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The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
RETURN TO FIRST PRINCIPLES.

The Gainesville Sun quotes approx
ingly the following paragraph from the
Tampa Herald:
There is no more firmly established
principle than that the prom1scuous
admission Of large number of ap-
prentices will ruin any trade. The in
eEitable and invariable result is poor
work, the reduction of wages and the
entire decentralization of the craft. This
is so well known and established that
there is not union in the world but
limits the number of apprentices who
may be put to learn the trade of the
union.
The Herald utterances are prompted
by the declaration of some of Tampa's s
large cigar manufacturers that they
will fill their factories with apprentice
American labor and hire competent
foremen to teach the new beginners
the cigarmaker's trade, feeling that
they are forced to this expensive ex-
tremity as the only alternative to rid
themselves from the domineering con-
troll of Resistencia, the cigarmaker's
union, If they are to remain in Tampa.
Notwithstanding the editor Of the
Sun confidently clinches his and the
Herald Mans judgment with the de-
claration that the position is the out
come Of fifty. years association one
way or another with unions, we are
constrained to differ with him. The
present generalization of the steel
trade business North and the cigar
makers business at Tampa, proclaims
in thunder tones the absolute and un-
qualified fallacy of the argument.
The undying principle upon which
organized labor first sprang into ez=
istence is the righting Of wrongs COM
mitted by employers against employees
whether it be in the shape Of star
Vation wages or unjust discrimination.
Upon this principle labor appealed to
the sympathies Of christendom, and
won its universal sympathy. Had it
confined its operations along these
lines organized labor would have been
as undying as the eternal ages and
would have had the plaudits and CO.
operation Of two-thirds of mankind in
every struggle entered into.
But the parasite rulers of the pres
ent generation have departed from the
teachings and principles of the fathers
Instead Of labor being to-day arraye6
against the oppression of labor with
the chances Of the mighty struggle il
its favor, capital is arrayed against
the oppression of organized labor il
the greatest struggle the world ha!
ever known, and labor, lacking its only
support the sympathy and co-opera
ton Of the masses Of mankind, the
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
DEATH OF MISS LIZZIE CO rToN.

The death, last Fri0ay night, of Miss
Lizzie Cotton, who was the librarian at
the University Library, corner of Mon
roe and Mccarthy streets, was a sur
prise and great grief to large circle
Of friends and relatives. She had been
ailing for a number Of weeks, though
she had made no complaints; at length
on the doctors recommendation, she
visited Lanark, in hopes that the
change would do her good, and she
only arrived here from that place on
Thursday, the 9Th inst.
She grew worse Immediately, and in
spite Of the best of care, died Of con-
gestiOn, as stated. She was living at
the home of her brother-in-law, NTH.
S. Elliott, chief clerk in the Office of
the Commissioner of Agriculture, at
the time Of her death. She was well
known, especially to the gents and
misses in this city, and her kind and
obliging nature endeared her to those
who knew her well.
The funeral took place Sunday from
the Episcopal Church, Rev. w. H. Car
ter, the rector, officiating, and was at
tended by large number of sorrowing
friends.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
RESIGNS AS PREsIDEN-

