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VOLUME XLI.--NO. 349.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, I906.--TWELVE PAGES.
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COL VAGA KILLS HIMSELF.
Leader of Ecuadoran Revolutionists
Turns Gun on Himself in City
of Guayaquil.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Doc. 14.—When
General Paez and the Government troops
were entering Caunca today with the
rebels captured at the battle of Ayancay,
a mob tried to rescue the prisoners,
whereupon the soldiers fired and dis-
persed the mob.
As the troops fired, Colonel Vaga, the
rebel leader, who was among those cap-
tured at Ayancay, drew his revolver and
killed himself.
The Conservatives say that Vaga was
assassinated by the Government troops.
in spite of reports to the contrary, the
revolution against the Government is not
crushed. Dispatches received here last
night announced that the rebel bands had
appeared in the Province of Oro and had
occupied Santa Rosa, Machala and Pa-
so je.
It is further asserted that Colonel Lar-
rea. who was Secretary of War in Presi-
dent Garcia's administration, has landed
jn the Province of Oro at the head of a
new rebel band and has occupied Umbes
and Pera.
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KING OSCAR'S ILIJESS.
Ruler of Sweden Passes a Quiet Night
and His Condition Is Fairly
Satisfactory.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 14.—King Oscar's
condition today shows considerable im-
provement. Toward noon the following
guarded official bulletin was issued:
"King Oscar passed a quiet night; ho
slept six hours; only coughed little; his
temperature this morning was 100. Pa-
tient's general condition was fairly sat-
isfactory."'
ACCIDENT TO GEN. NOG!.
Japanese General Falls From His
Horse in Tokio and Is Rendered
Unconscious.
TOKIO, Dec. 14.—General Nogi, the
Japanese commander who captured Port
Arthur, was thrown from his horse to-
day while returning from the palace.
He fell on his head and became uncon-
scious. His condition arouses apprehen-
sion.
Later reports are that General Nogi is
believed to be out of danger.
BATTLESHIP LOUISIANA.
Examination Shows That Injury to
Vessel's Starboard Engine Is
Worse Than Reported.
NEW ORLEANS, La. Dec. 14.—Exam-
ination of the battleship Louisiana's star-
board engine today showed that the in-
jury to the piston was worse than was
reported yesterday. In addition to the
piston ring, other parts of the machin-
ery is cracked and there is a probability
that the repairs may delay the ship's de-
parture for a week.
The cause of the accident has not been
announced.
THEY ELECT TO GO TO JAIL.
Female Suffragists Are Fined in Lon-
don Police Court.
LONDON, Dec. 1 J.—Five of the female
suffragists arrested for attempting to
hold a meeting within the precincts of
Parliament last night resulting' in an.
exciting scuffle with the polk-, were ar-
raigned .'it a police court this morning
and were sentenced to pay fines of ?5
each or in default to go to jail for a
fortnight.
Following the precedent in the cases of
the earlier prosecutions, the women elect-
ed to go to prison.
FRANCE'S WAR
ON THE CHURCH
IS ONLY BEGUN
Cabinet Meets to Decide on New
Constitution, Which Will Con-
tain Drastic Measures.
STATE PROPOSES TO
TAKE FULL CHARGE
Application to Hold Religions Meetings
Under Laws of 1881 Regarded as
Treason by Ultrarnontanes—Cath-
olics Maks It iiot for Policeman.
PARIS, Dec. 14.—The Cabinet met to-
day with President Fallieres in the chair
to decide upon the new constitution to
be presented to Parliament, but the text
of the measure decided upon will not be
ready until tomorrow. The steps to be
taken are of a very sweeping character.
It is proposed to amend the law of 1905
providing for the separation of church
and State by which a year's grace was
allowed before the permanent alienation
of the church property and to suppress
the privilege of forming new cultural as-
sociations during that period, and all
church property, including the seminaries,
will be immediately handed over to the
State and to the communities under di-
rections insuring that the churches them-
selves could be retained for religious
purposes.
Public Worship Provision.
The continuance of public worship will
be provided for under a combination of
laws of 1881 and 1901. With regard to
the pension and allowance's of the clergy,
distinctions will t>3 made by which those
who are entitled to the former will lose
their rights if they are deprived of their
French citizenship. whil« those who are
entitled to the latter will lose their al-
lowan e if they do not conform with the
law.
The conditions under which the clergy
will forfeit their French citizenship will
be taken up in a special measure to be
prepared later.
It. is becoming more and more apparent
that the ultramontaines hope to be forced
to have recourse to private worship and
that they are embarrassed by the au-
thorized applications to hold religious
meetings under the law of 1881. At a
church in Vincennes a notice was posted
characterizing as "treason" the action of
two parishioners in making application
and saying that Cardinal Richards was
the authority for the statement that the
Pope's inhibition applied to laymen as
well as to the clergy.
