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FI&OST
NATIONAL BANK
X $650000
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS
HE LOANED
REVOLVER
TO CARMACK
Witness Testifies That After
Receiving Threatening Mes-
sage From Cooper Carmack
Came to. Him for Weapon.
EXPECTED TROUBLE
Nashville Tenn.. Feb. 26. —Counsel
for both sides in the trial of Colonel
Cooper Robin Cooper and John Sharp
for the slaying of former Senator Car-
mack spent a busy evening last night.
The startling attack of the state up-
on the integrity of Colonel Cooper as
clerk and master of chancery and as
associate of a defaulting state t ins-
urer took the defense by surprise for
a moment but special agents were
soon a$ work and last night several
men from various points in the state
men Who are presumed to be able to
throw light upon the charges until
far into the night were in conference
with the attorneys for the defend-
ants.
Army Officer Testifies.
Colonel Cooper was nbt questioned
further this morning.
Lieutenant Pilcher United Slates
army testified as to the position in
which he found the body of Carmack
when he arrived upon the scene of
the tragedy and also as to picking up
the revolver of Senator Carmack
which lay on the ground. He said that
the revolver had four loaded shells and
two empty ones. 1 He said that he be-
lieved the revolver had been recently
exploded but was not positive on that
point. The revolver as a 38 caliber
Smith A- Wesson hamnierless.
Loaned Carmack Pistol.
W. O. Vertress a prominent attor-
ney testified that he loaned Senator
Carmack a revolver. He also identi-
fied the scabbard which was shown
him and stated that the revolver was
loaded in every chamber when given
to the senator.
After on the request of the defense
the jury had been excluded Vertress
stated that when he gave Carmack
the revolver the senator said that lie
nad received a threatening message
from Colonel Cooper who said that if
Carmack used his name again one or
the other of them must go.
*• ‘After the message there was noth-
ing for me to do but put his name in
again and it gees in tomorrow’ said
Carmack.
Put Weapon in Pocket
‘ The senator then asked me to loan
him a revolver as it was Sunday night
and he could not buy one He said
that he did not know' how to use it
but friends insisted that he arm him-
self.”
"I told him that it was a self-action
revolver and all had to do was to pull
the trigger. I removed the loads and
demonstrated the use of the weapon.
“The senator put the revolver with
scabbard on it in his pocket.”
The defense objected to admitting
the statement with the exception of
the fact that the senator put the re-
volver in his pocket. A long argument
ensued and Judge Hart stated that the
question was an important one as it
affected the state’s rebuttal case and
adjourned court until 2 o’clock when
he would hear further argument.
MARKETS
COTTON.
New York—Barely steady. Yester-
Onen. Hich. Low. Close. day.
Marph 9.30 9.38 9.30 9.32-33 9.28
9.31 9.35 9.26 9.27-28 9.27
V./. 9.31 9.35 9.26 9.27-28 9.28
October”:::: 926 9.2 s 9.21 9.23-24 9.23
New Orleans —Steady.
Mar 'h 9 2.3 9.24 9.21 9.22 9.18
M*. ‘ ’ 9.40 9.42 9.35 9.37 9.35
VSI 9.49 9.54 9.48 9.49-50 9.48
October".::::::.: 923 9.26 9.21 9.2223 9.21
Leading Spot Markets.
Tester-
Today day.
Liverpool. easier 5.02 5.03
Sales. 10000.
New York quiet 9.6 a 9.6 a
Sales. 4000.
New Orleans easy ... 9 5-lb 9 5-16
Sales. 4000.
Galveston quiet 9 7-16 9 7-16.
Sales. 900. _
Houston quiet 9 5-16 9 a-16
Sales. 139.
GRAIN MARKET.
Open. High. Low. C ose.
Wheat —
May 116% 118% 116% 118%
Com-
May ........ 66% 66% 66% 66%
cm io
THE ONLY AFTERNOON PAPER IN SAN ANTONIO CARRYING ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
ESTABLISH Fl 1881
Named by Women
for the School Board
CONRAD SCHASSE
who was named yesterday by the
women’s school board campaign com-
mittee as one of four candidates for
the school board is an ex-Confederate
soldier and a retired druggist. He is
a pioneer resident of San Antonio.
WOMEN DENY
WOLFE RUMOR
Say School Board Ticket Is
Not for Purpose of Seating
Former Superintendent.
