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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31
ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO
SCUTTLE ITALIAN BARK
HOLE WAS BORED IN THE SIDE.
OF THE BARK CEsARE, TAKING
CARGO AT MUscoeEE WHARF.
CARPENTER OF VESSEL is UN-
DER ARREST. Z

An attempt to scuttle the Italian
bark Cesare, Captain Rameri, was dis
covered early Sunday morning by the
master of that vessel, and as result
Carpenter Vincenzo is unoer arrest
and is held in the county jail pending
an investigation of the affairs
The vessel, which is consigned to
the Pitch Pine Lumber Company, of
New York. reached here recently from
Genoa, and began taking on cargo at
Muscogee wharf Part of this cargo
had been stored and within short
while the bark would have been ready
for sea, as nearly all of the lumber to
complete the cargo is on hand.
Early yesterday morning the pumps
were started to see if there was any
water in the hold. 1t was found that
the vessel had not leaked any, but two
hours later when another test, which
is a customary precaution, was made,
over an inch of water was found in
the hold. This was about o'clock,
and the master of the bark Immediate
ly went below to make an investiga-
ton. No sooner had he reached the
lower holG than he heard sound re-
sembling that of water coming from a
large hydrant. He Immediately called
al! hands, and the leak was soon stop
ped.
An investigation was then made anu
it was found that a hole an inch and
quarter in diameter had been bored
on the port side few inches below
the water line, and the water was run
ming into the hold at a terrific rate
There was no doubling the fact that an
effort TO scuttle the ship had been
made, as it could be clearly seen where
the auger bored its way through the
thick boards of the.vessel.
The master after careful inspe"-
ton found the auger which had evil
IDENTIFY been used. 1t was located in
the forecastle, and upon the strength
of other information obtained he re-
ported the matter to Italian Vice-Con-
sui Cafiero, and requested the arrest
OF Carpenter Vincenzo. The custom
airy papers were made out and pre-
scented to the United States commits
s;oner. who issued a warrant and
United States Deputy Wharton placed
the accused man under arrest.
Had the pumps not been started
within an hour, it is very probable
that all efforts to stop the leak would
have proved futile, as the water would
have risen by that time to such a
height as to prevent the reaching of
the leak.
Nlce-Consul Cafero will conduct an
invest cation of the affair to-day, when
All members of the. crew will be before
MIN and testify. The crime with
nlch the carpenter is charged is pun
lspable by death shoNlC it be proven
nat ne committed it.
The master of the Cesare. who is
somewhat aged. is at a loss to under
stand why such a deed should have
oeen committed, as he has always
treated the members of his crew al
most as ne would his own family.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

Col. Bryan appears to be the latest
big accession to the ranks of Roosevelt;
Observation-Disclosures
There are some things about Presi-
dent Roosevelt that are very admi-
rnble-that all men must admire; if
he shall fall into the hands of such
men as Bryan there may be a great
many more things about him to be ad-
mired. His courteous treatment of
Bryan is one thing TO be admired.
Men like Senator Daniel and John
Sharp Williams might make it serve
as pointer and be the wiser for it.
Ocala Banner.
To Senator Daniel and Mr.. Williams
the Banner might also have added lit
tie Senator Carmack, of Tennessee.
The trio could wei take a few lessons
i- good manners, at least. from the
amicable meeting between President
2>-eavelt and Mr.. Bryan
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

The Ocala Banner announces that
II has made arrangements with Ocala's
gifted authoress, Mrs. Beatrice Ma
resn, to print her latest, most finished
and thrilling novel in serial form.
This work is entitled Camilla" The
plot is laid near Tallahassee and the
scenery and baronial life of the inhabi-
tants of that picturesque country as
they were in sntebellum days are beau
tifully described. The story is largely
historical and many of Florida's most
eminent characters figure in it. Mrs
Marean is a former resident of Pensa-
cola where her literary work is great
ly admired. Her latest story will be a
big feature for the Banner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31
GEORGIA COL0RED
TROOPS BARRED
GOVERNOR TERRELL WILL NOT
PERMIT THEM TO ATTEND
THE INAUGURATION OF
ROOSEVELT.

