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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
SVEGAS GIRL
TAKES HER
OWN LIFE
OVERDOSE OF HEADACHE
POWDERS PROVES FATAL
Numerous Friends Of Victim Loath
to Believe Deadly Drug Was
Taken With Suicidal Intent,

Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journall
East Las Vegas, n. NJ, Jan. H.
Miss Berte Hanson one OF the best
known and most popular young ladies'
of Las Vegas was found dead in bed
this morning In her room Al the home
of Mrs. Peter j. Murphy, $40 Fourth
street 1t is believed that Miss Han
son was poisoned either from an
overdose Of a drug or with suicidal
intent. On a stand near the bed were
found a full box Of ,anti-kamnia head
ache tablets and another empty box
which had contained similar tablets.
on the dresseY was bottle partially
filled with cgrbolic acid
Miss HanSon had been exceptionally
merry any light spirited during sun
day andf de dinner with friends in the
eveningV At $3.50 D. m. she left for
her room and kept a light burning un-
Ill midnight. AT s IN the morning
when the young lady failed to rise for
breakfast, Mrs. Murphy raped at the
door, and receiving no response, went
To an outside window. the room be-
ing on the ground floor and effected
an entrance.
Clothed In wrapper. Miss Hanson
was lying dead, face downward on the
bed. 4 physician and the coroner
were hurrledly summoned. The for
mer gave 1t as his opinion that Miss
Hanson had been dead several hours
and that the condition of the BODY
indicated death by poison. An autopsy
| will be held Tuesday
Miss Hanson. who had been suffer
ing with severe headaches, had beer
in the habit of taking the anti-kaml'
I tablets for relief
The deceased had written severa
letters one of these was addressed
to Miss Jessie Mcschooler and con
! tained the key 70 her money box. An
other was written to Miss Minni
Gehring. OF Springer and third Z
Miss Hanson's fiancee. George Bryan
a Santa Fe railroad engineer.
Mr.. BRYAN arrived ht the hous
shortly after the discovery OF IN
body. before the coroAer arrived, an
secured the note addAessed to hin
lie afterward said that he had lost u
but that Il only said Tor him to cal
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
severest weather in Many Years.

st. Paul Mimi. Jan. 14.-"In thr-
ty-five years | have not known Of such
severe weather conditions to prevail
in North Dakota and other points
west of St Paul as exist today" said
Pres. James ]. Hill today. THE snow
on the level out there is from three to
four feet deep. Men cannot walk on
It without snow shoes. In some places
the snow Is ten to twenty-five feet
deep. We have from 200 to 1900
men working along our line and have
kept it Open but part of the time the
weather has been 50 cold that the
men could not work.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15

the position of the bullet holes shows
that fifteen or twenty of the negro
troops gathered inside the fort, and
that the first shots fired into the town
were fired from within the fort; some
of them, at least from the upper gall
lcries of the barracks.
The testimony further shows that
the troops then came out over the
walls. some of them perhaps goins
through the gate, and advanced dis
tance of three hundred yards or
thereabouts into the town. During
their advance they shot into two ho-
tells and some nine or ZEN other houses.
Three of the private Houses into which
they fred contained women and child
rem. They deliberately killed Frank
Natus. the bartender. shooting him
down from a distance of about fifteen
yards. They shot at man and
woman, Mr.. and Mrs. Odln. and their
little boy. as they stood in the window
of the Miller hotel, the bullet goine
less than two inches from the head
of the woman. They shot down the
lieutenant of police. who was on
horseback, killing his horse and
wounding him so that his arm had to
be amputated. They attempted to kill
the two policemen who were his COM
panions, shooting one through the
hat. They shot at least eight bullets
into the Cowen house, putting out a
lighted lamp on the dining room table.
Mrs. Cowen and her five children were
in the house; they at once threw
themselves prone on the floor and
were not hit They fred into the
Starck house, the bullets going
through the mosquito bar of a bed
from eighteen to twenty inches above
where three little children were sleep
ing There was a light in the child
ren's room
The shooting took place near mid
njsht>~-The panic caused by the ut
Ierly unexpected attack was great
The darkness. of course, increased the
confusion. There Is conflict of testl-
mony on some of the minor p9lpts,
but every essential point is established
beyond possibility of honest question.
The careful examination of Mr.. Purdy,
assistant attorney general, resulted
merely in strengthening the reports
already made by the regular army au-
thorities The shooting. 1t appears,
occupied about ten minutes 1t is out
of the question that the fifteen or
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
TWO-CENT PASSENGER
FARE URGED IN IOWA