Since the announcement of the
woman's school board ticket last
evening the cry of “Wolfe! Wolfe!
has gone over the city and tele-
phones have been kept busy ringing
to answer or deny the rumor Bhat the
ticket was a movement to place L. E.
Wclte once more in the chair of the
superintendency. /
Mrs. Rufus A. Lewis chairman of
the womans campaign committee
said this afternoon that this rumor is
altogether without foundation ’hat
Mr. Wolfe was not in any way identi-
fied with the movement to place
women on the. school board and that
since Superintendent Lukin has uni-
formly given satisfaction and since
his term of office has just been
lengthened to a term of two years
the rumor is obviously the work of
some politician who wishes to defeat
the women for the position.
CLAIM STEPHENSON
ALREADY ELECTED
Madison Wis.. Feb. 26.—While the
Wisconsin legislature continues to
ballot for United States senator in
joint session daily the supporters of
Senator Stephenson contend that he
was elected senator on separate bal-
lot on January 26. when he received
a majority of the votes cast in each
house of the legislature.
United States District Attorney
Wheeler left last night for Washing-
ton. having in his possession the cer-
tificate signed by Governor Davidson
of the vote in the house and senate
on that date. The sea>arate ballot
gave Stephenson 60 vote s in the as-
sembly a clear majority and 12 of
17 cast in the senate.
Oats —
May 54% 55% 54% 55
Lard —
May 9.75 9.77 9.67 9.67
CASH GRAIN.
Kansas City. Mo. Feb. 26. —Wheat:
No. 2 hard 109 t .@115: No. 2 red
130.
forn: No. 2. 62c; No. 2 white 63c.
Oats: No. 252 c: No. 2 white. 53%c.
FORT WORTH LIVE STOCK.
Fort Worth. Tex. Feb. 26. —Cattle
receipts. 1500; hogs. 1500. Steers fair
steady tops $5.00; cows fair steady
tops $3.60; calves medium steady
tops $5 no- h- — < noir e. steady tops
$6.30.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. FRIDAY. FEBI
IMPROVEMENT
OF STREET IS
IN BALANCE
High Prices All but End the
Project When Citizen's Com-
mittee of 15 Meets This
Morning.
DEFER IT UNTIL MONDAY
The project contemplating the ex-
tension of Travis street threatened to
end when the citizens’ committee of
15 convened this forenoon at the city
hall. Declaring that the high prices
submitted for the extension of Travis
street eithar to connect with Obraje
or Salinas streeits made the proposi-
tion wholly impracticable J. J. Stev-
ens moved that a report be made to
the council asking that the citizens’
committee be discharged.
However after a spirited debate
it was decided to make further ef-
forts in the matter by allowing the
property owners to submit a final
estimate for property involved. This
will be done Monday morning. The
widening of Pecan street may substi-
tute the Travis street extension
proposition. r
Figures Too High.
Immediately after calling the meet-
ing to order by Chairman Terrell of
the citizens’ committee J. J. Stevens
as chairman of the sub-committee re-
ported that fhe committee had ascer-
tained that Mns. Hermann Laux
owner of the property through which
the extension of Travis street would
pass if opened to connect with Sa-
(Continued on Page Six.)
LEAGUE MUDDLE
MORE PUZZLING
Special to The Light.
Houston. Tex. Feb. 26. —The
Texas league muddle see.ms apparent-
ly becoming more puzzling and no so-
lution is possible until the managers
meet Monday either here or in Aus-
tin. Kopiperl of Galveston today de-
clared he is through with baseball
and will sell the franchise at the ear-
liest moment possible. Temple today
is trying to raise a fund to join the
league and has until late Saturday.
Beaumont is ready now to drop out.
the fans claiming it is playing second
fiddle to Temple.
TILLMAN WOULD BAR
MESSAGE FROM MAIL
Washington. D. C. Feb. 26.—Sena-
tor Tillman today introduced a reso-
lution instructing the senate commit-
tee on post offices to inquire and make
report whether the recemt message
of the president forwarding to con-
gress a report of the farm commis-
sion ought not to be excluded from
the mails as matter improper for
transmission.
WHEAT REACHES NEW
HIGH PRICE MARK
Chicago. 111. Feb. 26.—A new high
record mark for this season was es-
tablished today in the wheat pit.
when May delivery sold at $.17 3-4
per bushel and July at $1.05 3-4. This
price for May delivery is within 4
cents of the best market reached
during the memorable. Gates campaign
of 1905. when the price touched
$1.21 1-2.
