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The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
| NORTH END & COUNTY NEWS
FORT DRUM,

Miss Rosie Parker and Mrs. Joanna
knight visited Olney Tuesday.
II. A. Holmes has had lot of survey
ing done during the past week.
John M. Swain returned home from
Fort Pierce Monday, where he has been
for two weeks.
M. w. Knight has been busy fencing
piece of new hammock land which
he will use for farming.
Miss Carrie Matchett and Miss Ada
Smith were welcome visitors at Mrs.
M. +. Knights Tuesday.
Miss Carrie Matchett expects to open
the little school at Midway next Mon
day. We wish her every success.
G. w. Drawdy has been having a lot
of work done in his grove, and with a
few more days of it the grove will be
in fine shape.
j. W. Knight has been very busy for
the past week building dwelling
house which he expects to have COM
pleted in few days.
Rain! Rain! Rain! We are having
the most rain out here we ever saw
1t has quit raining by the shower and is
now raining by the day.
r. ID. Holmes, accompanied by Har-
ley and Nathan Holmes and David Rob-
erts have been very busy COW hunting
for the past week. They have been
rounding up the B. w. Miller stock.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
THE DAINTY WASP.
Apparatus With which He Makes
His Com plicated Toilet.

"Wasps are exceedingly dainty In
their habits" says a writer In the Pil.
grim, land, In order that they may
crafty their instinct for neatness to the
utmost nature has provided them with
set of marvelously delicate combs
and brushes. II we look closely at the
wasp's legs we will find that each bears
on Its Outermost long joint two small
movable spines, known as the APPEAL
spurs and II we examine these with a
magnifyng glass each Is seen to be
provided with row Of fine teeth, 50
that the apparatus answers for coarse
and fine tOothed comb.
"The tidying up process consists Of
various perfectly definite steps. usually
taking place In a particular sequence,
First it passes both front legs over the
face from above downward, and after
repeating this movement several times
draws them through the Jaws, This IL
to remove any foreign substance which
may have collected on them. The legs
are then passed backward from the
forehead much as we should smooth
back our hair. The wings are then
stroked again and again from the base
to the tip, although the most careful OBJ
server would fail to detect anything
upon them. The abdomen Is next care
fully stroked from base to tip until
every hair points In the right direction
and a gloss as fine as satin Is attained.
Last of all, each of the six legs, in turn.
Is laboriously drawn between two of its
fellows, so the wasp Is once more ready
to face its world"
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
"That horrld UxOrly has married

Eyes, and he's awfully fond Of his
latest wife. He says she's his glorious
fourth. "-Chcago Tribune.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
VERO.

Our telephones work finer than hun
dred dollar Elgin watch.
Miss Matte Tuten, of Artesia, is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Roach.
Persimmons are getting scarce now.
The crop was very short this year, but
very fine.
Mrs. Roach returned home Thursday
from Artesia, where he has been on a
visit to her parents for several days.
l. ID. Jandreau has his large house at
the river nearly completed. The recent
bad weather has retarded the work on
it very much.
N. King, of Cocoa and Artesa, with
his family arrived in town Saturday.
Mr. King will be employed on the Penny
groves and vegetable gardens.
A. X. Wilson of THE TRIBUNE was up
from Fort Pierce Saturday. While here
he purchased for THE TRIBUNE the en-
tire printing outfit and business of N.
o. Penny, whose other business in
terests have compelled him to retire.
Jerden Grice is moving up to the
Narrows on the east side, where he will
make crop of vegetables this winter.
Mr.. Grice is large and very success
full grower. He also has large orange
and grapefruit interests here at Vero.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
A Queer Thing About July.

How we came to pronounce July as
we do now with the accent OH the Sec
ond syllable Is one Of the unsolved mys-
terles Of speech. Named, Of course, aft.
er Julius Caesar, 1t should really be pro-
nounced to rhyme with duly" and SO
our forefathers actually did pronounce
II. Spenser, for instance, has the line,
"Then came hot July boyling like to
fire." and even so late as JOhnson's
time the accent was still on the "Ju."
1t Is one Of many words which would
startle those ancestors of ours. spoken
~ we speak them nOw.-LondOn
Chronicle.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
WHAT SHE PLAYED.
The Last Music That Theodore Thorn.
as Heard ON Earth.