Disturbance at Lille.
At Lille, Department of the North, 200
Catholics drove out. a policeman who was
resisting an Infraction <of the law at the
Church of Le Grande Phillipe, pursued
him and threatened to throw him into
the river. A son of the policeman was
chased and stoned by his playmates.
STATEMENT FROM THE VATICAN
It Declares That France Is Not
Warring on the Catholic Church
Alone, But on Religion.
ROME., Dec. 14.—The Pope and the
Papal Secretary of State, Cardinal Merry
Del Val, have refused all requests to
grant .interviews for publication oL' the
text of the Franco-Vatican situation, out
the following statement Is authorised by
the Vatican: "The situation may be
summarized as follows: The concordat,
the most solemn bilateral contract, has
not yet been denounced by the French
Government, which wishes 'o establish ;i
new legal standing for the churches in
France. The Government did not agree
with the Holy See on this subject and
repeatedly and openly showed hostility
towards the head of the church. Vio-
lence .nay prevail for a time, but those
who are suffering from this state of
oppression preserve all their righ's and
all their claims. The expression of joy
among the Masonic and demagogic so-
cieties as a result of the persecution by
the Government shows that the war is
against the church and religion.
"The search of the nunciature at Paris
and the expulsion from France of Mgr.
Montagnlni, secretary of the nunciature,
were steps taken with the object of mak-
ing the world believe the false statc-
nr,» nts circulated later, and which were
said to have origin itod in the discovery
of documents seized at the nunciature,
such as the report that some of the
French clergy were ready to make appli-
cations to hold religious meetings. There
is no truth in the statements. The Holy
Sec is not opposed to the making of ap-
plications under the law, but takes ex-
ception to the wh >le spirit of the circu-
lar issued by Minister of Public Worship
Briand."
CARDINAL RICHARD'S PLAN.
Decides That Application of Laymen
to Worship Are Not Contrary to
the Pope's Instructions.
PARIS, Dec. 14.—Cardinal Richard has
Issued a communication which will
facilitate a way out of the present diffi-
culty. This communication sets forth
that the declarations made by laymen
relative to worship are not in disobedi-
ence to the instructions of the Pope, pro-
vided their purpose is honestly to avoid
disturbances and admits that such decla-
rations do not infringe upon the hier-
archy, as the Vatican h.-is only forbidden
clergymen to carry out tho required legal
formalities.
This will permit of worship in connec-
tion with tho law, hut in the meantime
the Church officially maintains its posi-
tion of not submitting ta Utu State.
TEXANS ARE
DIVIDED ON
SALARY BILL
Much Sidestepping Done When
the Question of Increase Is
Brought Before Congress.
COMMISSION REFUSES
RELIEF FOR CONGESTION
Application for Special Sixty-Day Rate
on Cotton Houston to New Orleans
Turned Down—Hearing on Cattle
Rates and Terminal Charge.
Special Telegram to The Express.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-When the
Littauer amendment to increase Repre-
sentatives' salaries from $5000 to $7.">00 a
year came before the House this after-
noon there was a lively interest anij
much sidestepping. Most of the Demo-
crats voted against it, and the amend-
ment was ultimately defeated by a large
majority. Many voting aye on the rising
vote afterwards changed and voted no
when the roll was called on the ayes and
noes.
Gillespie of Texas took part in the five-
minute discussion and said it would be
an injustice to the country to raise the
salaries on the basis of the present high-
water mark of prices and the cost of
living, because conditions might change;
but that the salaries would go on for-
ever. The Texans voted as follows:
Ayes—Burleson and Moore. Noes—Beall,
Broocks, Burgess, Gillespie, Henry, Ran-
dall, Russell, Shepliard, Slayden, Smith
and Stephens.
The interstate Commerce Commission
today declined to grant the application
o£ the Texas & New Orleans Railroad
for permission to reduce for sixty days
its rates on cotton shipments from 18 to
12 cents per hundred pou Is from Hous-
ton to New Orleari. . Tb "purpose of the
railroad wus to relieve il 1 cotton con-
gestion at Houston, but under the law
the reduction could not become effective
under thirty days' notice without special
permission.
Walter Gresham represented the Gal-
veston Cotton Exchange and Maritime
Association at the hearing, and objected
to the low rate being granted the rail-
road on the ground tnat it would divert
traffic from Galveston and work an in-
justice to ships awaiting at Galveston
for cargoes of cotton. Colonel Gresham
recited that the congestion was not due
to lack of shipping facilities at Galves-
ton, but was due to the improper loading
of cars at compress, lack of rolling
stock and scarcity of labor on the part
of the railroads. Upon this showing the
Commission denied the application.
