San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 353, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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I r PAYS to patronize dentists
whose reputations are founded on
the principles of superior work and
honest dealings. Any of our patients
will testify to above as applying to
□ RS. HIGHT & WHEAT.
3rd Floor Hicks Bldg
VOL. 25 No. 353.
COOLY PLANNED
SELF DESTRUCTION
Carl Wahnschaffee an Aged German. Went to
the Scene of His Death an Open Lot.
Eating an Orange.
SUCCEEDED AFTERTWO ATTEMPTS
In the Morning He Tried to Sever Arteries With a Knife But Was
Disarmed; in the Afternoon He Took a Big Pistol and Shot
Hole in His Head- -His Act Witnessed By Several
Persons—Despondency the Cause.
After making an unsuccasst’il at-
tempt to kill himself by severing the
arteries in the wrist with a pocket
knife at 9 o’clock yesterday morning
Carl Wahnschaffee an aged German
successfully carried out his plans of
self-destruction in a vacant lot at the
corner of Wyoming and Walnut streets
yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock with
the aid of a .45 caliber pistol cf the
cap and ball design. Despondency due
to illness and domestic troubles are
the causes given for the act.
Wahnschaffee for the past two
weeks had been a patient in the San
Antonio Infirmary and was discharged
as cured yesterday morning. Arriv-
ing at his home 119 Plum street he
telephoned a physician asking for
some chloroform. The doctor told
him he could not have the drug.
Wahnschaffee later appeared with
the knife in his hand and threatened
to cut the arteries. Mrs. Laura Mintel
and Rosine Alexander who reside
next door disarmed the old man and
prevented him from carrying out nis
threat.
At 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon
Mintel saw Wahnschaffee load-
ing an old pistol. He told her ae was
going to shoot himself. He was eat-
ing an orange as he crossed the rail-
road track and carried the weapon in
his right hand.
Mrs. Mintel in the meantime tele-
phoned to the police to come and put
a stop to the contemplated tragedy
but before the police could reach the
scene Wahnschaffee had sent the lead-
en ball through his brain.
Officer L. J. Sultenfuss who was on
East Commerce street was notified
of the action of the man by Mrs. Alex-
ander. When within one block of Wy-
oming street he heard the report of
the pistol and on reaching the man
found that he was dead.
T. C. FROST
President.
FROST
NATIONAL BANK
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
c S" a $600000.00
EXCHANGE DRAWN ON PRINCIPAL CITIES IN EUROPE.
MEXICAN MONEY BOUGHT AND SOLD.
ALBERT BEITEL. R. M. BEITEL X
BEITEL LUMBER CO Successor to F J. Beitel.
LUMBER AND BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
P. O. BOX 393. BOTH PHONES No. 250. Branch Yards at Kerrville Texas
Office and Yards: West Commerce St. Near the I. &G. N. R. R.
E. B. CHANDLER
MONEY TO LOAN
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
102 Crockett Street
Ona Night Take I Q. p U One Night
to St. Louie the ■■ W Ui Ila to Mexico
“Mexico-St. Louis Special” for
MEXICO CITY
$26.60 Round Trip
On Sale Jan. 16 and 17--Limlt 30 Days
122 Alamo Plaza J. W. DALET P. &T A.
EIGHT PAGES.
Several negro people residing near
the vacant olt where the man shot
himself witnessed the shooting. Mrs.
Paul Machts who resides at the cor-
ner of Market and Navarro streets
was an eye witness to the shooting
and who was the nearest to the men
In describing the tragedy said:
•‘I was in a buggy with my two chil-
dren and was passing the vacant lot
when I saw the man enter lue place
with a long barreled pistol in his hand.
When he went about ten feet in the
enclosure he stopped and placed the
muzzle of the weapon to the left side
of his head. He then lowered the pis-
tol and removed the eye glasses that
he was wearing and placed them on
the ground after which he again
placed the gun to his head. He re-
mained in this position for a few mo-
ments when he again lowered the
weapon.
“When he raised the pistol to his
head the third time a loud report fol-
lowed and the man and weapon fell
in opposite directions.”