The Metropolis of Saturday after,
noon contains the following: u
a Metropolis reporter, learning that
there had been some impbrtant
changes in the executive department
of the State Fair Association, scalled
upon Mr.. George w. Wilson, thS prin-
cipal promoter Of the fair, AID its
president since last March. &
In reply to the inquiry as 10 the
changes, Mr.. Wilson said:
eyes. There have been feveral
changes. In March, when th8 assO-
citation Was organized, was elected
president against my protest and
against my repeated appeal to sbe re-
lieved Of :this work, because this,
combined with my many other tduties,
would be more than one maK could
possibly stand physically or mfntally,
but the gentlemen composing The or
ganiZation insisted l should serve,
at least. until all the many Hepart-
ments that go to make up a St&te fair
could be thoroughly systematiSed and
organized, and that from thefnature
OF my past experience in such mat
ters, the pressure was more than
could, in Justice the fair, resist. For
four months / was compakatiVely
alone in the preliminary wolk until
Major Healy came to heaNtuarters
as general manager to relieve me of
details. For several months Ve have
worked together, until now The Or
ganiZatiOn is on sound footing, and
all the many links are well kweldeu,
and feel that 1 should be relieved of
the eXacLsng work incident to oHhe last
days prior to opening the f$r, and,
feeling this way, called tk6 execu-
tive committee together for she pur-
pose Of asking it to take fEpm my
shoulders the responsibility Be presi-
dent, which they kindly did By elect
ing Mr.. S. H Gaitskill, Of e Marion
county, president
"Mr. Gaitskil is a stranger, in pub
lie life in Florida, and whaf do you
know or him, MIR. Wilson," Inquired
the reporter.
'Mr. Gaitskill," was the reSly, was
my neighbor for many yeark when !
lived in Marion county, and 1 know
him to be man of sterling AualILles,
worthy Of every confidence. 4 He is a
man Of unusually strong Executive
ability that will develop in8 strength
as he gains experience. Hes is a fell
low Kentuckian, and we haVe enjoyed
the warmest friendship duSing the
years he has been in Florida. A.e is
a farmer of long experience and just
suited to preside over an AGRICULTURAL
fair"
HAS the executive head bf a State
fair much detail work to Dr." asAeu
the reporter.
'The executive head of afpublic in.
stitution like State fair should be in
touch with every detail Of he organi.
eaton, and is held responsible BY the
public for the success or failure o1
the institution over which he pre.
sides. The courtesy that 9 due this
organization as whole iss emphasis.
ed in the chief executivef foficer. IN
duty to the organization, the. directs
policies, formulates rules d lat are al.
ways followed in organzats s9ns of this
kind, and is held responsible for the
1
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
EXAMINATION OF TREASURY.

The recent examination Of the con-
dition of the State Treasury by the
State Examiner, Mr.. W. V. Knott and
Governor Jennings, has ended after a
very complete and careful examination.
ALI accounts were passed upon. all re-
ceipts nd expenditures vOuched for, and
the cash in the treasury counted As
all were found correct, the result has
been very satisfactory, and the Treas
urer is to be congratulated upon bis
manifestly correct handling of the
State funds.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
TEM PRESIDENT sH0T.

For the third time the assassin has
attacked: the sanctuary of the nation
and attempted the insane effort to rob
1t Of a ffuler. That the cowardly act
did not Job President Mckinley of his
life is 10 fault of the scheming an
archist. But the nations ruler never
dies. II the soul Of the old wings
into etesnity the wise provisions of the
Constitution bring into existence an
other clothed with the same authority.
Not even proclamation is necessary.
nor th1 lapse of one moments time
prerequisite.
Therefore, what folly the anarchistic
desire % kill the President. No one
believes, Of course, that the culprit
who SHOT the President at .Bufalo last
Fssdays had anything against Mr.. Nc
Kinley Indeed, he approached him
with q smile, grasped the mans hand
IN trisndshi' and at the same time
tried So crush the head of the gov
ernmsht by sending a leaden bullet
through the Presidents body.
Thsk the life Of the President under
these circumstances has been spared
and that he is likely to soon regain his
accustomed good health and spirits, is
cause: for great rejoicing throughout
the country. Personally, Mr.. McKin-
Ley has always been popular, and this
eventI has aroused the country as il
was never aroused before-all one way
of thinking. Prayers have gone uI
throughout the land for his recov.
cry, anu though mortally wounded, as
1t would have been considered a few
years ago, he is on the high road tc
recovery. Who knows but the earnest
prayers of an unanimous people die
it?
For the assassin the fury of the
country, If it could be applied in dou'
BILE distilled doses, would not be suf
ficieut punishment. The man who
coneeals the assassin's purpose with
the smile of friend and would taxi
human life for no reason but the jeal
ousJ of the indolent and shiftless to
ward the more successful is so steepe(
in Iillainy that the fury Of hell itsel
is not sufficient punishment. Human
ingenuity and inventive skill may IL
the centuries to come bring to light {
method of torture commensurate will
the offense, but for the present we ar
compelled, humiliating as it may be
to accept electrocution in case of deatf
or a conviction for treason perhaps o.
the President lives.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12

sehiciency of every department, aAd
as could not possibly give the tihe
! to the discharge Of these duties, I fSlt
that I owed it to me pubic to retife
/ for 1 could not consistently pernp1t
others to discharge the duties --at Re-
long to the executive, for in my many
years of public life in Florida have
never permitted myself to be hgufe
head"
"Do you intend to abandon al
work in connection with The fatr?
'Not by any means. It is the duty
Of every citizen to- do his share; II
making the fair success. As q
member OIL the association and being
on various committees, shal do al
that I can; and the Times-union and
Citizen will do all it can to make the
fair a complete success.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12

only staff upon which it can confident
" Iean-is losing ground every day.
Let organized labor return to first
principles and all will be well with it.
There will then be no necessity for fill
ing shops with apprentices. Let it
continue on its present rampage of
tyrannical dictation to employers and
in less than five years it will be impOs-
sible for an unemployed man to get
work without signing away his freedom
to the extent Of pledging himself never
to Join a labor organization of any
kind.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
THE GEORGIA PINE RAILROAD.