BOY OF THREE DRINKS
CONCENTRATED LYE
Special to The
Waco. Tex. Feb. 26. —Tommie
Scarborough of Rosenthal aged 3
years is dead from drinking concen-
trated lye at his home.
A small son of Deputy Constable
Tilley was also bitten by a mad dog
and was taken to Austin to the Pas-
teur institute.
ARREST BOY WITH BIG GUN.
Armed with a loaded 44-caliber bull-
dog revolver. Carter Brown a 13-year-
old negro boy was placed under ar-
rest this forenoon on Houston street
by Patrolman Tom Mock and lodged
in the city jail on a charge of unlaw
fully carrying fire arms.
HONOR FORMER
HARVARD READ
THIS EVENING
Banquet and Speechmaking
Will Mark Function for Dr.
Chas. Eliot Who Arrives
This Morning.
STUDIES COMMSSICN GOV'T.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot former presi-
dent of Harvard college who is in
Texas for the primary object of study-
ing the commission form of municipal
government arrived in San Antonio
early this morning being met at the
depot by a party of prominent college
men of this city and escorted to the
St. Anthony hotel. With him are Mrs.
Eliot and Joseph Warren his private
secretary.
Dr. Eliot was fatigued after his
strenuous day in Austin yesterday
where he delivered three addresses
and made a request that he be allow-
ed to rest as much as possible today.
The request was observed to the ex-
tent that the educator saw very few
people. He lunched at the hotel at
1:30 with Mrs. Eliot and Dr. S. E.
Mezes president of the l Diversity of
Texas declining all invitations to dine
out.
Banquet Tonight.
The chief event on the program of
entertainment for Dr. Eliot while in
San Antonio is the banquet to be giv-
en in his honor tonight at the Mon-
ger hotel by the Southwestern Asso-
ciation of Alumni of Northern Univer-
sities at which a number of set
speeches and many impromptu ones
will be delivered and which will be
attended by about 55 college men
members of the association.
The Program.
These talks will be ushered in by
W. J. Moroney of Dallas president
of the association whose subject will
be “The College Mian as a Citizen.
The address of welcome will be
made by William Aubrey: Dr. S. E.
Mezes of the state university will
speak on “Texas Universities;” Chas.
W. Ogden. “Southern Universities.”
and the main event of the program.
Dr. Eliot on "American Universities.”
After that will come the impromptu
addresses.
Purpose of Visit.
Dr. Eliot in speaking of his visit to
Texas said it related chiefly to the
great experiments now going on in
Texas relative to municipal govern-
ments. He declared that the commis-
sion form of government for cities
which originated in Galveston follow-
ing the disaster to that city seemed
to him to offer the best solution for
the purification of municipal govern-
ment He spoke of the experiments
which had followed the. example of
Galveston aind declared that every-
where in Texas he was told that the’
commission government is a suc-
cess.
Explaining why he. was so greatly
interested in this subject he said
that it was because the upbuilding of
the schools was dependent in great
measure upon the purity of the mu-
nicipality and he told how the school
boards had been originated and what
good work they had done. He spoke
of three Massachusetts cities. Ohelsca
Gloucester and Haverhill which had
followed the. example set by Texas
and said was proving a success
there.
Incidentally replying to a question
he said in reference to women's suf-
frage that It would be better not to
complicate the experiment of munici-
pal government with the experiment
of woman’s suffrage.
Fine Personality.
Dr. Eliot in appearance looks much
like Ms pictures. He is rather tall
remarkably erect for his years and
active in moving aliout. He has a
charming personality and makes
friends of everyone with whom he
comes in contact.
Mr. Warren secretary to Mt. Eliot
is. incidentally a nephew of Gen
Joseph Warren who fell at the bat
tie of Bunker Hill.
Among prominent college men who
are in the city today to attend the
banquet tonight are David Daly of
Houston and Mr. Mahoney of Dallas
who called on the president this
afternoon.
Dr. Eliot will spend part of tomor-
row in San Antonio when he will
leave fo r a further study of the mu-
nicipal government question as ap-
plied to the commission form.
DE ZAVALA CHAPTER
MEETS TOMORROW
The regtilar meeting of De Zavala
chapter. Daughters of tihe Republic
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
3 o'clock at 141 Taylor street.
REGULAR SERVICE AT TEMPLE
The regular service in Temple Bet I
El will take place at 8 o'clock tonight
Instead of the sermon there will b<
.additional musical numbers.