In shooting himself Wahnschaffee
used his left hand and the bullet
which entered the left side of the head
came out over the right eye tearing
a frightful hole In the skull.
When Officer Sultenfuss found that
the man was dead he summoned Coro-
ned Euscheid. After viewing the re-
mains the coroner ordered the body
taken to the Riebe undertaking estab-
lishment where It was prepared for
burial. The funeral will take place
this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock from 221
East Commerce street under the aus-
pices of the Hermann Sons of which
he was a member and Interment will
be made in the Hermann Sons’ ceme-
tery.
Wahnschaffee lived alone at his
home 119 Plum Street. Several years
Continued on Page Seven.
J. T. WOODHULL
Vlce-Preeident.
NED M’ILLHENNY
Cashier
ANOTHER
BAILEY
VICTORY
Senator Looney Secures
Adoption of Substitute
for Senter Resolution.
GREEN’S MOVE
Senator From Bexar Wants Attor-
ney Davidson Invertigated-
Resolution Referred.
Special to The Ught.
Austin Texas Jan. 15. —In the Sen-
ate this morning the Bailey forces
gained another victory when Senator
Looney had adopted a resolution
which is in the nature of a substitute
for Senter’s resolution which substi-
tute is about the same as that adopt-
ed last night.
Senator Terrell arose to a point of
order upon the introduction of Sen-
ter’s resolution before the body con-
tending that it was in conflict with
the substitute resolution adopted last
MEMBERS AND DELEGATES TO RETAIL SADDLERS' AND HARNESS MAKERS’ ASSOCIATION CONVENTION NOW IN SESSION IN THIS CITY
night. The Chair overruled the point of
order.
Senator Green of Bexar introduced
a resolution providing for investiga-
tion of Attorney General Davidson.
Senator Looney contended that it was
unconstitutional and takes away the
power of impeachment. The resolu-
tion was referred to Judiciary Com-
mittee No. 1. A resolution endorsing
Presiddht Roosevelt in his course in
discharging the negro troops for the
Brownsville affair was adopted. Sen-
ator Senter got the floor and deliver-
ed a lengthy speech on the matter.
Senator Senter was still speaking
when Senate took recess for the in-
auguration ceremonies.
Retiring Lieutenant Governor Neal
surprised the Bailey and anti-Bailey
forces today at noon by appointing on
the senate investigating Icommttee
four pro-investigators and three Bailey
supporters.
The committee follows: Green
chairman: Looney Brockfield. Senter
Skinner. Greer and Stone.
In the house today Representative
Duncan Cocke McGregor and others
secured the adoption of a resolution
asking Attorney General Davidson to
bring to the bar of the house all docu-
ments pertaining to eSnator Baiffiy
the Waters-Pierce Oil company Harry
Clay Pierce and the Standard OU com-
pany.
The Bailey matter was called np
again in the house. Representative
McGregor spoke aga'nst the adoption
of the Kennedy substitute. He de-
clared emphatically that it was not
the hours of Bailey and Davidson that
were at stake but also the fair name
of the state of Texas. He said that
the only power given to the committee
under the substitute was to merely
administer oaths. He said it was no
time to juggle .with phraseology and
no time to tear to shreads the honor
of Texas.
On account of the great increase of
the crowds in the gallery It was im-
possible for him tc continue his speech
and on the motion of Mr. Duncan the
house recessed until time for the In-
auguration. After the inauguration
the house adjourned tint’d tomorrow
at noon.
J. T. Burnett * Co. U idertakerfc
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS TUESDAY JANUARY 15 1907.
RUSSELL SAGE’S PERSONAL
FORTUNE PLACED AT $50000000
New York Tax Assessors Have Raised Its Value From the $2000000
Always Rendered by Financier During His Lifetime to the Higher
Figure-Total Value of Gotham Real Estate Placed at $5805219530
Associated Press. i
New York Jan. 15. —The tax list |
made public yesterday has several j
interesting features. Chief of these j
is the fact that the tax.assessors have j
written down the personal fortune
left by Russell Sage at $50000000.