Representative Beall Introduced a bill
appropriating $1,243,000 for Trinity River
improvements. The Hems include $35,000
for cleaning out the river, $108,000 to be
immediately available for the three locks
and dams under construction between
Dallas in section 1 to East Fork, $300,000
for the additional locks and dams below
section 1, and $500,000 for the work here-
tofore approved.
Sam Cowan, who has been before the
Interstate Commerce Commission on the
rate and car shortage question in behalf
of the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association,
is well pleased at the action of the Com-
mission on setting a hearing at Chicago
on Jan. 7.
The complaints allege unreasonable
difference in rates on interstate ship-
ments of cattle and other live stock. At
the same time the Commission will hear
the case of the Cattle Raisers' Association
of Texas against the Chicago, Burlington
& Quiney and other railroads. In this
case is involved the legality of the $2
terminal rate on carload shipments of
cattle at the Union Stock Yards in Chi-
cago.
Congressman Sheppard was today ad-
vised of the re-establishment of complete
county rural service in Camp County.
Mr. Sheppard now has complete county
service in two counties of his district,
Hopkins and Camp. He has Delta County
under investigation for the county service
and the Postoffice Department Is now
awaiting a map. which is being pre-
pared bv the postmaster at Cooper.
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SUMMARY OF HIE NEWS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—-Weather
forecast:
Arkansas: Fair and decidedly
colder Saturday, preceded by rain in
southeast portion; Sunday fair.
Oklahoma, Indian Territory and
West Texas: Fair Saturday; colder
Sunday.
New Mexico: Fair Saturday and
Sunday.
Louisiana: Showers and decidedly
colder Saturday; Sunday fair, fresh
northwest winds.
East Texas: Showers and much
colder in south, fair in north portion
Saturday; Sunday fair and colder,
fresh to northeast winds.
Local Weather Forecast.
For San Antonio and vicinity: Sat-
urday rain and colder.
SAN ANTONIO.
Federal Judge W. T. Burns rules that
soldiers can not sell their arms or
clothes.
Texas vegetables are conspicuous in
the market house.
Coroners will hold Inquests on all
deaths occurring from unnatural causes.
City takes contract to macadamize
streets In subdivision bid on by private
firms.
City repairs asphalt paving on Avenue
C with ciay and gravel.
Council's increase in rentals for mar-
ket house stands will probably drive the
renters elsewhere.
Senator J. W. Bailey will be here to-
day.
TEXAS.
Senator Bailey delivered speeches at
Temple and Belton today.
Max Miller is sentenced to life impris-
onment in the penitentiary by an El
Paso jury for the murder of J. F. Turley.
DOMESTIC.
War Department orders that Major
Penrose and Captain Macklln of Company
C. Twenty-fifth Infantry, be court-
martialed for not preventing the shooting
up of Brownsville by the negro soldiers.
President Roosevelt will send a special
message to Congress on the Jap-Califor-
nla school problem.
Albert T. Patrick's wife and sister will
petition Governor Higgins of New York
for a commutation of lawyer's death sen-
tence.
Motion for new trial is denied in the
case of Mrs. Angle Blrdrong, recently
convicted of manslaughter In the killing
of Dr. Thos. Butler, and appeal Is taken
to Mississippi Supreme Ccurt, defendant
being released on $10,000 bail. The sen-
tence of the court was five years in the
peniter^iary.
FedeJkl House refuses to Increase the
pay craf.orgrcssmen to $7-00, but agrees
that Vice President, Speaker of the House
and Cabinet members shall get $12,000.
Announced that simplifed spelling will
still be used at the White House, not-
withstanding the action of the Federal
House.
Attorney General Moody will be sworn
in as Associate Justice of the United
States Supreme Court on Dec. 17. The
changes in the President's Cabinet will
take place on the same day. ^
President Roosevelt will send special
message to Congress urging the passage
of a ship subsidy bill.
Oklahoma wins its fight for lower
freight rates for the Territory.
President will send six special mes-
sages to Congress next week.
FOREIGN.
Mob attacks Government troops at
Guayaquil, Ecuador, but is dispersed by
the troops, and Colonel Vega, the rebel
leader, kills himself.
Details of big railway merger, by which
Mexican Government secures absolute
control of all the important lines in the
Republic.
Enrique C. Creel, Governor of Chihua-
hua, will be the new Ambassador from
Mexico to the United States.
French Cabinet will decide on new Con-
stitution today, which will contain dras-
tic provisions against the Church.
The Vatican issues a statement on the
French anti-church situation. It declares
France is not warring on the Church, but
on religion.
Moody's Secretary Gets a Plum.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—James A.
Kratz, who has been private secretary to
Attorney General Moody, has been ap-
pointed a special assistant Attorney Gen-
eral. He will have headquarters in Wash-
ington.
