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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-03-06
ABOUT FREIGHT RATES.

Yesterday that To make it possible to
build All interior city in Florida we
must have cheap rates out as well
| as cheap rates in not necessarily
/ cheap rates, but competitive rates.
| The Interior cities must Toe placed
upon an equal footing with the sea-
port cities.
Under present conditions the inte-
rlor elite, are handicapped and II II
iupo-,ihle Tor them to do whole
sale business.
For instance. an Ocala merchant
ship, a barred of flour from Jackson
willie to Ocala h= pays, We shall say
for tie sake of the illustration, twenty
cents freight. He reships it to Martel
and il costs him ten cents, making
the freight rate from Jacksonville to
Nartel thirty cents.
II he ships the barrel of flour direct
| from jacksonville 10 Martel the
| freight rate il only twenty one cents,
thus giving the Jacksonville mer.
chant an advantage OF nine cents over
the Ocala merchant in the shipment
/ of a barrel of -four To the nearest
point out from Ocala.
Until this handicap Is removed how
il il possible for wholesale merchants
or manufacturing industries in the
interior of the state 10 compete with
wholesale merchants or manufacture
CT, doing business in the seaport
cities"
L l. impossible.
In Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee,
Kentucky. Texas, and other states
that have built up great interior cities,
like Atlanta, Birmingham, Austin,
Dallas. Louisville, Nashville, etc,
these concessions have been made
and the interior cities have been
given competitive rates.
And the growth Of these cities, the
magnitude of the trade they have
created. nave been helpful and not
hurtful to the railroads.
The railroads have not gone out ot
business in those states.
The same result, would Ice reached
in Florida if the railroads would
pur,ure the policy pursued 10y the
railroads in other states that bots, o.
great interior cities.
The outgoing attorney general, Hon
". b. Lamar, vas presented with d
handsome loving cup Saturday "a
Tallahassee 10y the cabinet a. "a lokeI
Of regard for his long and dilgen
. services. Hons }. Is. Whitfield an,
j ". II. Ellis were presented viii
g similar tokens upon entering ;h
i duties of their new office.
# Some of the best editorials bein
n written in the state are from the pc
of Editor Harris Of the Ocala Banner
Barlow Courier Informant.
The beautiful bouquets that are bein
- constantly thrown AT uN are mo,
pleasing and are always appreciated
and the reason We DO not rcproduC
more of them l. because il i li6
feeding our esteemed neighbors aero:
.. the way on gall and wOrmwoOd an
We are not cruel enough to torture
that way.
Tho Atlanta VCprpaI will shorty 4
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-03-06

The Atlanta Journal will shortly let
the contract for sky scraper OF steel,
marble and pressed brick. This will
be to accommodate the Journal whose
present home of two four story build
ings and the Easements OF five and
top stories of four is all too small.
Twenty years ago six men got out
the first issue in the basement of a
iob office; today there are five hum
bred employees crsmped in the afore-
mentioned buildings. This shows
what a combination Of brains and
population VIII DO, I'm 81 newspaper
office one is uselrS. without the other.
When Perry Belmont gave "a Slo-a-
plate dinner during the second Bryan
campaign tle country Thought j, wa-
"a swell affair. hut What j. ghat L. a
$500 Plat, auj THAI plate u.t eaten
The Ausu.& journal describes sle
circumstance: Since the day o
Lueullu-, the epiyureau, 5ue mo-,
costly single breakfast ON record i,
one which Henry I. Johnson, negr,
editor FROM Camden, \. J.. did no
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-03-06

- far four candidates are after the
po-toffce plum and no one OF the
number j. the presidents favorite
agfYr
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-03-06

The press OF jhr state D. almost
unanimous ou the side of Mr S,e-son
IN the University scandal. " should
douothiug To dry up the veins through
which run the milk Of hUmuu kind
neS-. Men al the StetSpu stamp are
scarce enough IN all conscience aud
W. should -er 10 II that the Pnilsu
thrppi, --d they plant shall bloom
into tiaWrr~.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-03-06
Florida Press Association.