During the last illness OF Theodore
Thomas. although he was not at any
time unconscious or delirous, he hard
ly noticed the members Of his family
as they came aud went ut the bedside
But one morning he seemed to be bet
ter
He made little jokes with the doctors
and his SONS and talked about his
White mountain home, At II o'clock
he seemed tired The editor Of his
autobiography says that lie sank into
dreamy state, and then reused him.
self to say to his wife in a lingering,
ecstatic voice:
II have had beautiful visiOn--a
beautiful vlsion"
Then he drifted Off into silence.
His wife thought he was tired and
went downstairs to luncheon. but chief.
~ with the purpose Of leaving him to
rest. He had given her chime Of
bells. to be used In summoning the
family to meals. aud because OF his
illness they had never been rung In the
house. Noe, because he seemed so
much better, she played on them a lit
tie bugle call that came into her head.
"DO you know what you have play.
ed ?? asked one Of the family. "Taps-
the call that Is sounded over the graves
Of dead soldiers"
She rushed back to the bells and
played the call engraved on a metal
plate above them. Afterward she
found that this was reveille, the SOL
dier's signal to rise.
So 1t had Glanced that the last mu-
sic Theodore Thomas heard on earth
had been symbolic of death and the
resurrection. Youths Companion.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
Men and Women.

He-I think every woman Is entitled
to be considered mans equal. She
Well, II she Is willing to bring herself
down to his level don't see why
she shouldn't be allowed to pose as his
eQual.-Illustrated Bits.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
STOVE WOOD!

~ cash prices for Stove Wood are as follows:
u-!neh, Sc. 90 per strand: $3.50 per cord
e!neh. 2.25 per strand; $50 per cord
\ Y-tneh, $50 per strand: $50 per cord
Qor lots at special price.
'HRnt WQc4-24-inch. IS per cord Of 1923 cubic feet
HW ~ Gangrove. Oak and Spruce later on.
.IWno4 Io10 back Of carpenter shop and lumber
14& LAM orders at residence wood yard or by
- u I{@opt delivery within one mile at above
IT, eF5 T n. b. Paxton.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
A Repulse,

Hell would lay the world at your
feet. She Qaughingly)-My dear sir, It
Is there already, Don't assume credit
for the law Of gravitation.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06

To the honest mind the best perqui'
sites Of place are the advantages II
gives for doing good.-Addisop.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
County Treasurer's Report.

Monthly statement Of County Treas
urer John H. Wynn, for the month end
ing Sept. 30, 1906:
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-06
IOnCu OF ATTACHMENT.

othe ClSeuit Court of the State of Florida. in and
4 Aoe ek Lucie County. transferred from County
Eourt Of Brevard County. Florida.
= Auguetus Wright Co.. a
Qpogetjou of Peters
~ 9Ats Of Virginia uu o,,,,,,,r
~ vs.
John l. Jensen. De-
10 John L. Jensen. defendant In above entitled
q And al other persons Interested:
ICY aye hereby notified that Writ Of Attach
mt - BEEN issued against you and your prop
I ~ ettoeAed to satisfy the demand of Augustus
Wght Co, Q corporation Of Petersburg Virginia
scouting to $l75.s5 besides interest and COSTS
~ unless you shall appear before the Court in
4 e. suit and plead or demur to the declaration
- hereln. at the Clerks office in Fort Pierce
- co1n1y and State. on the Rule Day IN Decem-
- a. y. 1908. being the 4th day of said month.
Mp&nNH will be entered against you in due course
-! uDbIl04eion will be made to the Court for final
GoGneaA end your property will be sold to pay
~ debt. Witness my hand and seal of said Court
r j. e. FULTZ,
! b q 6AJLDEN, Clerk Of said Court.
Plaintiffs Attorney
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-20
MAYOR dunno HIT.
Chicago City Council Refuses to Con-
firm Appointment Of Finerty.

Chicago, Doc. 19-For tho first time in
ITS history, the city council Of Chicago
last night refused t. confirm AN appoint
mcnt made by the mayor.
Mayor Dunn" sent in the nam" of John
r. Fin"rty to succeed John Minwcccn
rs member Of til" boarG Of local i'm
nroN"m"ntS. i;y a vote Of 10 to - tho
council referred I'll" nomination to TIE
commute t." on special assessments for con
fatlon ana Il report. \ roll-c:lI ShoW-
"d this committee stands seven to six
AGAINST thc Cnniirm@ ton of Col. Fincrty
h" l;Su" r.iSed by tn" ma juTitv WAS
thht MlnWeGcn was Il CHp"b bio oi!!rirI and
should not b" removed for political rcn-
sons. Two Republicans voted with tn
minority and six Democrats with the ma
lHritN, !:ut Mr.. MinwcEcn. whom thr
Democrat MAYOR wanted to remove. is 4
democrat. and Col. Fincrty is known as
Republican,.
III" ONLY other Instances known in Chi
Gag" history when the appointment of -
mayor vas ov"n fought in the council
vas in 'A16 Whor th"re WIS - conflict ps
to whether Monroe Heath or r IT, Colvin
WIS MAYOR cf Chicago. 1t was 1T IN"
time Of tn" adoption Of the general IN
cnlT n"aIon act. ana Mayor Honth named
CAPTAIN Hickey rs chief Of police TN"
GOWN nld"rmcn tried to defeat his con-
firmatiOu hut failed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-20
Confessional Notes.