The Georgia, Alabama and Florida
Railroad means business, in spite of
certain doubtful shakes of .he head
of some Tallahasseeans. A gentle
who takes great interest in all of our
improvements, rode out to visit it one
day last week, and returned enthus-
iastic as to the progress being made In
this direction. A large force is en-
gagged laying tracks, another is widen
ing the line of route in order to pre-
pare for the laying of a double track,
which latter has been started-more
than started-he says, will soon be
completed. There are several gangs of
wOrkmen busy at different points, all
hard at work. Besides Hanks camp of
between fifty and sixty labOrers, there
are several other smaller gangs; all
being busy on different parts of the
road bed. The rails and other iron
work are being placed as fast as the
work will allow.
The road will run from Tallahassee
to cambridge, from Bainbridge to Ar
lingtOn, and already trains are running
between the last two named places
Real estate along the line is also
booming.
The G., A. and F. has also made
connections with the SeabOard All
Line and the Carrabelle Railroads. Il
is also hauling large loads Of cross.
ties on Southeastern cars along the
line of that road. The prospect for g
speedy completion of the work now di
dectly under the superintendent care
as well as the probability of other con
nections and extensions, is brighter
than it has been for some .-me. Al
will rejoice when this road is COM
pleted and in good running order
which will be accomplished before the
New Year comes in.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12

Andrew J. Carnegie, the multi-mil-
liOnaire, whose greatest ambition in his
declining years seems to be to estab-
lish libraries throughout the civilized
world, has offered to establish one in
Pensacola if the city will provide. a
sum annually to keep it up. OF
course, that city will accept the offer.
Tallahassee already has library, Mr..
Carnegie can help along by a gener-
Gus donation if he sees fit.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12

Weakness manifests itself in the loss Of
ambition and aching bones. The blood i
watery; the tissues are wasting door Is
Delng opened for disease. A bottle of Browne
Iron BItters taken in time viii restore your
strength, sootke your nerves, make your
Diood r1ch and red. Do you more good
Tnan n an expensive special course ofmedicine.
Browns Iron Bitters iS sold BIZ an deSIerS
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
CURES ECZEMA, ITCHING HUMoRs

Through the blood by taking Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. b., which makes
the blood pure and rich, heals every
sore, scab, scale, boil or eruption, and
stops the itching Of eczema. B. b. B.
cures especially the worst and most
deep-seated cases. B. B. B. kills the
humors in the blood. Druggists, 81.
Describe trouble and trial bottle sent
free by writing Blood Balm Co., At
lanai, Ga.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
QUICK WORK OF SHERIFF.

The house Of Mrs. DuBarry, near the
depot, was broken into this morning,
and some provisions we're stolen. The
sheriff, with several others, started
after the thief at an early hour. e
proved to be cOlOred boy, about Is
years Of age, who is called Sam. Sam
is now under lock and key, and will
probably be sent up to the tune of 80
daVS
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12

Brother H. H. McCreary carried OF
the T.-U. and c. prize as the most pop
ular editor in the State and DR.. Yocum
the other as the most popular teacher
in Florida. Here's congratulations,
gentlemen. The prizes could not have
gone to more worthy men.
The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-09-12
EQUALIZING BOARD

The County Commissioners, sitting
as a Board of Tax Equalizers, are in
session at the Court House to-day,
hearing complaints on account Of in
creased valuations. It will be impOs-
sible to get full report Of their pro-
ceedings- for this ISSUE of the paper.
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
IS EXPELLED.
Bey, Turkish Ambassador to
France to Leave the Country.