UARY 26. 1909
Noted Educator
Who Is in City
PROF. CHAS. ELIOT
Former pres’dent of Harvard Univer-
sity. reached San Antonio this
morning and tonight will be. a guest
at a banquet in Ms honor.
FAMILY RILLED
MD CREMATED
Widow and Four Children Vic-
tims of Diabolical Crime
in California.
Bakersfield. Cal.. Fob. 26.—Mrs. M.
W. Beckman a widow and her four
children residing seven miles from
this citv on the Union Avenue road
lost their lives in a fire that destroyed
their home early today. It is believed
that they were murdered and the
house set on fire.
ENGINEER DIES IN
PASSENGER WRECK
Des Moines. Im. Feb. 26.—Engineer
Brown of Perry. la. was killed and
several injured in an accident to the
Overland Limited on the Chicago Mil-
waukee & St. Paul railroad at Van
Horn. la.. early today.
The engine left the track and turned
completely over. The baggage and
mail cars piled on top of each other
while the remaining coaches still rest-
ed on the rails. The train was run-
ning at the rate of 60 miles au hour
at the time of the accident.
BERLIN’S JACK THE
RIPPER CAPTURED
Berlin. Feb. 26. —The man who dur-
ing the last fortnight has been mak-
ing attacks on Women in the streets
was captured this morning. He made
an attempt to stab a woman on a
crowded shopping street. The clothing
of the victim was cut. but the woman
suffered no harm. Her assailant who
was captured by a policeman is a
young man who is not yet identified.
The last attempt was the thirty-sixth
since the beginning of the outrages.
ARGUMENT BEGUN
IN DOWELL CASE
Special to The Light.
Austin. Tex.. Feb. 26.—The defense
rested tMs afternoon in the trial of
John Dowell on a charge of assault to
murder Mason Williams of San An-
tonio. _
Several witnesses. including MH-
liams. were introduced by the stale
this morning in rebuttal butt no im-
portant testimony was developed.
The court gave each side four hours
for argument. W. C. Linden opened
for the prosecution arguing against
the contention that Wlilliams began
the fusilade.
PECOS COUNTY RANCH
SELLS FOR $lOOOO
Special to The Llgh.
Big Springs. Tex.. Feb. 26. —F. G.
Oxsnear of Fort Worth today pur-
chased 28.209 acres of Pecos county
land from J. C. Smith cf this city.
The price paid was $lOOOOO. A herd
of Hereford cattle was included in
the transaction. The place will be
used as a ranch.
PRICE EIVE CENTS
2 DEPUTY
SHERIFFS
INDICTED
saw ms
wi met mu
Special to The Light.
Austin Tex. Feb. 26. —The senate
judiciary committee today failed to
report the anti-racing measure ’he
vote being five for and five against.
Sturgeon refused to vote.
NINE ARE INDICTED
NONE MADE PUBLIC
Nine indictments in all wore re-
turned by the grand jury who reported
to Judge Dwyer shortly before 12
o'clock noon. None of the indicted
parties are under arrest It is under-
stood. however that all of the bills
are for minor offenses.
The jury was permanently dis-
charged by the judge on the return of
the final report.
EARLY REVISION OF
TARIFF TAFT’S HOPE
New York. Feb. 26. —President-elect
Taft declared in an interview in this
city today that a revision of the tariff
was a primary requisite for the re-
lief of the present business condi-
tion. and expressed the hope that a re-
vision would be accomplished by
Juue I.’
BRYAN TO STUDY IN
IN TEXAS FOR BATTLE
Special to The Light.
Lincoln. Neb.. Fob. 26. —>It was an«
nounced at the Commoner office to
day that Bryan expect® to put prac-
tically all next winter in Texas and
will spend most of the time on his
recentlj purchased ranch in south
Texas w here he will study and pre-
pare for the next presidential cam-
paign. although he may not himself
be a candidate.
CONFEDERATE SERVICE
AGENT DIES AT DALLAS
Special to The Light.
Dallas. Tex.. Feb. 26.—Henry Wal-
lington Wilkes aged 76 years promi-
nently connected with the Confederate
secret service under President Davis
died here today at the home of his
son. Burial will be at Louisville Ky.
He lived in Dallas seven years.
GETS $4OO VERDICT.
Four hundred dollars for personal
injuries was awarded to N. Levin
against the Alamo Dressed Beef com-
pany by a jury in the Fifty-seventh
district court today The verdict was
returned at 11 o'clock.
