not
come from corporations, neither from
Individuals whose corporation affilia-
tlons were such that they had anything
to expect from ths administration In
return. They were men of wealth, who
necessarily had certain corporation
connections, but these did not move
them in contributing the money.
The Ambasandorship.
"So far as the mention of my name
for the post of ambassador to France
le concerned. I will say positively that
that matter was not broached to me
until December, after the opposition to
my re-election as United States senator
had crystallised. I had heard nothing
at all about it at election time.
"I will not aay through what source
the suggestion came that I should take
the post except that I wan asked if I
would not accept such .an appointment
and withdraw from the senatorial can-
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