ElnFida association.
The animal meeting Of the Florida
Press Association, as already announce
ed in these columns, will meet at
Seabreeze this wear beginning Tues
day. March IS. at 5 o'clock p. III. in
Wilman's opera house.
The following program for the
meeting has been arranged by the
committee:
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that way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
FIRE FROM AMBUSH
ON GAME WARDEN
Indiana Ofcial's Life ImperiIed Be-
cause He Did His
Duty.

Jasper Ind, Aug. 13.-Henry Ell,
the fearless and aggressive deputy
fish and garme warden of this county,
srecoverinG from the effects of wounds
received while prosecuting his search
for fishncts along the Patoka river. The
fish and game law is offensive to many
people in this county. Ell. dating from
the time of his appointment, has been
doing his duty in enforcing the law,
and many offenders have been prose
cuted by him. while their nets have
been cOnfiScated and destroyed.
While prosecuting his search along
the river near the section known as
"Old Ferry" where the banks are COW
cred by a thick underground of brush
and vines, he heard the report of
shotgun and instantly felt the sting Of
a number of shot which struck his
body. Only seven or eight shot took
effect. The wounds are not dangerous,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
REFUSES TO PAY WARRANT
FOR SUPPORT OF CANAL

Springfield, H., Aug. ia warrant
for $4,000, signed by State Auditor
Mccullough, has been secured by the
commissioners of the Illinois and
Michigan canal, but State Treasurer
Busse has refused to permit its pay
ment. This is the first time in many
years, probably in history, that a reg
ularly drawn warrant has been turn
ed down by the state treasurer.
Judge Thompson issued a tempor-
AIRY injunction tying up the appropria-
tion. Judge Creighton dissolved it,
but held. however, that an appeal
could not be perfected until the Sep
tember term began. Burke's attor-
neys at once filed notice on McCul-
Tough and Busse that the payment of
the money to the commissioners
would imperil the auditor and treas
urer in case the supreme court re-
versed the decision of Judge Creigh-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
NOT YET ABLE TO APPEAR
Indiana Woman the Victim of an At
tempted Outrage by q Negro
Brute.

Valparaiso, Ind, Aug. 13.-John VII
son, a negro who attempted to assault
Mrs. Biggg, of Washington township,
has not yet been given preliminary
hearing as contemplated, the condition
Mrs. BiggS, of Washington township,
missed. and the woman being unable to
leave her chamber to appear against
the defendant. The armed guard is
still stationed at the Jail. although the
sheriff does not anticipate that Wilson
is in danger of mob violence.
An inquiry has come from Pittsburg,
Pa. saying that a negro answering
Wilson's description was desired in AL
leghany county for assault. The pris-
Oner laughs about his escape from the
enraged farmers at the time of the as
sault upon Mrs. BiggS, and is dis
posed to make light of his surround
ings. He is of Surly disposition, six
feet tall and weighs 100 pounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
HOME FOR THE DESERTED
New Charity That Has Been Planned Dy
an Iowa Woman for Victims OF
Mans Inhumanity.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 13.-A shelter
home for deserted wives and babies
is being planned by Mrs. Elizabeth
Jones, secretary of the Iowa Humane
society. Mrs. Jones says: Scarcely Il
day goes by but some poor mother,
with two or three babies, comes to us
and tells us her husband has left for
parts unknown. In nine cases out of
ten these women are left penniless and
have no shelter. They reside in rented
houses, and landlords are very prompt
in throwing them out as soon as the
source of the family support is miss
ing.
What we want is a house or. home
to keep these people until we find their
husbands or arrange some other plan
for their keeping. 1t is proposed to get
acreage property somewhere and to es-
tablish in connection with the home a
place for dumb animals which have
been abandoned. Dogs and cats, mules
and horses and cows, etc, will be pick
ed up and properly cared for until suit
able disposition can be made OF them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
MARRIAGE SECRET
KEPT TWELVE YEARS
And Couple Living Separately
All That
Time.

