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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-29

down. 1t was a splendid performance all
around, and / am proud of every man,
woman and child on that vessel. With all
the incentives In the world for an awful
panic, do not think that more than one
or two persons lost their heads.
HEROIC YOUNG WOMAN.
"The conduct of the women, particular
ly, was fine, but the heroine of them all
was Miss Peckenpaugh, a Seattle girl. l
think that in one case she averted bad
panic among the women by her GOODNESS,
and even when put in one of the small
boats and while sitting there with water
up to her knees, was as cheerful and hap
Ply as if she was in her own home, and did
everything in her power to keep up the
spirits of the other women.
Since l have been at sea l have been
in many bad places and have seen some
bad panics, but / have never seen any
thing like that scene. People awakened
in the early hours of the morning to find
a vessel on fire and every indication that
there is going to be a terrible loss of life
have every excuse to lose their heads,
but seemingly there was not single cow
ard among the passengers of the Queen.
1t is, Of course, all due to the officers and
crew of the ship that everything of this
kind was averted. Had they shown any
less measure of self-control or lost their
heads in the slightest degree the loss of
life would have been something enor.
nous.
JUDGMENT WAS PERFECT.
Probably there will be some adverse
criticism as to the wisdom of launching
the small boats, but in my opinion this
was the only wise course to pursue. Had
the women remained on board they would
have been compelled to remain penned up
in the fore part of the vessel, otherwise
they would have been in the way of
the workers. To keep people, in time
like that, inactive and penuei up in a
small space without knowing what is GO
ing on is to promote panic, and such a
thing was just what the captain of the
vessel was trying to avoid. A panic dur
ing that fire would have meant loss of
life more terrible than can be imagined
"The only thing to do was done by Cap,
tain Cousins. There have been cases where
women confined on vessel in this way
have deliberately leaped overheard through
sheer nervous terror and inaction. Once
start little panic on the Queen at that
time in the morning and the fire would
have gone on record as one of the great
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-29
Ely ON TIE FLYER

Leaves seattle-7so and ll:l5 a. M;
2;45 and 0:l5 p. m.
Leaves Tacomae-9:25 a. m. and 1900,
4:30 and 500 p. M
Friday-Steamer Flyer or Athlon. Leaves
Tacoma-9.25 a. M; 300 and 500 D. m.
Leaves Seattle-7:30 a. M; 1900 m;
6:l5 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-29
Boat Leaves
INTERURBAN TIME CARD.

Trains leave Tacoma tcorner Eighth and
A streets)-6;l0 a. M, 7:lO a. m, $40
a. m, 9:i5 o. m. Omitted, no stops), 1910
a. m, l1;l0 a. m, 1910 p. m, l:l0 p. M,
2:lO p. m, $40 p. m, 4;l5 p. m. limited,
no stops) $40 p. m, $40 p. m, 7:l0
p. M, 9:l0 p. M, ll00 p. m.
Leave Seattle First avenue south and
Jackson street)--7;0O a. m, $500 a. m,
OILS a. m. (limited, no stops), 1000 a. M,
lliOO a. m, 1900 m, 100 D. M, 200
p. m, 300 p. m, Ais p. m. Omitted, no
stops), 500 p. m, 600 p. M, 700 p. M,
500 p. M, 900 p. m, HIS p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-29

SEATTLE, Feb. 29.-Thousands lined
the wharves when the Queen steamed into
the harbor yesterday at 4 D. m. Only
once before had so many watched for her
coming, the day she brought home the men
of Washington who had fought in the Phil.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
Specialties at the
EDISON THEATER.