Des Moines. Jan. 14.-The legisla-
ture convened here today and the re-
publican caucus nominees in both
houses were elected. Governor Cum
Minis declared strongly for an ndis-
crimlnate two-cent fare and declared
the railroads Of the state were better
able to grant II this year than ever
before. He recommends a new pri-
mary law carrying with It sweeping
reforms: joint freight rate schedules,
a representative form OF city gov
ernment. limited inheritance tax,
"a law prohibiting railroads from over
working their employees an anti-lob-
byist law. reciprocal demurrage, q
more sweeping anti-pass law and res
olutlon asking congress to provide foi
The election OF United states senators
by direct vote OF the people.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15

society has realized that competition
no longer answers and has erected a
tribunal to intervene
Mr.. Adams declared that James j.
Hill had promised Spokane reasonable
rates in return for right-of-way con-
cessions. He declared Mr. Hin abso-
lutely controlled the railroad condi-
tions here. He said the recently de-
clared dividends of $1,000, 600 for
Hill lines should be accounted for to
the government and said that the Bur-
lington's sinking fund Of $4,000 900
was money taken from the public. S.
H. McCune testified before the COM
missioners that the Pacific Coast Pipe
factory had been driven out of busi-
ness here because pf discriminating
freight rates on wooden pipe. He
stated that under existing rates,
sashes and doors cannot be manufac-
tuyed here for shipment to compete
with other localities. He presented a
list of twenty-three commodities on
which the rates from the Missouri
river to Spokane were Identical with
the rates TO the coast.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
DEMOCRAT ELECTED
JUSTICE IN LAS VEGAS

East Las Vegas, n. NJ. Jan. A.
Justice of the Peace Frank Bope, re-
publican candidate for recollection in
the twenty-ninth precinct, comprising
the city of Las Vegas. republican
stronghold was defeated by ninety
three votes today by II. p. Brown, the
democratic nominee. 1t is generally
understood that Mr. Bope's defeat was
due to his refusal to sign the petition
praying the legislature to divide san
Miguel county on the Gallinas river
Judge Bone made an excellent record
during his term of office. r. f. Clay
republican, was reelected constable,
having no opposition.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15

possible that 1t is difficult to treat it
as honestly made. This theory sup
poses that the assailants succeeded in
obtaining the uniforms of the negro
soldiers; that before starting on their
raid they got over the fehce of the
fort unchallenged and without discov-
cry by the negro troops opened fire
on the town from within the fort: that
they blacked their faces so that at
least fourteen eye witnesses mistook
them for negroes; that they disguised
their voices so that at least six wit
nesses who heard them speak mis-
took their voices as being those of me-
groes. They were not Mexlcans. for
they were heard by various witnesses
to speak in English. The weapons
they used We're Springfield rifles, for
the ammunition which they used was
that of the Springfield rifle and no.
other, and could not have been used
in any gun in Texas or any part of
the union or In Mexico, or in any other
part of the world, save only in the
Springfield rifle now used by the
United States troops including the
negro troops in the garrison at
Brownsville. and no other persons save
these troops; weapon which had only
been in use by the United States troops
for some four or five months prior to
the shooting in question and which is
not In the possession of any private
citizens. The cartridges used will go
into no other rifle used in the United
states, except when specially cham
bered-the Winchester of the '95
model-but it will rarely If ever go
off when in it; and, moreover. the
bullets picked out Of the buildings
show the markings of the four So
called 'landos" which would result
from being fired through the Spring.
field. but not from being fired through
the Winchester, the latter showing six
The bullets which / herewith sub
nit which were found in houses.
could not, therefore. have been fired
from q Winchester or any other sport
shg fiite. aitTough nc caTTrTdgcs fligr%'
have been put into a Wincmhester
model of '95. The bullets might have
been fired from the Krag, but the
cartridges would not have gone into
a Krag. Taking the shells and bullets
together. the proof is conclusive that
the new Springfield rifle was the
weapon used by the midnight. .assassins
and could not, by any possibility, have
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
Wore Army UniffJ
Firing Commenced From Inside GarriS
WallS--HelpleS Women and Children
Targets for Bullets OF TreacherouS
Troopers.