Atlanta. Ca, Jan. 30.-Negro troops
from Georgia will not be allowed to
attend the Inauguration of President
Roosevelt. March 4. Governor Terrell
will not grant permission to the col
ored troops to leave the state.
The Lincoln Guards Of Macon, COM
manded by Sandy LOckhart, had al
ready made arrangements to attend
the Inauguration of the president. but
when formal request for leave of alb
sence of the company is made it Will
be denied by the governor on the
ground that re 'es not want the state
of Georgia represented on such an Oc-
casion b. the negro troops.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31
NO MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL HELD LAST NIGHT.

There was no meeting of the city
council last night, owing to the fact
that the necessary number of mem
bers to make a quorum did not APP
pear. The meeting was a special one
and called to hear a report upon the
new street railway ordinance.
Only five members, in addition to
the mayor, appeared at the appointed
hour. and the meeting was ordered
adjourned until to-day at noon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31
FLoRl0A'5 SHARE in
THE RIVERS AND HARsoRs BILL

congressman Sparkmans work as
member of the rivers and harbo-
committee, in securing the splendid
appropriations for Florida which the
committee reported to the house. is a
matter upon which that gentleman
cannot be too highly commended. the
total appropriations recommended by
the committee were as follows:
Key West harbor. $4,000; Sarasota
Bay $4,000; Hillsborough Bay, $780,
goo; East Pass and Carrabelle bar
and harbor, $4,000; Apalacnicola
BAY, $4,000; Pensacola harbor, $780,
goo; Blackwater and Upper East Bays,
and Blackwater river. from Milton to
mouth. $4,000: St Johns river. $780,
600; st. Johns river at Orange Mills
flats. $4,000; Volusia bar, $4,000; Ok
lawaha river, $4,000; Indian river. be-
tween Goat Creek and Jupiter Inlet,
S15,000s Kissimmee river. $1,000:
Orange river, Charlotte harbor, and
Ca0osahatchee river, 81, 600; Crystal,
Anclote, Suwannee. and Withlacoochee
rivers, 100000; Manatee river, $10,-
600; removing water hyacinths from
Florida waters, $4,000; Apalachicola
river, the cutoff and lower Chipola
river, upper Chipola river. from Ma
Rama TO its mouth. $4,000; Choc-
tawhatc/~e river, Florida and Ala
bama 100000. of which $4,000 at the
MOUTH. $4,000; Holmes river. from
Vernon TO its mouth, $4,000; Escambia
and Conecuh rivers, Florida and Ala
bama, $4,000.
These figures will give some idea of
the important place which Florida oc-
cupies, from a rivers and. harbors
standpoint, but probably no one viii
ever know how much work it required
to keep the amounts asked for from
being trimmed down or cut out en-
tirely. Representative Sparkman is
to be congratulated on his good work.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

It is said that Colonel Bryan always
puts a silver dollar in the church col
lection basket, seemingly as a senti-
mental expression Of symbolism.-At-
lanta Constitution.
If the gold bugs would follow Mr..
Bryan's good example and be equally
consistent by disgorging a gold piece
each time the collection basket was
passed, the churches would probably
be duly grateful
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

The allotment in the naval appro-
pziation bill of s155.o0O.OO for the
Pensacola station should be matter
for congratulation on the part of all
who are interested in that important
station. While Pensacola could find
use for almost any amount of money
appropriated, this appropriation is
adequate for the present needs of
the yard.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

The piles of trash that litter some
of>the streets would seem to indicate
that the garbage collector has per-
manently retired from business. Some
blocks in the city have not been
favored with a visit for a week or
more. What appears to be the
trouble?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31
RUMORS OF REVOLUTION
IN ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

New York, Jan. 30.-In view of the
alarming rumors in some quarters
that revolutionary movement is
feared, Colonel Fraga chief of police,
according to a Herald dispatch from
Buenos Ayres, Argentina, declared
the rumor to be absolutely without
foundation.
There is not the slightest reason, be
says, to fear disturbances of any kind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

The Journals circulation statement
for January will be published to-mor-
row. The public in general, but adj
vertisers in particular, will be inter
ested in It.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

A Wall street banker estimates the
wealth of John D. Rockefeller at half
a billion dollars. This figure is con-
siderably less than previous estimates,
but even if it is correct John still has
enough to keep the wolf from the
door for some time to come.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