Paris, Sept. 3.-The result of Munir
Bey, the Turkish ambassador to
France, coming to Paris, in spite OF
the rupture of Franco-Turkish rela.
tions and holding a fete, in the most
open way at the Turkish embassy in
honor of the anniversary of the sui.
tan's accession to the throne, has
been that the French government
sent him request to leave France
:iimmedia tely, and Munir Bey departed
for Switzerland Sunday evening.
NJ. Constans, the French ambassa-
dor to Turkey, had another confer
.ence with the French foreign minis.
ter, NJ. Delcasse, Monday. The gov.
>ernment of France is determined to
compel Turkey to fulfill her entire
OBLIGATIONS. Unless the sultan yields
shortly he will find the bill against
him increased by a number of other
outstanding claims of Frenchmen,
which will make an appreciable addi'
ton to the sum now demanded.
It is rumored that naval division
will be ordered to Turkish waters to-
day. Munir Bey will only return to
Paris against the wishes of the
French government unless the dis
pute is settled.
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
THE CLEVELAND FLOOD.
Conditions In the Devastated District
OF the Ohio City Are DeplOrable
in q High Degree.

Cleveland, O., Sept. 3.-Monday y s sun
shine and warm air, balmy breeze and
clean streets, filled with marching la
borers, afforded pleasant contras st
to Sundays deva station by rainfall
that flooded sewers and poured into
low-lying streets, which threatened
hundreds of lives and did great de-
struction to homes, roadways, boule-
Yards and other property. Notwith-
standing the property damage, not a
single loss of. life has been reported
to police headquarters, and it is be-
lieved none has occurred. Aside from
the most seriously affected portions
OF the city, there is no evidence of the
havoc that has been wrought, and
street car traffic has been resumed
regularly. Trains on the roads from
the east passing the flooded district
are delayed about an hour. The work
of repairing the damage done to homes
is, going on, but in many instances
houses will have to be rebuilt. The
water that flooded the streets has
passed away through the sewers, and
the streets that were rivers of water
six feet deep Sunday are back to their
usual condition and passable The de-
partment Of public works, Mayor John
son, the police and fire departments
are giving all possible aid to repairing
the damage done. Emanuel (Episco-
paD church, on Euclid avenue, and in
the midst of the flood district, was con-
siderably damaged, the water reach
ing to a height of four feet, flooding
its interior. No accurate es stimate of
the actual loss can be stated, but it
will be heaviest in the destruction of
roadways, the caving-in of street i'm
provements, etc. IS
The scene in Glen Park place is un-
precedented, and several houses we're
prevented from being swept away be-
cause of the nearness of the next-door
residence, which served as a bumper,
the second house being prevented from
moving away because of it's foundation
having been washed from under it, al
lowing the building to drop like a dead
weight on it's side.
Since the food has subsidized the
homes of J. w. Smith and Norton
Noble have fallen deeper down into
the mire, and the two houses which
a few short hours ago were beautiful
homes are now hopeless wrecks. All
idea of rebuilding has been aban-
doned and the dilapidated buildings
will be hauled away and ground pre-
pared for new houses. The houses
occupied by Charles Wadsworth and
Sergt. Joseph Farr, which were un-
dermined by the food, will have to
be rebuilt.
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
APPEAL FOR RELIEF.
Thousands Said to Be Starving IN
Southern Texas.
DROUGHT The CAUSE OF DISTRESS.
Desperate Condition of the Residents
OF Zapata County The Cow
ernor May Ask Aid from
-.~-m Other States, -...

Dallas, Tex, Sept. 3.-Widespread
starvation and terrible distress have
followed in the wake of the drought
IN Zapata and several adjoining coun-
ties in southern Texas. 1t is esti-
mated that about $4,000 persons will
be dependent for their very lives on
the outside world for food and other
assistance. After enduring their mis-
cry for weeks in the vain hope that
they would be able to better their
condition the people of zapata coun-
ry have at last appealed for assist
ance. and a generous response is be-
ing made by the citizens here, at San
Antonio, Galveston and Austin. So
far the governor has not issued call
for out Of state aid, but if conditions
continue to grow worse he may be re-
quested to do So. s.-.
However strange it may seem to-
the uninitiated that such terrible
condition could exist anywhere in
the United States, there is nothing
strange about it to one who knows
the desert of southwest Texas, of
which Zapata county is a part. Zap
alta county is one of the tier that lies
next the Rio Grande river. 1t is the
fourth from the Gulf of Mexico,
Cameron, Starr and Hidalgo lying
between. It is about $50 miles south
west of San Antonio. No railroad
traverses it. The nearest railroad
town is Laredo, the terminus of the
International & Great Northern and
60 miles away. The 4,76O people of
the county are Mexican rancheros
and banqueros, women and children.
The present drought began last
summer. Since then no rain has fall
~en anywhere in the county. The cat
tie nibbled the dry and fast disap.
pearing grass as long as any re-
mained. Then they ate the sparse
foliage of the mesquite, and at last,
in their desperation, they devoured
the prickly pear. The progress Of
the drought to this point removed
the only source of revenue which the
people had Their cattle no longer
fit for sale, they faced the problem
of existence. Their small stock OF
corn soon disappeared. They, OF
course, had no gardens. From that
point it was a desperate struggle for
m1re existence. This has gone on for
months, no word of it reaching the
outside world. The Americans of the
county and the most prosperous
among the Mexicans have done their
best to relieve the suffering, hoping
always that rain would come. But
no rain came. Cattle were dying by
thousands. Women and children,
gaunt and emaciated, we're reduced
to begging for food to keep body
and soul together.
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
WAS A SURPRISE.
further Details of Demolition of q
British Train by BOers-Death
of Vandeleur