twenty men engaged in the assault
could have gathered behind the wall
Of the fort. begun firing, some OF tnem
from the porChes of the barracks, sonc
out into the town, fired in She neigh
borhood of two hundred shots IN the
town and then returned. The time
occupied from the time of the first
shot to the time of their return be
ing somewhere in the neighborhood
of ten minutes; without many of their
comrades knowing what they had
done. Indeed, the fuller details as
established by the additional evidence
taken since | last communicated with
the senate make It likely that there
were very few, if any. of the soldiers
dismissed who could have been ignor-
ant of what had occurred. 1t is we'll
nigh impossible that any of the nom
commissioned officers who were
the barracks should not have king
what occurred
The additional evidence thusA
renders it in my opinion fnlNnx
question the conclusions upon
my order was based. I
| have gone most carefully over eV
cry issue of law aUd fact that ha
been raised, | amnow satisfied thaV
the effect of my oIder dismissing these
men without hqnOr was not to bar
them from all ciJil employment under
the government knd therefore that the
part of the ordcf' which consisted OF
a declaration to this effect was lacking
in validity, and | have decided that
such portion be revoked. AS to the
rest of the order, dismissing the tndi-
viduals in question, without honor and
a9cial.is.e. che effect of such discharge,
uiIder the law and regulations, To be
bar to their future re-enlistment
either in the army or the navy, there
Is no doubt of my constitutional and
legal power. The order was within
my discretion, under the constitution
and the laws, and cannot be reviewed
or reversed, save by another executive
order The facts did not merely war
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
COLORADO LEGISIATURE
NOT SEEKING TROUBLE
Resolution to Investigate Smelter
Trust Turned Down and Wiped
on the Record.

Denver, Jan, 14.-By party vote,
twenty republicans to eleven demo-
Gratis, the state senate today defeated
and then expunged from its records a
resolution for an investigation of the
smelter trust The preamble to the
resolution declared that Simon Gug-
genheim is now and habitually has
been engaged In violating the laws of
the United States relating to the re-
ceiving of rebates specific testimony
whereof is offered to any court" Mr..
Guggenheim has been endorsed by the
republican caucus as candidate FOR
the United States senate. The election
takes place tomorrow.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
CARNEGIE HEAVIEST
TAXPAYER IN NEW YORK
Ironmaster's Assessed Valuation Al
most Double That of john
ID. Rockefeller.

New York. Jan. 14.-Andrew Car
negie will be the heaviest personal
taxpayer IN New York. according TO
the list of assessments made public
BY the assessors today The value Of
his personal Noperty is fixed at $5,-
0O0. 900 and that OF John j. Rocke-
feler at s2,500,000.
The total assessed value of real ana
personal property In the city as hg-
ured by the assessor this year. VIII be
about ss.S05.2l9,57O.
The Russell Sage estate Is assessed
At $50. 900. 900, and the taxes on II
amount approximately TO sf30,ooo.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
PRESIDENT PRESENTS POSITIVE PROOF THAT SHOOTING At BROI
WORK OFNEGRO SOLDIERS DISMISSED WDLSGRACE E
ssesessssssssss'

As to the order dismisslng the Z
individuals in question. without Z
honor, and declaring the effect Z
of such discharge, under the Z
law and the regulations, to be 9
bar to their future re-enlistment .
either in the army or the navy. 9
there is no doubt of my constitu- 9
tional and legal power The or .
der was within my discretion un- .
der the constitution and the laws, q
and cannot be reviewed or re- .
versed save by another executive .
order. The facts did not merely .
warrant the action / took-they .
rendered such action imperative 9
unless | was to prove false to my 9
sworn duty.-President Roose- {
velt's Special Message on the q
Brownsville Affray Z
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
TuneraI Of ArchbIshop Montgomery

san Francisco. Jan. 1.-THE fun
eral OF the late Archbishop Montgom-
cry was held from ST Mary's cathed-
raj today in the presence Of an inn
mense throng Of people.
AT the close OF the services the
funeral party proceeded on a special
tFafn and was taken to Holy Cross
cemethry In san Mateo county where
the rtmalns were placed I'm vault
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
Clvde Liner Hard Aground.