Fond du Lac, Wis, Aug. 13.-Wil-
liam Nelson, of Neenah, and Miss Ell
len NJ. Gaffney. of this city, were mar
ried secretly on June II, 1891, and the
fact that they have been married for
twelve years was kept secret until
Tuesday, when Mrs. Nelson showed her
marriage certificate while visiting
friends here The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. John Faville, of the
Congregational church, and the fact
that the brides people are Roman
Catholics had much 20 do with keep
ing the matter secret.
Mrs. Nelson says that she ran away
to be married and after the ceremony
visited in South Dakota. Later she
attended school in Valparaiso, Ind,
and returned to Fond du Lac in 1894.
Since that time they lived in Milwau-
kee and in Minnesota. She says that
she and her husband are ON good
terms, but do not live together now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
JOKE ON THE HoRsEMAN
Thinking He Was Making Safe His Own
Watch He Carries or That of An
other Man.

Charlotte, Mich, Aug 13. - w. b.
Otto. a prominent horse dealer of this
city, was going TO the Wallace circus.
and having heard of the clevernesS of
the pickpocketS who follow these
shows around the country, mixing with
the crowds and relieving the people
of their money, he vowed that he
would not he one of the victims. When
he got into the thick of the crowd he
carefully wound the watch chain
around his finger so that no one could
snatch it without his knowing it. When
he got out of the crowd he found
gold watch attached to the chain, and
it was not his.
His own watch was still safe in his
pocket and held fast by its own chain.
There was only one possible explana-
ton for his being in possession of the
second watch and chain. When hestOok
so much pains to protect his property
from the light-fingered gentry he was
carefully winding another mans chain
around his finger, now he is looking for
the owner of the other mans watch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
JUDGE is ACTING
WITH GREAT VIGOR
6uspends a District Attorney and
Lectures Sheriff in Idaho
Springs Case.

Georgetown, Colo, Aug. 13.-Judge
Overs has suspended Horace q. Thur
man. district attorney of the First
judicial district. from further service
i'll the investigation of the blowing up
of the Sun and Moon transformer house
and the expulsion from Idaho Springs
of fourteen members of the miners
union by members of the Citizens
Protective League, and appointed as a
special prosecutor in the Idaho Springs
cases Willis Ellitt. of Denver. Judge
Overs lectured the sheriff for his laNi-
~ in an official way and condemned
his appointment of men as deputy
SheriffS who had not been in the cOun-
ty exceeding forty-eiSht hours.
Ralph Talbot, who was understood
to represent the Citizens League, gave
notice that he would apply for writ
of prohibition in the supreme court in
order to test the courts right to SuS-
pend the district attorney
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
CoNFEssEs A MURDER
Charles HIntz Tells the Police He Shot ans
Killed a Woman During
a Quarrel.

Milwaukee. Aug. 13.-CharleS Hintz,
a Milwaukee man wanted in connec-
ton with the brutal murder of Au-
gusta Piskie, at Muskego, Waukesha
county, Aug. 1, is said TO have CON
fessed while at the Central police sta
ton. He was arrested by Detective
Henry Goetzen and Sheriff William
SchOI, of Waukesha, ut Lake City,
Mimi, brought here, and later was
taken on to Waukesha, where a war
rant will be sworn out charging him
with the crime.
Hintz said he called on the woman
and askel her to lend him some mon
ey. At first she had agreed to do
this, then changed her mind and the
two quarIeled over it. Then he said
he shot her and escaped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
Exciting Experience of the Silver Spray In|
Mid Lake.
SHOTTED GUNS ARE USED IN THE ATTACH
With Result That Fishing Boat Gets Home Per-
forated By ProeCti1es.

started from spontaneous combus-
tion. The citizens, with people from
the surrounding country, gathered as
soon as the alarm was spread and
with bucket brigade did good work,
Buffalo was notified by telephone and
sent help and the chief of the Daven-
port fire department was called up
on, but did not respond, for nothing
could have been done by the tiremen
without water under pressure. About
1 o'clock the flames were gotten UNI
der control. The buildings destroyed
include the town hall. barber shop,
Office of DIR. Nandeveer, u residence
and some outbuiIdings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
SOME IMPROBABLE STORIES
Seems to Think Reports Have Been Exag-
gerAted as to Deviltry.