It may be that Niedringhaus has
undepestimated the value which Mis-
souri, legislators place upon their
votes. Night be a good scheme to
putsS21. geo or so.more in circulation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

Each of the Chicago papers claims
to hare carried more advertising dur
irgsthe pssbSsar-thsn any other. The
asna11e editors have evidently been
transferred to. the respective advertis-
ing departments.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

The Journal has just received the
voluminous though very interesting
copy of the proceedings before the
house committee on merchant marine
(which had in charge the bill for the
adjustment of compulsory. pilotage.
The largest part of the argument
against the bill was made by Capt. J.
Ed. O'Brien and the record shows that
he acquitted himself most creditably,
making a fine argument in support of
the present compulsory pilotage law.
The Journal has received the follow
ing invitation which it would like very
much to accept:
Messrs o. c. Moore and w. B. Folsom
request the honor of your presence at
a gathering of
The
Times-Courier Correspondents,
and an Oyster Dinner,
Saturday, Feb'y 4th, Nineteen Hun
dred and Five,
at office in Davis Building,
Mariana. Florida.
10 a. m. TO 3 p. m.
r. S. D. P.
II nothing transpires to prevent, The
journal will have a representative
present to enjoy the occasion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

We draw our own Bills Of EX-
change on Great Britain, ireland,
Germany, France, Austria, Italy,
Holland, Spain, Belgium, Russia,
Norway, Sweden. Denmark, and
other European countries.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-01-31

Savings Observation-Disclosures Paid on De-
posts at Rate Of q per cent per AHnuH.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24

and Clement c. Clay whenever it
might be thought advisable il order
10 render heir Imprisonment more
secure.
''Davis. in his book. admits he in
tended to attempt to unhorse a man
and escape with his mount. Daily
notices of plots which were formed
to effect the escape or rescue Of
Davis were sent me, with directions
20 take every precaution to prevent it.
Light anklets were placed on Davis.
He knocked over a strong man who
was helping to do it. The anklets
were kept on five days only, while a
wooden door was being removed and
an iron grated one substituted. Some
OF the workmen were men frienly to
the Confederacy. The anklets gave
Davis no pain, and did not prevent
him from walking. They were de-
signed to prevent him from attempt
ing to escape or to do himself OF any
one else injury. There was not the
least desire on the part Of any one to
place indignitjes on Mr.. Davis or il
any way humiliate him. Mr.. Davis
was at the time Sc years old, strong
and agile
Letters to me from Mrs. Davis
and Mrs. Clay thanking me for my
courtesies to them, statements under
oaths from army officers as to my
humane and considerate treatment of
Mr.. Davis and other statements in
my possession prove that I treated
Mr.. Davis with all the kindness that
could be shown him under the cir
cumstances. All the changes made
from time to time by which Mr..
Davis was allowed greater luxury
and additional comforts, in fact lux
uries, were made by me or upon MY
recommendation, and I also recon-
mended that he be either brought to
trial or released. Statements that he
was maltreated, or his health I'M
paired as a result of his imprison-
ment, are utterly untrue"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24
What Gen. Miles Said.

The following is Gen. Niles state
ment. to which Mrs. Hayes refers:
(From the Tines-Dispatch, Rich
mond, Va, Feb. 3. Ioo5.)
Jefferson Davis did not surrender
when the capital of the Confederacy
at Richmond was captured. He did
not surrender with his principal ar
mics when they surrendered under
Lee and Johnson. but it was his IN
tention, and he admits it in his OWL
book, The Rise and Fall OF the Con-
federacy,' to try AMI escape across
the Mississippi So that he could Join
the Confederate army in that section
and continue the war. He was sent
to Fortress Monroe to await trial
for completely in the assassination Of
Mr.. Lincoln.
"On May 22, 1865, Charles A. Dana
assistant secretary Of war, authoriz-
ed and directed me in a special order
to place manacles and fetters upon
the hands and feet of Jefferson Davis
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24
About Connecticut Tobacco.