Chatham, Mass, Jan. Ian lneI-
fectual attempt was made today Dy
the revenue cutter Gresham 20 drag
the stranded Clyde line steamer Onon-
daga from Orleans beach. No orders
we're given for the removal Of the
vessels cargo. but 1t Is expected that
the work In that direction Will COM
mence tomorrow The Onondaga Is in
practically the same condition as yes
terday.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
Reyolutlonlsts ConyIttcd.

FL Paso Tex. Jan. 14.-Juan Ia
rabia and the otheY alleged reyolu-
tionists arrested W Juarez who have
been on trial | IN some time ~ the
federal court VI Chihuahua. Mexico,
have been convicted and given sem
tences of Imprisonment, none being
condemned to death.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15

on Miss Hanson next day at 3
O'Clock
The young lady had many friends,
and aside from frequent headaches
as far as known, had no troubles She
had been employed for a number Of
months in the iewelry store of Robert
J. Tauaert
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15

No one can read this evidence .
. judicially without being con- .
vinced beyond reasonable .
, doubt that the men who COM .
mitted this outrage were negro .
soldiers from Fort Brown, and .
therefore of the battalion Of the Q
, Twenty-fifth infantry stationed .
, there, and that it could not have .
, taken place without awakening .
, and attracting the attention of .
, all who were in the barracks. .
, priVates and non-commissioned .
officers, and ii is utterly impossi- .
, Bile that they should not have .
, been aware of what was going .
on.-Secretary Taft's letter trans .
mitting the report of Assistant .
Attorney General Purdy on the .
Brownsville affray. Q
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
plnmbrr Trust Tlned.

jefferson o., Jan. A. Eight mem-
bers of the Ashtabula Plumbers asso-
citation pleaded guilty to indictments
charging them with violating the Wall
cntine antitrust law Five were fined
$50 aHd costs and three $50 and costs.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
CopDer COMPANY Incorporates.

st. Paul. Jan. 14.-Artlcles were
filed today Incorporating the Denn-
Arizona Copper company capital
stock s3,500,0O0 The incorporators
are William Elder, II, Il. Riley and
Arthur Howard.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
ut,
fity
dis
sug-
i'm
ATE
|NT CASE
COMMERCE LAW
NT CASE
| COMMERCE LAW
Shippers Complain Of
te Tariff Maintained by
Serving Their Section
Country.


lg journal Special Leased Wire.I
he, Wash, Jan. IA battle
light rates which may affect
Rle centers all over the nation,
at the court house here this
ing before Interstate Commerce
hissioners Charles A. Prouty and
Kiln K Lane. II Is a suit of the
of Spokane, Chamber of Com
Zee and Spokane Jobbers' asso-
don against the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific. Oregon Railroad and
company and allied rail-
way lines. Complaint charges unjust
In freight rates in that
rates on goods shipped from eastern
points to Spokane are based on
rates from the east to the Pa
sific coast plus the return rate from
The coast to Spokane. The hearing
is expected to last two days and may
be followed by supplementary hear
ngs in the coast cities.
Commissioner Prouty called the
case Of the city of Spokane VS.. the
Northern Pacific ct al, attorneys re-
spending for the Northern Pacific, the
Great Northern the Spokane Falls
and Northern and the Oregon Railroad
anu 4NdNik iAlVt COMPANY IN NftaifN'
dian Pacific, also a defendant. was not
A petition in lnterven-
tIon was filed BY Seth Mann Of san
Francisco in behalf OF the Pacific
Coast Jobbers association, the Port
land Chamber Of Commerce and the
Merchants Protective association Of
Seattle, and was allowed. despite OBJ
lection. Attorney Brooks Adams
opened the fight for The city of Spo-
kane.
This Is the first case OF any inn
portance arising under the new inter-
state commerce law" he said.
"The railways are not only a high
way, but the most domineerlng OF
highways. II they have the power
Of charging for transportation they
have the nower to take from com.
munity as much money as they see ~
unless interfered with by competition
or by government regulation. A
first, competition was sufficient bu
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
IN
NINE KILLS
EIGHT
BODIES OF VICTIMS
FRIGHTFULLY MANGLED
Two Hundred Workmen Who Had
lust Descended When Shock
Came MracuIousIy Escape Instant
Death.