Specialties at the
EDISON THEATER.
Ola @ st.. Tacoma Theater Building.
Fox q Ward Carl Charles. Frank Fay.
The Jaxon Sisters. Holmes 4 Holmes.
Moving Picture Attraction "Uncle TOMS
Cabin"
Matinee 2:30 p. m.
Evening to III. Admission 10 nuaa zoo
WASHINGTON TRUCK co. j. G. View
tit & Co General freighting. household
goods, safes and pianos removed. Offca
100 Tenth st. Office telephone, John 234l
Barn telephone, James 2s4l.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

for Hearst. With a large correspon-
dence in every county In the state
and more than 10000 subscribers GOV.
ering it from one end to the other.
The Independent has never heard Of
a populist leader or any other kind Of
a populist in Nebraska who is a sup
porter of Hearst.
The democrats of Nebraska are Just
learning that what the editor of The
Independent told them a year ago is
true. He then had information that
led him to believe that a desperate
effort would be made by the reorgan-
izers to get the Nebraska delegation
and that money was even then being
sent into the state to accomplish that
purpose. The Lee Herdman crowd
are hot after Bryan's scalp and they
nave plenty of the "sinews of war"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24
BETTING UP the PINS

A stan correspondent OF the Brook
Ign Eagle has been travelling over this
state helping to set up the pins for
the reorganIzers. II he lies as fully
and completely about everything else
as he does In HIS letter OF March II
about the populista. he will earn his
money. lie says; "The ayowcd fol.
lowing OF the New York editor
tlicarst IL limited to a few popalIst
leaders OF the interior" Tho INDIE
pendent would like 10 see the names
OF those 'populisl leaders" who ara
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

completely DISTINGUISHED. II man
goes to the polls and finds that ne
cannot conscientiously vote any of
the ballots that are provided by tie
authorities, he is disfranchised. he
is not allowed to write out a ballot
and place it in the box. He must
take the one given to him by the eiec-
ton officer or not vote at all. Tens OF
thousands have not voted under these
conditions who would have voted II
they could have got their party name
and candidates upon the ticket. The
men who have secured the enactment
of such laws belong to the sappers
and miners of liberty, against whom
Lincoln warned the people.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24
ORGANIZE

Attention is called to the letter OF
the acting chairman Of the peoples
party. printed in this issue of The In
dependent. The work that has al
ready been done in the enrolment OF
the Old Guard and Vanguard shows
that there are many thousands of
live, active and earnest populists, and
that they are in every state and terri
tory of the Union. But an organiza-
ton must be perfected or this latent
power cannot be brought into action.
There must be county conventions
and state conventions. Where in any
county two or three populists are
gathered together, not only will the
Lord be with them, but they have au-
thority to go ahead, call county con-
vention, elect delegates TO state con-
vention and prepare tie way for a
national convention and a hot cam
paign. or course in those counties
where there Is an organization that
organization must be respected. To
get at the millions of populists ali
over the United States and get con-
certed action, requires great deal of
work and some money. Let every
body help.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24
TIL TIBBLEs, Editor.
CO DE FRANCE, Associate Editor
Ed. EAGER, Business Manager.

Every democratic Judge on the su-
preme bench was for Jim Hill and the
merger.
Ex-Congressman r. d. Sutherland
made a call at The Independent this
week. He is just as enthusiastic a
populist as he ever was. He says
there will be a full delegation to the
national convention at Springfield
from his district.
&$S>S>$
The democracy of Texas has
brought plutocracy to such state OF
power that it costs a man $1.75 to cast
q ballot down there. The trusts can
put up the money for as many relia-
BILE voters as they need and the rest
are disfranchised.
Bishop Bonacum has sued Father
Murphy eleven times and been beaten
every time. The last of the cases was
tried in the supreme court last week
when the bishop got knocked out
again. No announcement was made
as to when the bishop would begin an
other suit.
SSSSsSSS
The papers have had a good deal to
say about the Russian general, Kuro-
patkin, who is to take charge of the
forces fighting Japan. Arthur Forbes
described him some years ago as "a
silent, logged, bloodthirsty fellow
with bull dog instincts of savagery
and tenacity"
SSSS&S>&
There is strike on in New York
city involving 100000 workmen If
each of these workmen represents a
family Of five, then 100000 people
will be without an income while il
lasts. 1t will not take much of that
sort of thing to bring on that dis
order that those Wall street chaps sc
much fear.
SSSSSSSa
The death penalty has been abol-
ished In France. President Loubei
has announced his intention TO follow
the precedent established by his pre-.
decessor, President Grevy, and vii
commute the sentence of every per,
son condemned to death to imprison
ment for life. In five states OF tn,
Union no death sentences are per
mlsted. II does not appear that th,
crime of murder has increased In an,
OF them.
Mike Duffy. one OF New york's boo
die aldermen OF 1851, was the iirs
man to use the word combine" In
public address and the reporters got
lot OF fun out OF 1t. Now we find |
In a supreme court decision aud mus
take u for granted that II has beef
safely ensconeod In the English Ian
Tuaee. One year a word Ia slang an
considered dIarepuIahle. the next W
IND \ used by the learned. and afte
Thar Y goes about In a silk hat an
evening dress and b admitted 10 III
best society" An Of which make
the 'pnrists" very sad.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24
WHAT A TRUST BUSTER,