London, Sept. 3.-The Pretoria cor.
respondent of the Daily Telegraph, in
dispatch describing the blowing up
Of a train between Waterfall and Ha,
mans Kraal, Saturday, by Beers, when
Lieut.. Col. Yandeleur, of the Irish
guards, was killed, says: "The train
carried several passengers, among
them two ladies with babes and a
nurse. As it toiled through a cutting
a negro was seen to raise his hand. In
stantly a Boer discharged two mines,
derailing the train, while a body OF
Beers poured in heavy rifle fire.
Lieut.. Col. Vandeleur shouted to the
women to lie down under the seats
and ordered his men to return the fire.
AS he was proceeding along the cor
ridor, Boer burst into the carriage
and fired, killing him after, it is sup
posed, his refusal to surrender. An.
other Boer deliberately fired upon and
wounded the nurse. Bullets were f1y.
ing in all directions, although tho
Beers were aware that women and
children were there"
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
Warning Is Sent,

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. 3.-Banks
in Texas are in receipt of communi.
cation from the treasury department
notifying them that bills of two Mon.
tana banks to the amount of $780,.
900 are in circulation lacking the sig
natures of presidents and cashiers
The bills were stolen in the recent
train robbery on the Great North.
ern while in transit from Washing.
ton to the banks. The bills are in de.
nominations of tens and twenties
100000 of the former and 100000 Oh
the latter. The public is warned not
to accept the bills of those denomi.
nations of the Montana banks lack.
ing the signatures, of the president
and cashier.
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
One Life Lost.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 3. - The de-
str1lction of Hotel Mckee, a frame
structure in the East end, Monday
morning resulted in the loss of one life,
Injuries to four others and the narrow
escape of many, more. Harry Mckee.
aged II years, son of the proprietor,
who slept in a room over the kitchen,
was burned to death. The injured will
recover, except Miss Campbell. a do
mestic, who will probably die. The
fire was caused by the explosion of
gasoline stove, which Miss Campbell
attempted to light. s ~ :s@ ~ e.
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
The State Bank of Warren
is the place where you can
get a Loan on your Farm with
out delay.
Relief In Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours by "NEw
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE" 1t is great surprise on ac-
count OF it's exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in bladder, kidneys
and back, in male or female. Re
lieves retention of water almost i'm
mediately. Ii you want quick relief
and cure this is the remedy. Sold
by E. F. WHITNEY, Druggist, War
ren, MINI.
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
Will Invite Bryan.

Columbus, O., Sept. 3.-It is an
nounced by Chairman Daugherty, OF
the democratic state committee, that
William Jennings Bryan will be in
vited to participate in the Ohio cam
paign this fall, despite the fact that
the state convention had turned
down silver and Organism. If he &C.
scepts he will be sent to those coun-
ties which have declared in favor Of
Bryan's ideas, ~ ~ ,m g.s
Warren sheaf., 1901-09-05
Will DeDort Beers.

Cape Town, Sept. 3.-The military
administration has determined, it is
said, to deport all the Beers in the
reconcentrado camps, numbering
upward of 100000, to garrisoned
towns on the coast, where food is
more readily available. The rail.
ways, thus relieved, will probably
suffice to supply food for the popula.
tion of Johannesburg, which is as
large as before the war, permitting g
the reopening of all the mines.