.IBy Morning journal Special Leased wirc.I
t~Clinton, Ind, Jan. l4.-Eight men
are dead and two seriously injured as
result of an explosion in mine No.
Z today.
The Dead.
JOE JOSEPH.
EDWARD WOLD.
HERMAN DREHEMER.
ANTON HETARIK.
JOE POBADO.
JOHN GREGOR.
LEOPOLD PAJIK.
FRANK DARROVNSK1.
The Injured.
Anton Abe.
Charles osborn.
Two hundred miners had descended
when terrific explosion shook the
interior OF the mine. For several
hours it was impossible TO enter the
mine owing to the heat. The trap
doors had been blown down and air
could not circulate.
The bodies Of the dead when finally
found were badly burned and dis
figured.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
Inns Pouring Into nawall.

Honolulu, Jan. 14-During this
month 1889 japanese have arrived in
the Hawaiian islands.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-15
Report of oAHorney
General Cfnches Case
AGAINST Accused Men
Empty Shells and Bullets Picked Up
Near Scene of Outrage Could Come
Only From New Model Springfield
Rifles.

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire.l
Washington, Jan. 14.-President
Roosevelt today sent to the senate a
special message regarding the Browns
vile incident. which gives the addi-
tional evidence collected by Assistant
Attorney General Purdy and Major
Blocksom, who were sent to Texas to
investigate the affair. The president
Submitted with his message various
exhibits, including maps of Browns
vile, Fort Brown, bandolier, three
empty shells. and seven ball cartridges
picked up in the streets of Brownsville
a few hours after the shooting,
thirty-three steel jacket bullets
and some scraps of other bull
lets picked out of the walls of
houses into which they were
fired. The president declares that
the evidence is positive that the out
RACES of August 13. were committed by
some Of the eolored troops that have
been dismissed, and that some or all
of the three companies of the Twenty
fifth infantry had full knowledge of
the deed and have shielded the guilty
ones, The negro troops are referred to
in the message as midnight assas-
sins and the president declares that
few " any of the soldiers dismissed
could have been ignorant of what oc-
Cured on the night the town was shot
up. The discharge OF these troops, the
president maintains was within his
legal and constitutional power and any
other course would have been a vio-
lation of his sworn duty.
Secretary Taft's report, giving sworn
testimony of witnesses is transmitted
with the message. The testimony Of
fourteen people is Incorporated in the
report.
The presidents message was =
companied by box neatly wrapk
and tied with red tape contaipina
cartridges and shells as cd
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Brownsville. Among these were the
following:
(A)-The murder of Frank Natus.
(B)-The assault with intent to kill
the lieutenant of police. Dominguez,
whose horse was killed under him and
whose arm was shot so severely that 1t
had to be amputated. =
(C)-The assault with intent to
kill Mr. and Mrs. Hale Odin and their
little boy who were in the window of
the Miller hotel
(D)-The shooting into several pri-
vate residences of the city of Browns
vile, three of them containing
women and children.
(E)-The shooting and slightly
wounding of Preciado.
These crimes We're certainly commit+
ted by somebody.
As to the motive for the eomnxs-
sion of the crimes it appears that
trouble of more or less serious kind
had occurred between the individual
members of the companies and indi-
vidual citizens of Brownsville, culmi-
mating in complaints which resulted in
the soldiers being confined within the
limits of the garrison on the evening
of the day in question. The evidence
as will be seen, shows beyond any pos
sibility of honest question that some
individuals among the colored troops
whom ] had dismissed committed the
outrages mentioned; and that some
or all other of the individuals dis
missed had guilty knowledge of the
deed and shielded from the law those
who committed 1t. The only motive
suggested as possible influencing any
one else was a tzaAG1nnn