Teddy got an injunction agains.
the meat trust, and the trust went
on its way rejoicing, charging higher
prices than ever before. Now he has
secured decision against Morgan's
and Hills railroad merger and the
roads continue to charge all the traf-
fic will bear. That is the way the
trusts are fought by republican ad-
ministration. There is a statute that
provides that every person" who
commits acts such as Morgan and Hill
and the managers of the meat and coal
trusts have committed shall he
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
On conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine not exceeding $4,000 or by
Imprisonment not exceeding one year.
or both, said punishments at the dis
erection of the court"
One criminal case under that law
would destroy the meat trust railroad
mergers and coal trust and the rest
OF the commercial pirates at ope
stroke. But no such case will be
brought, AS a trust BUSTER Teddy
Is fake.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

ANONYMOUS communications will mot be
soticed Rejected manuscripts will not b
returned.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

Every democratic Judge on the SUI
preme bench was for Jim Hill and the
merger.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

The Russians have lost two OF their
torpedo boats and several hundred
men by running into their own mlnea.
a good many quips have been aimed az
the Russian naval officers In the Amer
lean press on that account. hut oae
OF our battleshlps rammcd another IN
tue open sea. Tho Illinois was so
famaeed that n viii take monthn to
repair her. The only way that she eot
home was to build a cement and brick
wall 10 on M the greal hole that Was
knocked In her
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

when making rcmittances do not leave
money with news agencies. postnasters. etc.
10 be forwarded by them. They frequently
forget or remit a different amount than was
left with them, and the subscriber fails to get
sropei credit.
Address all communications and make al
drafts, money orders etc, payable TO
Che Hebyask1 7ndtpsndsnf,
Lincoln, Neb.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24
@@&<N

Ex-Congressman r. D. Sutherland
made a call at The Independent this
week. He is just as enthusiastic
populist as he ever was. He says
there will be full delegation to the
national convention at Springfield
from his district.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

The democracy of Texas has
brought plutocracy to such state OF
power that it costs a man $1.75 to cast
ballot down there. The trusts can
put up the money for as many relia-
BILE voters as they need and the rest
are DISTINGUISHED.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
The Jury System.

Hon. T. Bun Carson, Democratic
nominee for representative from
Lauderdale county in the Tennessee
legislature, has some important bills
which he will introduce during the
coming session Of the general assem-
bly,. One Of the featuSs of his
| platform on which he made his cam
paign was the revision of the jury
| system, which is one of vital i'm
pOrtance to the people of the State.
In this connection he says:
We Americans are tied down By ira
ditions, and because we farm as our
grandsires did explains why a practi-
cal innovation is so difficult to estab-
lish. l can conceive of no system
that could be inaugurated by which
so many criminals escape punishment
as our present jury system
The feature of our system requiring
the unanimous verdict of the jury is
wrong. 1t enables criminals of small
means to buy one juror and cause a
mistrial at a heavy expense to the
State and county. In several of the
States, in misdemeanor and civil cases
majority can render a valid verdict.
IL two or three States in felony cases
eleven jurors ont of twelve can rem
der valid verdict, and in one or two
States nine out of twelve can render q
valid verdict.
There is nothin in our Constitution
that would interfere with the enact
ment of law doing away with the
unanimous feature of our jury sys-
tenn and providing that eleven, ten or
time of the jury agreeing could rem
der valid verdict. If such a change
were made fewer criminals would es-.
cape punishment, there would be less
mob violence and fewer lynchings.
Every one would feel confident that
each criminal would get his just pun
ishment by law speedily.
The law requiring picked up juror
TO serve one day without pay is wrong,
and frequently works hardship. For
example: A farmer goes to the coun-
ty seat during the time court is in ses.
sion to get his mower, binder, or plow
repaired, the sheriff summons him and
he is placed on the jury and loses five
or ten dollars by being detained from
home and gets no pay, when the Con-
stitution says:
"The services of an individual
cannot be taken for public use without
a just compensation"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
DEPENDED ON A BLUFF
Reason Given For Failure to Pre-
vent Burning at the Stake OF
Georgia Negroes.