BOsanquet places the Jewish vic
tins at fOrty-one killed and 3O3 wound
ed. while among the Christians one
Official inquiries. he says. show that
three women were violated. but this
may well represent Il small fraction
of the actual number. since the Jewish
women acknowledgements silent for their
own sakes, as under the Mosaic law
divorce must follow violation The vice
consul heard of the rape of girl 10
years old, and of others aged 13, but
this was only hearsay.
Mutilation and deliberate torture of
the victims, he says. do not seem to
have been practiced. Though there
were undoubtedly great barbaritieS he
only knows of one case of mutilatiOn,
when a man's~eye was put out with a
nail He heard stories of mutilation
after death. and of child being torn
limb from limb. but he considers the
latter story to be improbable, consid-
ering that only two little children ap-
pear to have perished
BOsanquet pays a tribute to Prince
Urusoff, the new governor of Bessara-
bia. who he says helped him with ev-
cry means in his power. ION the ar
rival OF the new governor. who is do
ing all he can to gain the confidence
of the Jewish population" adds the
vice consul. matters began to i'm
prove, and the commercial life of the
town was resumed. A newcomer Wis
iting the Jewish quarter can see no
signs of a stoppage of business. and
it is hoped that Jewish commercial af-
fairs are on fair way to regain their
prosperity, though they have not yet
entirely recovered. The Jews place
their losses at 100000 roubles, but
this figure is probably an eXaggera-
ton.
About $50 rioters were arrested and
oJS were punished on minor charges,
while 216 were acquitted. Three hun
dred and sixty rioters will be tried at
Tiraspol in October. of which number
100 are charged with murder in addi-
ton to other crimes If they are found
guilty they will be sentenced to penal
servitude on the island of Sakhalin."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
Ted by a Member of the Consus
lar Service of the British
Empire.
AUTHORITIES WERE WORTHLESS
Did Nothing to Prevent or Stop the
Riot-Reports of DeViltry
Exaggerated.

London, Aug. 13.-A dispatch from
the British consul general at Odessa
forwarding the report made by the
British vice consul at Odessa, V. Bo-
sanquet, who was sent specially to
Kischeneff to OBTAIN the facts regard
ing the recent anti-Jewish riots there
is published. Bosanquet's report, which
is dated July 2S; says: The area of
the disturbances comprised two-th.rds
of the town of KiSchc neff. The muir
ders all occurred on Monday. the sec
ond day of the disturbances. They
were perpetrated by bands of rioters in
different r1rts of the town Many be-
lieve they were the work of organized
companies. which fact argues in favor
of pre-arranged conspiracy to eXter-
inmate the Jews.
Two Probable Causes of the Riots.
If this belief is not accepted the
riots must be attributed to the articles
i'll the Bessabee BeSSarabetz. the anti
Semitic organ in KiScheneff; to the
unfOunded report of the Jewish murder
of a Christian priest; to the wine drunk
early on Monday, and to the belief
which seems to have grown with the
continued inaction of the authorities
that the latter wished the Jews to be
massacred. or had even ordered 1t. Ap-
parently, feeling existed among the
lower classes that the Jews ought not
to be in n majority in Kischeneff.
Local Authorities inefficient.
The local authorizes took no ef-
fective step to stop the riots. The sol
dierS were passive if not sympathetic
spectators. The police contented them
selves with the arrest of minor Grim
inals until O'Clock in the afternoon,
when the governor. who had remained
at home. telephoning orders which
were disregarded, at length ventured
to sign the necessary order for the
troops to be employed"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
TolstoI Guilty of Lose Majestic.

Leipsic, Germany, Aug. 13.-The pro
vinciaI court here has concluded the
trial of the German publisher of Toll
stois pamphlet. Thou Shalt Not KILL -
which was seized by the police on the
ground that it contained statements
regarding Emperor William which were
classed as high treason. The court
decided that the charge of lese ma
jeste had been proven, and ordered
the unsold copies of the pamphlet and
the plates to be destroyed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
OF FIFER
Private Joe" Not Fully Deter"
mined as to GubernatoriaI
Race.
BUT Is LIKELY TO ENTER
At Present He is Playing the Re-
ceptiVe Mood for What il is
Worth.