The story of Sumatra leaf tobacco
as grown under cheesecIoth in Con-
necticut is one of the romantic epsi-
sodes Of agriculture, says a writer IN
Country Life in America. A Florida
fruit grower had got some tobacco
plants that got into his pineapple
seed by accident and he noticed thas
they were taller and of finer texture
under the 1ath shade The bureau OF
soils, while surveying the Connecti-
cut Galley, found a soil that was prac-
tically the same as that OF Sunartra~
On which the famous tobacco IS
grown. (The bureau has samples Of
soil from almost every important ag-
ricultural region of the worid.) The
government got an expert to start an
industry and the next two years some
Of the growers made over 100 peg
cent. profit
The industry as a whole is SUCCESS
full. A large company with plenty os
capital is necessary, for it costs $3.50
to cover and grow an acre Of this to-
bacco. The growers receive rom
$I.2o to $3.50 a pound for the p1o-
duct The imported article brings
$25o to $500 and we have been im-
porting about $6,oooooo worth a
year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24

were transferred on May II, to tug
boat, leaving Mrs. Davis, hopeless
and heartbroken, with her four little
children on the Clyde, fearing the
worst for their idolized father and
husband.
Miles Discourteous to Mrs. Davis.
Mrs. Davis states that on May 23,
the following day, Gen. Miles CAME
on board the vessel and refused to
give her any information as to Mr..
Davis condition, and was not re-
spectiul or courteous, refusing even
to tell Mrs. Davis what her own des-
tination was, adding that Davis had
announced Mr.. Lincoln's assassina-
ton the day before it happened Gan
utter falsehood, of course), and he
guessed he knew all about it.
CAS- when Mr.. Davis requested to
see Gen. Miles, Capt. Titlow said he
(Gen. Miles, was leaving the fort, it
must have been during the time Gen.
Miles was on board the Clyde that
his orders to put irons on Mr.. Davis
were carried out; but, as no newspa-
pers were allowed on board, and the
vessel sailed under sealed orders the
next day, May "a, 1865, the helpless,
broken-hearted young wife was mer-
cifu1ly spared the terrible shock this
knowledge would have brought to
her till later on, and the pitiful little
note may have been sent to her hus-
bands young jailer on the 23d Of
May, the very day Mr.. Davis was
shackled, in the vain hope that Gen.
Niles very youth would make him
gentle and considerate to his prison.
er, i'll, broken-hearted and old enough
to be his father Miles answer to this
appeal Gf Mrs. Davis made it) was
to put Mr.. Davis, his heavily guard
ed, helpless prisoner, in shackles.
IF Gen. Miles now regrets the in
ability of certain high officials to
answer for themselves, why has he
been so long silent? DR.. Craven's az
count of the indignities offered to Mr..
Davis was published in 1866, when
these officials were certainly alive.
DR.. Craven was not woman, there
fore a controversy could have been
entered into with him by Gen. Miles,
if not with my mother, Mrs. Jefer-
son Davis, or with me, Mr.. DAVIS
daughter.
"a charge of deliberate cruelty and
inattention to humiliate Jefferson
Davis made against Gen. Miles may
be considered by him as 'puerile,
but it is we'll substantiated one and
has won for him the contempt Of
every loyal southern man and woman
and the often expressed regret and
indignation Of the many fair-minded.
humane northern people among
whom my lot has been cast.
This letter cannot be called an at
tack on Gen. Miles, but an answer to
his repeated and recent denias OF
cruelty and tortue inflicted upon my
father, Jefferson Davis.
"Yours respectfully,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24