Savannah, Ga, Aug. 27.-Dependence
on the order, Load guns" to quell
mob, rather than On the efficacy Of bull
lets to accomplish the same purpose,
was a reason given Friday by Capt.
Hitch, of the Georgia national guard,
for his failure to prevent the murder
by burning at the stake CT Will Cato
and Paul Reed, convicted of the muir
der of Henry Hodges and family. MI
litiamen also told the court of inquiry
appointed by Gov. Terrell that the
sheriff and his deputies aided the
lynchers.
The two sergeants on duty at the
cell of the negro murderers testified
that the sheriff told them to turn over
the negroes to- the mob, as he had seen
Capt. Hitch, and had been instructed
by the captain to let the mob have
Cato and Reed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
Left to Commissioners.

No opinion will be furnished to
the secretary of State by Attorney
General Charles t. Gates Jr., upon
the question of what part of the pro-
posed constitutional amendments to
be voted on at the ensuing Novem-
Der election should be printed on
ballots. Secretary Morton had
planned to furnish election officers
with a guide by which to 60 in hav-
ing the ballots printed. In reply to
a request, Gen. Gates has written the
secretary of State that he knows of
no statute authorizing him to pre-
scribe what shall be a legal ballot,
and he also advises that there is no
provision of the statute requiring
the secretary of State to furnish
information to election officers as to
what constitutes a legal ballot. He
states that the question submitted is
one that is wholly within the prov
ince Of the commissioners of regis
tration and election and that the
judges of election are the judges Of
the validity and legality of ballots
deposited in the ballot box.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
THE PARAGUAYAN EMBROGLIO
Revolutionists Have Seized Train
Carrying Government Officials.
ReyoIutfonfsts are Purchasing
Arms and Ammunition From
Manufacturers in Argentina.

Buenos Ayres, Aug. 27.-It is now
confirmed that the Paraguayan revolu-
tionists have seized a train carrying
stores and a number Of government
officials.
A delegation headed by former Min
lister of Finance Moreno, accompanied
by two representatives of the Para
guayan government, arrived at For
moSa, Argentina, Friday. The dele
cation is now On the way to Buenos
Ayres, under the protection of an Ar
gentine gunboat, to confer with the
Argentine government, and with the
Paraguyan minister, Manuel Vfera-
Two hundred and fifty citizens OF the
Argentine Republic are returning from
Paraguay under diplomatic protection.
The Paraguan deputy, Senior Soler,
who is seeking the recognition OF the
revolutionists as belligerents, is ac-
quiring a stock of arms and other mu-
nitions of war from manufacturers in
Argentina
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
EXPENSE s65, 900 EVERY DAY
President Francis Gives American
Institute of Bank Clerks In
teresting Statistics.

St. Louis, Aug. 27.-President Francis
Of the Worlds fair, talked figures to
the American Institute of Bank Clerks,
when 200 members met Thursday
morning in the Hall of Congresses.
He told them more than he has told
anybody, almost, about the matter of
running the Worlds fair. He confided
to them that the daily cost of operat-
ing the plant is 1000, and that, in
Guiding the repayment of the govern
ment loan at the rate of $500, 900 every
two weeks, the diurnal cost is SOS, 900.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
Mrs. Brisendine Killed.

Mrs. Catherine Brisendine, an
estimable woman Of the Grassland
vicinity of Henry county, met with
a fatal accident while on her way
to church by the overturning of her
buggy. She drew the horse out of
the road to give the way to another
vehicle, and the animal became
frightened and ran upon the bank,
throwing Mrs. Brisendine out of
the buggy, causing her death in a
few hours. She was 60 years old.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
AN ERRONEOUS REPORT.
Rear-AdmiraI Chadwick Has Not
Been Ordered to Watch the Rus
sian Crusier SnOIensk.