Chicago, Aug. 13.-''I have not yet
decided whether l shall be a candi-
date for the egubernatoriaI nomination.
said Ex-Governor Joseph W. Fifer, of
Bloomington. in the intervals of Il chat
with John G. Ames, United States mar
shall 1T is a little early to get into
the field. l have Of course. given this
question some attention. Many of my
friends have talked to me about it, and
several newspapers have given me very
friendly mention.
Getting Much announcement.
Il have received many letters from
friends over the state-some of whCm
l did not know were such good friends
urging me to be n candidate, and
making fiattefing proffers of support.
But 1 have not yet come to decision.
This getting into the field as Il candi-
date about a year before the conven-
ton is something new to me. We used
to hear little talk about possible can
didateS for governor at the heel of a
session of the general assembly, and
then nothing more until winter.
think this is just little early for the
announcement of a candidacy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
IMPERIAL TROOPS
WHIPPED BY REBELS
China Sustains Reverse and Rein
fOrcement Hustled to the
Front.

Hong Kong, Aug. 13.-The Chinese
imperial troops have been defeated by
the rebels at Hwei-Choufu, in the
southern province of Kwang-Tung.
Imperial reinforcements consisting of
5000 German drilled troops have ar
rived at Canton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
In Address He Declares 1t the Most Dangerous
of All Mobs.
ACCUSES 1T OF ALL SORTS OF CRIME
Coercion, Intimidation, the Bludgeon and En-
Couragement of Anarchy.

Chautauqua, y. Y, Aug. I'D. w.
Parry, president Of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers, today in
an address before the mob confer
ence" denounced organized labor as a
.Iawless organization which.to his mind,
was the most dangerous of all mObs.
He said: In its attempt to compel
recognition of its pretensions to SOW
ereignty it relies not on treason, but
upon coercion, intimidation and the
blpdgeon.
Accused OF Many Grimes.
''In its continual preachments
against law and its constant appeal
to the baser passions Of men it is do
ing more than any other agency to in
culcate the mob spirit and to encOur-
age the red flag of anarchy"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
New Guns for Guardsnen.

Lansing, Mich, Aug 13.-The Krag-
Jorgensen rifles for which the state
military authorities issued requisi-
ton, have arrived here, and they will
be distributed at once. The state will
have 2,742 of them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
MASSACRE VILLAGERS:
BUT TWENTY ESCAPE
Bulgarian Insurgents Destroy Turk
ish Village Of ke-
natl.

Salonica, Aug. 13.-It is reported the
Bulgarian insurgents have massacred
the inhabitants of the large Turkish
village of Kenati, near Monastir. On
Iy 20 escaped.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
THROUGH A BRIDGE
Train on Rock Island is Plunged
Out in Kan
SaS.
ACCIDENT TO TEXAS EXPRESS
Only Wonder is that Loss of Life
Was Not Ter
rible.

Topeka. Aug. 13.-The engine, mail
car and baggage car on a Texas eN-
press on the Rock Island went
through a bridge across Hendricks
creek. near Alma. early this morning.
killing Fireman John Leggett. of Nc
Farland, Kans.. and seriously iniuring
Engineer John McSteen, of Kansas
CITY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
COREY is RELEASED
BY CARNEGIE COMPANY
Steel Trust President Resigns His
Former PositiOn-Dickey
Successor.

Pittsburg. Aug. 13.-The board of
directors OF the Carnegie Steel com
pany today accepted the resignation
of President W. f. Corey and elected
\. c. Dickey to fill the vacancy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
GEN. CHARLES FITZSIMMONs
Is CRITICALLY SICK

Chicago, Aug. 13.-Gen. Charles
Fitzsimmons, formerly brigadier gen
eral of the First brigade. Illinois Ma
tional Guard. is critically i'll at his
home from the effects OF a fall sus-
tanned some months ago.
London, Aug. 13.-Lord Salisbury is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-13
Might Have Been Worse.

That fearful loss of life did not fol-
low is due To the narrowneSS Of the
stream where the disaster occurred.
\ cIoudburSt had filed the creek and
weakened the bridge