This is easily the biggest individ-
ual personal tax ever recorded in the
/City’s books. Sage in his life time was
assessed at $2000000. Mrs. Sage to
whom was left practically all of the
Sage fortune is assessed on $5000-
000 in her own name. If these two
statements stand Mrs. Sago will have
to draw her check in favor of the city
treasury for something like $BlOOOO.
Lawson Purdy president of the tax
board Is quoted as saying that the
valuation of $50000000 put upon the
personal part of the Sage estate was
made up from the data furnished
by the administrators in connection
with the will.
Mr. Sage's fortune was different
from that of almost any other rich
man in New York city consisting
chiefly of cash notes and other prop.;
erty which is taxable under the head |
of personality. Fortunes like those 1
of Mr. Rockefeller the Vanderbilts .
the Goulds and others are largely in
stocks and other property which is |
RUSSIAN
FINANCES
Government Will Not Have to Re-
sort to Foreign Loan Says
Minister Kokoosoff.
SEES BRIGHT FUTURE
Large Part of Present Deficit He
Says Will Likely Be Balanced
by the Excess of Income
' of 1907.
■ •
Associated Press.
St. Petersburg Jan. 15.—A deficit in
the budget of 1907 will if the expecta-
tion of Finance Minister Kokovsoff are
realized be covered entirely from in-
ternal sources without resorting to a
foreign loan.
In an interview with a correspond-
ent of the Associated Press today the
minister said he hoped that a large
part of the deficit which has already
been reduced from $149300000 to
$121500000 by the surplus of 1906
would be balanced by the excess of
income in 1907 and it would be nec-
essary to raise more than $70000000
by an international loan issued with
the sanction of parliament.
M. Kokovsoff who referred optimis-
tically to the financial and interna-
tional conditions of Russia said the
issue of the loan could in no wise be
regarded as an indication of Russia's
inabillt yto live within her Income as
inability to live within her income as
tlement of outstanding war expenses
and to the relief of the severe famine
conditions.
"The estimates of the increase In
the income” said the minister were
taxed In another form and consequent-
ly does not appear in the official rat-
ing of their personal fortunes.
Only about half a dozen other New
Yorkers pay taxes on $1000000 or
more of personal property. Andrew
Carnegie heads this list with $5000-
000 and John D. Rockefeller comes
next at $2500000.
The books show an Immense in-
crease in the total valuation of real
estate. It will amount to fully 71 per
cent. Although the totals have not
been footed up the estimate of the
tax department is that the total in-
crease will aggregate in round num-
bers $405015315. This will bring the
the total value of the city's real es-
tate U” to $5805219530.
This means an increase in the bor-
rowing capacity of the city amount-
ing to fully $40000000. It will en-
able the city to undertake the build-
ing of at least one and possibly two
new subways. The present estimated
borrowing capacity is in the neigh-
borhood of $60000000.
Great advances in the value of real
estate in the neighborhood of big
public improvements are shown. Prop-
erty around the new Pennsylvania
station has bounded up in value.
Queensborough leads all others in the
percentage of increase.
KINGSTON
DESTROYED BY
EARTHQUAKE
Western Union in Receipt of Ad-
vices That Great Loss Has
Occurred in Jamaica.
—
Associated Press.
New York Jan. 15. —The Western
Union Telegraph Company l s in re-
ceipt of advices that Kingston Jamai-
ca has been destroyed by an earth-
quake.
Great los s of life is reported
THE PRESENT STAGE. '
The water wagon roffs along
With just a man or two beside it.
The water wagon now is full—
And so are those who used to ride it.
—Chicago Evening Post.
Otto RietM- under aker. rhoues 341
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets Druggists refund money if it
fails to cure. E. W. GROVE’S signa-
ture Is on each box. 25c.
as in 1906 purposely made on the j
most moderate basis less than $74-
000000 and the receipts for 1906 ex-
ceeded the estimates by $106000000. 1
While it is Impossible to predict the
future I absolutely believe that we I
are justified in expending a surplus in-
come of from $50000000 to $70000000. [
In the latter case I could ask parlia- I
ment to sanction a loan of only $50-
000000.” \ |
(Price 2 Cents.)