Cape Town, Aug. 27.-There is no
foundation for the report circulated in
the United States that the American
South Atlantic squadron, Rear-Admiral
Chadwick commanding, now in these
waters, had been ordered to leave here
and watch the Russia volunteer fleet
vessel Smolensk. which,
The British warships Crescent, Odin,
Pearl and Forte, Rear-Admiral Durn-
ford commanding, are at the Seychelles
islands, in the vicinity Of Zanzibar. 1t
is understood that the admiralty has
sent order to the admiral, directing
him to communicate with the Smolensk
and ST Petersburg
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
KILLED BY A TRAP GUN
Alabama Merchant Sets n Trap For
Burglars and Meets With
Fine Success.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. H.-Jim
Streeter, a negro, was killed Friday by
a trap gun in the store of R. F. Lacey
& Son, at Powell, suburb. The store
has been burglarized repeatedly during
the past few months. Eight weeks ago
bear trap was set in the place, and
Ollie Gray, a negro, was caught in it.
and is now in Jail. However, the dep
relations continued, and the firm re-
sorted to the trap gun Before Street.
er died, he confessed that he had a
companion, who escaped.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
D aspect of persons does then prevail

- ESfEC1 OF persons does then prevail
IN among Christians, and in the
churches of to-day. 1t is not Gods way.
1t is sin, black, awful SIM Displeasing
and dishonoring to God and destructive
of spiritual life. And what is the REM
edy? How may the Christian avoid or
eradicate this weakness, this sin? Let
us see what James says about it and
what Jesus said. James reminds the
ones to whom he is writing, and who evil
IDENTIFY were offending in this matter
of respect of persons, that eff We full
I'll the royal law, Thou shalt love thy
neighfor as myself We do we'll" Here
then is the antidote for the poison of
this sin. Here then is the means of
eradicating the deadly disease Let the
Spirit of Christ so rule in the heart that
love for your neighbor will be as
strong as the love for yourself. And
did you ever stop to think that the root
of the evil of having respect of persons
was in selfishness, and that love of self
which seeks only those things and those
persons which crafty and please the ex-
ternal senses? The Spirit of Christ in
the heart and love for your neighbor-
your lOWly, numDIe, unprepOSSeSSlng,
uncongenial, uneducated, uncouth broth
er-as you love yourself. will quickly de-
stroy that un-Christlike attitude of your
heart and life. The Spirit of Christ, as
manifested in humble service, is an
other remedy for this unholy and IN
wholesome caste spirit Oh. let the
Spirit of Christ be manifested in your
life by love to your neighbor and kind
ly, helpful service, and you will find
that the desire and disposition to have
respect of persons will have been eraGj-
Gated. My brethren" let Christ rule
in the heart and life, and Hold not the
faith Of our Lord Jesus Christ. the Lord
of Glory, with respect Of persons For.
IF We have respect OF I-'7So7s, ye con-
NIT sin
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-02
Babe Beckham Finally Arrested.

Babe Beckham was arrested last
week by Deputy United States Mar
shall w. J. Clayton for selling whis-
ky WITHOUT license. The capture
was effected near Olive Hill, in Har-
din county. Beckham was taken be-
fore United States Commissioner J.
w. Stumph Of Selmer and given a
preliminary hearing. He gave bond
for his appearance before the next
term of court at Jackson. Beck
ham has quite reputation as an
evader of the officers of the law. He
is a young man, possessed of all the
activity of youth. During the cold
est weather Of last winter while he
was being pursued by a deputy
United States marshal he rode to
the edge Of a much swollen creek
in his flight, and seeing that his
capture was sure unless he swan,
got off his mule, which he was I'M
able to force into the water, jumped
in and struck out for the opposite
shore. The water was swift, where
he was and washed him down stream
for nearly mile. Climbing on the
bank he ran, with bullets whistling
around and over him. In telling
friends of his experience afterward
he said that some of the bullets from
the deputy's gun splashed the water
in his face as he fought to save HIM
self in the stream. Evading arrest
since that time, Beckham has con-
tinued to sell whisky without the
license required by law until finally
overtaken by Clayton.