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Suit for divorce has been filed in the
’ifty-seventh district court by Clifford
Edwards against Sam Edwards.
LOCAL WEATHER
otil-lJ Forecast for San Antonio and
; vicinity:
— — - Tonight and Saturday: Cloudy.
yQ " - colder Saturday.
I The minimum temperature for
Q - the 24 hours ending at 6 o’clock
the morning was 4S and the
- maximum was 66.
- 190<
SOT
t Sa. m 43
--r- F 1° a. in 56 61
/JT 12 noon 6! 67
r ! p. m 65 71
70 i 33
The temperatures in other cities a ill be
found on eight
MOST
NATIONAL BANK
S $650000
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS
W. H. Mussey and
J. D. Nipper Are
Charged With Per-
jury in Connection
With Irvin Case.
Indictments were returned this
morning in the Thirty-seventh district
court against William Mussey and J.
D. Nipper both deputy sheriffs under
Sheriff Lindsey charging them with
perjury.
The charge is based on testimony
given by the two deputies for the de-
fense in the recent habeas cropus
bearing in the case of W. H. Irvin
charged with the murder of Ed
Gabriel a negro.
Where Perjury Is Alleged.
Nipper and Mussey were the most
important witnesses used by the de-
fense in that hearing. They testified
that the day after the killing they
found a pistol in .a shed on the Casta-
nola premises which the defense al-
leged was one which Gabriel drew on
Irvin before he was shot.
Gabriel was killed late Saturday
evening January 23 and the knowl-
edge that the pistol had been found
did not reach District Attorney Baker
i until Sunday afternoon. He testified
on the stand that he heard that a
pistol had been found and asked about
it. Then for the first time he testi-
fied did he get a report from the
officers that they had found fhe pistol.
Testimony Caused Sensation.
The testimony of Mussy and Nipper
was the sensation of the habeas corpus
hearing and combatting it at once
became the chief objective point of
the state. They were subjected to
a gruelling cross-examination and the
state produced a number of witnesses
who testified that they had been over
the same ground before the two depu-
ties and that there was no pistol
where they said they had found it.
The state also attempted to show that
it was a physical impossibility for the
pistol to have been thrown by Gabriel
to the place where it was alleged to
have been found.
It has been rumored since the
habeas corpus hearing that the testi-
mony of the two deputies was under
investigation by the grand jury. Both
of them were called before the in-
quisitorial body and other witnesses
were summoned and to those who
have been watching the case closely
the indictments returned today caused
little surprise.
Would Keep Bills Secret.
Because the two deputies were not
in custody when the indictments were
returned with the final report of the
grand jury an effort was made to
keep them secret until arrests could
be made but it failed. Within a few
minutes after the bills were returned
the information was public propertj.
Who Indicted Men Are.
J. D. Nipper is related to w. H.
Irvin the defendant in the murder
case. He has been a deputy sheriff
a number of years serving under
Sheriff Tobin and being retained by
Sheriff Lindsey.
W H Mussev was appointea a
deputv sheriff when Sheriff Lindsey
took charge He is a nephew of Coun-
ty Hide and Animal Inspector Hart
Mussey.
Surorise to Sheriff.
Sher' r '' 1 todsev at 2 o'clock tbi*
afternoon said: "Mussey and Nipper
have W’th been faithful in the.tr serv-
ice under me and the news of their
indi< ment was a surprise to m«. I
have received no cabases in the cases
vr’ As <oou a® these are placed in
nr bands 1 will take the men into
enstedv. Bond will undoubtedly be
given." .
At 2:3d o'clock this afternoon
IV; uty Sheriff Mussey came to ’ha
court house. "I have uotbmg to say.
said Mr. Mussey." except that I un-
den and an indictment has been re-
turned The instrument is not out of
the clerk's office and no capias has
been placed in the bands of tbe
Sheriff. I know nothing about any in-
diotxnent against me r.xce-pt what ru-
mor says. 1 suppose if any indictment
has been returned I e«n give bond “
Mr. Massey was informed by tele*
phone afco.it 1 o'clock this afternoon
t . a friend that the grand jury had
r . urmd a true M*l. He would not
discuss the merits of the case.
Dei vty Sheriff Nipper is pi-obablf
not vet aware that he has been ini
dic /.i. He is said to be in the cou»
try serving s uhfoenajL
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