New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-05

SPECIAL AGENT MYENDoRFF,s
ACCUSATIONS ARE PRO-
NouNcED FALSE.
Wyoming Man Tells Of His MeetingsI
with Man Who Makes SENSATIONAL
charges-More Testimony: in Coal
Land Case.

Lana Ease.
Washington, Dec. fI--Senator War
rem, who arrived in the city Friday,
made the following statement in con.
tradiction of the affidavit of Special
Agent Myendorff, of the general land
Office, made at Salt Lake City, in
which Mr.. Warren and his colleague.
Senator Clark, We're charged with con-
spring with others to. put a. stop tos
Investigations into charges made in
connection with the entry of coal lands
owned by the Union Pacific. Railway
company:
IF Myendorff made such an affida
Wit he must have been indulging in
pipe dreams. l am informed that
Senator Clark never saw the man and
never had any communication with
him oral or written
THE idea of Senator Clark need
ing Myendorff's assistance in his re-
election is absurd as Wyoming was
practically solid for him and no can
didate opposing.
LAS for myself, I never knew that.
such man as Special Agent Myen-
dorff existed until some time in 1908
or in 1904, when I received a letter
from him saying that he wished to-
see me; that he had heard that some
body had been writing me to his dis
credit; and asking if I would not let
him know when l was in Cheyenne
Or Denver so that he might call; that
we were brother soldiers of the civil
war; etc.. etc.
In accordance with the request, L
some months afterward informed him
that l expected to be in Denver a few
days later, sending him the date. He
called at my hotel, asking that help,
to get him promotion to the position
OF special agent in charge of place
in the consular service, because
neither his work nor the climate of
Colorado entirely agreed with him,
that the altitude there made him ner-
vOus, etc. He based his request to-,
me on the grounds of his civil war
record, his friendship for my friends,
Mark Hanna, Elmer Dover and Others
HE appealed strongly to my sym
pathy and I consented to mention his
case to his superiors. He then vol
unteered the information that he had
lot of irregular and illegal coal
claim cases made by parties in Colo
RADIO for land in Wyoming, said to be-
in the interest of the Union Pacific
Coal company. He asked my advice
how to proceed. l suggested, that hes
follow the law and his Instructions
Denies the Letter Story.
Il never read Myendorff any private
letters of his to Commissioner Rich
ards and have no knowledge that SUCH
ever existed.
"On later OCCASION when. L hap
pened to be in Denver" on business.
Myendorff again called on me and
again solicited my assistance. L
think he called on me once afterwartl
at my committee room in Washington.
but l had no conversations with HIM
beyond the customary salutation Z
would extend to any visitor of my &C..
quaintance. Some time afterward e
read in the Denver newspapers of
Myendorffs sensational attempt to.
commit suicide and later on that he.
had left Denver, and so L do not know
whether or not he ever received the.
coveted position.
AS to the subject matter of the
testimony referred to, have had no.
connection with coal or other land
entries of the Union Pacific or any
other railroad or other company, and
no interest whatever in coal further
than an ambition to have the people of
my country get plenty of coal, of good
quality and at reasonable prices; and
that the world might know of the.
vast deposits of coal underlying the
soil
And further than this I desire to-
say that anyone who accuses me
otherwise, speaks falsely-no matter
who, when or where
Hears of Secret Tariff.
Salt Lake City, Dec Interstate
Commerce Commissioner E. E. Clarke
continuing his investigation of the
coal trade in the Inter-Mountain coun-y
try and their methods of acquiring
coal properties, devoted most of the
morning session Friday to the Denver
& Rio Grande system and it's affiliated
coal companies.
Charles Livingston, former clerk at
Sunnyside for the Utah Fuel company
and the Wasatch store, both Gould
companies, testified that previous to
August /, last, both companies en-
joyed what amounted to a secret
tariff of all material shipped to the
mines over the Denver & Rio Grande
lines. The companies also received
concessions over railroad lines. he
said
Prominent Ohioan Dies.
CoIina O. Dec 1-Thnmoo T~~o.