CAMPBELL IS NOW
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
He is Inaugurated in Presence of Big Crowd in
House of Representatives—Took the
Oath of Office at 12:10 p. m*
INAUGURAL SPEEGIPLEASED ALL
As He Promises to Protect the Interests of the People He is Roundly
Applauded- -Senator Bailey Also Speaks and the Egotism
of His Address is Noted and as a Result He
is Not Given Much Applause.
Special to The Light
Austin Tex. Jan. 15. —Thomas M.
Campbell was today at noon inaugu-
rated governor of Texas in the pres-
ence of 5000 people and Hon. A. B.
Davidson was inaugurated lieutenant
governor of Texas.
Retiring Governor Lanham intro-
duced the new chief executive in a
few appropriate words in which he
hoped God would bless Governor
Campbell's administration. The oath
ot office was administered by Associ-
ate Justice F. A. Williams of the Su-
preme court.
No Demonsrtation for Bailey.
At 11:45 Senator Bailey entered
w w . . IWW
§ THE WEATHER !
Local weather forecast for San An-
tonio and vicinity: Tonight and Wed-
nesday; Rain and colder.
Temperatures for Past Twelve Hours.
—Min. Max-
San Antonio 62 80
Chicago 20 36
Corpus Christi ... 68 76
Denver 12 18
El Paso 48 70
Fort Worth 60 76
Galveston ...... 66
Kansas City 16 32
New York 36 40
New Orleans 64 76
St. Louis ....... 26 42
FOUND MISSING PURSE.
Tomas Alavara who is in the coun-
ty jail on a charge of theft from the
person of a purse containing $49 in-
formed Deputy Constable Newton this
morning where he could locate the
purse. After a short search Newton
found the purse cut up in ribbon.
strings but the money was intact.
I —SAP I
I Davy Crockett I
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I HOUSTON AND GALVESTON I
ELEGANT SLEEPERS
BEATS THEM ALLI
I ED. SACHS City Ticket Agent Opposite Monger Hotei
READ
THE WANT ADS
SUBSCRIPTION $5 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
representative hall escorted by Jot
Gunter and Col. Peeler. There was
no demonstration.
At 11:45 the senate was admitted
to the house. Senator Skinner presid-
ed with Love.
After the roll call the report of the
committee on Inauguration was adopt-
ed.
At 12:05 Governor Campbell and
Governor I-anham entered the hall as
the band played “The Campbells ara
Coming." Then followed Atorney
General Davidson and pew and old
state officials. When Dixie was played
the audience went wild.
The chaplain of the senate led in
prayers.
Associate Justice F. A. Williams of
the supreme court administered oath
to Governor Campbell holding the
open bible between them.
The oath was taken at 12:10 p. m.
Campbell kissed the book in token of
his assent
Campbell Begins Speech.
At 12:25 Governor Campbell begau
his speech. An East Texan caused
cheers by waving a fishing pole on
which were tied bandana handker-
chiefs. Governor Campbell paid a
compliment to the retiring administra-
tion and sa'.d Governor Lanham was
his friend and enjoyed the confidence
of the people of Texas. He remarked
that the governorship was the first
state office to which he had ever
aspired and pledged himself to do his
duty by the whole people. He said
that during his strenuous campaign he
remembered no act of his that he
would recall and he paid high compli-
ment to his opponents. He said that
if he had been unjustly criticized In
the campaign he freelv and willingly
forgave and assured the assemblage
that he had no bitterness In his heart.
He pledged himself to support every
platform demanded and said every
state official was bound to support It.
(Cheers.) He spoke of the essential
principles of liberty and free govern-
ment and said these principles would
have hfs unqualified endorsement and
co-operatfon. He said the governor’s
office would be open at all times to
representatives and senators. He com-
mended public officials to observe civic
righteousness He said “Sween from
the floors of this hall the hired lobbies
and put down for al! time enemies of
the people’s government’’ (Cheers.)
Davidson Sworn In.
At 12:30 Lieutenant Governor David-
son was sworn in. Retiring Lieutenant
Governor O’Neil presented Mr David-
son He thanked the members of the
legislature and the people assembled
for the honor conferred upon him and
Continued on Page Seven.
TEXAS_
PIONEER
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Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Co
320 W. Commerce St Phones 2323.
TODAY
1851
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Time
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