join Mr.. Davis, he being reported, to
be in q dying condition. Gen. Miles
suggested to Gen. Burton to put Mrs.
Davis on the side OF the tort occu-
pied by the women OF the camp, but
Gen. Burton, who was always most
considerate of Mrs. Davis, said that
such course would infl1ct great
indignity on Mrs. Davis, then a
young and handsome woman. This,
Gen Burton said, Notwithstanding
Gen. Miles assertion that it was "ari
improperly to associate Mrs. Davis
with the wives of United States Off
GERS" Declining Gen. Miles, advice,
Gen. Burton assigned Mrs. DAVIS TO
a easement in the row Of officers
wives. Gen. Miles having forbidden
the officers to accompany Mrs Davis
20 Mr.. Davis prison these refined
and kind-hearted gentlemen apologize
ed for sending an orderly instead of
escorting Mrs. Davis themselves, say
ing that Gen. Miles had given the or
der.
She Gives the Lie to Gen. Miles.
Miles denied this, with as little re-
gard for truth as he has shown IL
other instances, so the officers signed
a statement to the effect that he had
given it verbally before several wit
nesses after guard mounting. Miles
made no further denial, believe.
In speaking of Gen. Miles in her me-
moirs, Mrs. Davis says: "We eA-
cused much to Gen. Miles, whose op-
portunities to learn the habits of re-
fined people were said to have been
few, and his sectional feeling very
bitter; but that he should not have
been moved at the age of 26 by the
evident physical and mental anguish
of his prisoner and should have de-
vised ingenious tortues for him, we
could not understand. Finally after
trying sincerely to propitiate him,
nv efforts ceased" 1t is scarcely
likely that, feeling as Mrs. Davis evi-
IDENTIFY does, she would have written
thanking Miles for courtesy to her,
as he states, and Dr.. Craven distinct
ly says he considered some of Gen.
Miles's orders, as TO Mr.. Davis
treatment, cruel The consideration
and gentle treatment shown Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis by the rest OF the officers
and soldiers generally speaks VOL
umes.
DR.. Craven's book will answer
Miles assertion that Mr.. Davis
health was not impaired by his treat
ment and imprisonment Dr. Crav-
ems reports, T. suppose, still exist
among the war department papers.
No luxuries OF comforts were volun-
tarily allowed Mr. Davis at any time
by Gen. Miles. He was forced to ac-
cord such indulgences through Dr..
Craven and others.
I, the daughter of Jefferson Davis:
ask you and the fair-minded news
papers in every part of America to
print this, my answer to the =rticle
printed by Gen. Miles denying his
sins against the laws OF common f1u-
manity when Jefferson Davis was a
helpless, heartbroken prisoner under
his charge.
Yours respectfully,
Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis
Hayes
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24

"Margaret Howell Jefferson Davi:
Hayes.
Feb. 9, 1905"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-24

Mrs. Hayes then adds, still writing
to The World:
I'm addition 10 my letter, and in
answer to an article printed in this
mornings Gazette, dated Feb. s, Bos-
ton, Mass, allow me to say that in
telligent readers will scarcely credit
a pamphlet printed in 1904, by: Glib
son Bros, OF Washington, D. c. as
reading as they would the daily re-
port of U. S. Army officer and sur-
geon, written at the time he was IN
daily attendance upon Jefferson Davis
in prison, extending over period of
IL tmonths, which I have quoted.
:Nearly all 7 have stated can be
found in DR.. Craven's book, and in
quoting him I felt that both the
north and the south would agree that
DR.. Craven's account would show
hin, to have been devoid OF prejudice
and without any object other than ~
state the truth.
The letter Gen. Miles prints today.
said by him to have been written by
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, I should
think he would be ashamed to offer
for publication, as the date shows it
was written from the vessel Clyde
on which Mr.. Davis, his family, and
other distinguished prisoners were
taken to Fortress Monroe, arriving
there the day before the date of the
note Gen. Miles publishes, namely,
May 22, 1865. From the Clyde Mr.
Davis and other prisoners of state
Omaha daily bee., 1905-06-18
NATIONAL BANK FOR STANTON
Comptroller of Currency Approves
Conversion of Present
Institution.

WASHINGTON. June T-(special Tele-
gram. 1.-The comptroller of the currency
today approved the conversion of the Citi-
zens bank OF Stanton, Neb into the STAN
ton National bank. with $4,000 capital.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
Brunswick, routes l and 2, Arthur w. Gun
thrope, carrieri Dngbert Nagel, substitute.
oxford, route l, William c. Kneeshaw, car
rier; George II. Kneeshaw, substitute. Iowa
--Adair, route g. John Fisher, carrier;
Amanda f. Fisher, substitute. Walnut.
route l. Marshall L. Tilton, carrier; Mrs.
lille Tilton, substitute.
Postmasters appointed: Iowa Hanley,
Madison county. Laura E. Glasgow, vice p
F. James, resigned. Wichita, Guthrie coun-
ty, Perry E. Moore. vice Isaac Mann, re-
signed. wyoming-Marion, Uinta county
Benjamin C. Lamb, vice Emma N. Phillips
resigned
The salary OF the postmaster at Walnut
Ia, has been increased from 81. 200 to $1,000