MAJ. PENROSE
AND MACKLIN
TO BE TRIED
War Department Directs Court-
martial in Case of Two Offi*
cers of 25tli Infantry.
BAILEY SAYS
EVIDENCE WAS
WITHHELD
Senator Makes Speeches at Belton
and Temple Vigorously As»
sailing His Critics.
BROWNSVILLE AFFAIR
CAUSE OF THE ORDER
Specifications Charge That the Major of
Regiment and Captain of Company C
Failed to Prevent Negro Troops
from Shooting Up the Town.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-On the rec-
ommendation of the General Staff, the
Secretary of War ha.s ordered the trial
by eourtmartial of Maj. Charles VV. Pen-
rose and Capt. Edgar A. Maeklin of
Company C, First battalion. Twenty-
fifth Infantry, under Art. LX. of War.
for "conduct to the prejudice of good
order and discipline" in falling in their
duty in preventing and suppressing the
riot at Brownsville, Tex., last August.
The specifications 'will Include, among
other things, the charge that the two
officers named failed .to exercise due
diligence in preventing the occurrence
whon the conditions of affairs at Browns-
ville made it necessary that all proper
precautions should be taken to prevent a
clash between the trofcps and citizens,
and also that they did not examine the
rifles of tho men until daylight, although
they learned of the true state of affairs
by^l or 2 o'clock in the morning.
The details as to the membership of
the court and the place where the trial
will be held have been left to the dis-
cretion of the commanding officer of the
Department of Texas.
FATALITIES ON GREAT LAKES.
BE WISE!
BE WISE AS WISE
CAN BE
"THE
ALAMO
SPECIAL
On-i Hundred and Twenty-six Lives
Lost in Navigating Their Waters
During the Open Season.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 14.—One hundred
and twenty-six lives were lost In navi-
gating the Great Lakes during the season
just closing. Compared with the loss of
215 lives in 1905, the season's death list
appears small, and yet with but two
exceptions it was the largest in the
decade.
During the year, thirty-eight people
were lost overboard, fifteen fell into tho
holds of vessels and were killed, eleven
met their death by machinery accidents
on shipboard, two committed suicide and
three died from natural causes aboard
vessels.
Fifty-two were lost when their ships
foundered and five were drowned as the
result of collisions.
Persian Shah in Critical State.
•LONDON, Dec. 14.—A private telegram
from Teheran received in London today
announces that the Shah's condition con-
tinues critical.
ATTACKS PREVENT BIS
SERVICE TO THE STATE
Doty of Defending His Good Name from
Aspersions Drew Him from Wash-
ington, Where lie Would Have Been
Repelling Onslaughts on Texas.
Special Telegram to The Express.
BELTON, Tex., Dec. 14.-There were
fully four hundred people in the court-
house today to hear Senator Bailey
speak. There were supporters of the Sen-
ator as well as opponents, and while
there are those who went there opposed
to him and are still against him, there
were some converts, and no friend or
supporter of the Senator lost his fealty
or any part Of it. There was l'requent
applause.
The Senator asserted that he has in
his possession assurances from enough
members of the Legislature to guarantee
him a majority, and that those who are
fighting him know this, but they are
keeping up the fight in order to traduce
him. JT
During the speech, Mrs. Dr. Rucker of
Temple, Mr. Bailey's sister, occupied a
seat near the speakers' stand. She was
in deep mourning because of the recent
death of her mother.
Dr. J. D. t#aw made a mignlficent
speech in introducing Mr. Bailey. He
referred to him as the greatest since
Jefferson as a Democrat, compared him
to Prentiss, Calhoun and others.
When Dr. Uw had completed his in-
troductory speech Senator Bailey said
in part:
Bailey's Speech.
Twenty years ago it was first my
privii'.'g.. to come amongst you defending
then the great and immortal principles
of the party to which I professed al-
legiance. There was not one principle
which I then advanced and defended
from which I have ever varied in twen-
ty years. My most unreasonable and
unreasoning enemy does not contend
that the Democracy I cherish and de-
fend today is different from the Democ-
racy I defended then, and the most
vicious and malignant of my critics has
never said my Democracy is different
in any part from that which Jefferson
founded and which Andrew Jackson il-
lustrated in his life. Confessing that
I am a Democrat of the old school and
a Democrat from the only school, they
try to make the people of Texas believe
I am not worthy to represent a Demo-
cratic constituency in the Senate of the
United States.
"I read this morning in a newspaper
published here a question, 'Why Is it I
am not in Washington performing my
Senatorial duties, instead of in Tetfas
defending my good name?' My answer
is that the highest duty I owe to God
and man is to be wherever a man
asperses my honor or my fidelity to
duty. If i am in Washington while
they are assailing me, while they are,
attacking me, you might assert I am
afraid to meet my accusers. Is there
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