Government receipts Tuesday: From
internal revenue. $616,161; customs.
&3S5.St,; miscellaneous, $62,316. Ex-
penditurcs. $2,070.000.
Gov. Latollctte of Wisconsin Tues
day sent the Legislature his rcsigna-
ton as governor to take effect on the
first Monday in January.
II IS learned on good authority that
Joseph Boslcr of Philadelphia will be
appointed Assistant United States
Treasurer at Philadelphia in place of
William Lcib. recently removed.
The President Tuesday sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate:
Assistant treasurer at Philadelphia
Joseph Boslcr. Pa. chief justice of the
court of claiins-s5tan j. Pcelic,
Indiana.
Soc. Taft Tuesday submitted to
Congress through the treasury de-
I;.rtIncnt an additional estimate call
ing for an appropriation Of $500
for the construction Of sea coast de-
fGnSes for the naval station at Guam
tanamo Bay, Cuba.
The secretary of war Tuesday
Transmitted to Congress, through the
secretary of the treasury. an estimate
board Of managers Of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
for $l4",50o. or this amount $4,000
is for the construction of a chapel at
the Eastern Branch, Togus, Me.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-20
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.

Washington. Dec. 1?.-Thc Senate
in executive session today confirmed
the following nominations, among
others:
William \. Prickctt. New Jersey.
consul general 1T Auckland, New
Zealand.
William +. Wi!loughby District Of
Columbia. treasurer Of the Island of
Porto Rico.
Laurancc II. Graham, New York.
commissioner of interior of Porto Rico.
Frank Fueille. Porto Rico, attorney
general &c Porto Rico.
Collector of customs-William w.
Sewall. District of Moostook, Ne.
Major gcncral-John +. Weston.
Major generals retired-John p.
story. George NJ. Randall.
Brigadier gcncral-Winficld S. Edg-
erly.
Brigadier general and chief commits
S;try-Samucl NJ. Mills.
\ long list of army nominations
were confirmed. Among those which
were held up were Gen. Crozer to be
chief of ordnance. and Gen. Davis to
be judge advocate general. Both arc
holding the positions now.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-20

the fire was ut its height one Of the walls
suddenly collapsed and a number Of fire
men were caught. With the exception of
Lieut.. Henry RaSSctt of Truck Co. No IL
who was crushed to death. all of them
escaped with u severe shaking UP. y
number of employees were in iurcd in tn"
panic soon after the fire broke out ana
for n time there were many rumors as to
the number Of persons killed.
There were 40 girls and 130 men and
boys employed in the factory and accord
ing to the officials of the company all
hut two persons have been accounted for
The police and firemcn however. declare
that several Of the employees were unable
to make their escape ana were in the
building at the time the floors and walls
collapsed The employees who are said to
he missing by the officials of the company
ar" Margaret Becker and Henry Sautc.
The employees were distributed in All
parts Of the building. which was six stu-
rics high. The greater number Of the
girls and boys were employed on the up
Per floors and considerable difficulty was
experienced in rcscuing them, as the fire
spread very rapidly on account of the
combustible material used in the factory.
When the tiremcn arrived the younger of
the employees were panic-strcscn and
were vanlv endoavoring to reach the
street down the fire escapes. A number
of them had been in such a hurry that
they became damned together and We're
unable to make any progress. With the
help of the firemen and police, however
order was soon restored and the ma jority
of the employees were soon assisted to tho
ground. The employees who were injured
We're hurt in the jam on the fire escapes,
but the condition of none of them is Sc
riouS.
The loss is estimated at $4,000
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seth CONGRESS.
Continued from Page One.)

rights in federal quarantine to prevent
disca SO from foreign countries or from
one state to another.
That federal control wherever it has
he, n attempted has been q failure, WAS
asserted by Stccnarson. MINI. He hoped
the supreme court would not reserve
its decision that insurance is not com
mercc as he believed in the efficacy Of
state laws. Thcre was utter inability
ON the part of the interstate commerce
commission. he said. to enforce the law
against rate discrimination.
Commenting on the Presidents mes
sage. Watkins. Ala. said: ''The Prcsi-
dent has shown that hr possesses the
convictions of y Bryan. the Iirmnpss Of
an Andrew Jackson, the popularity Of
a White and the patriotism of the Jap
ancSr." Watkins was making his first
speech in the House ana sold it was tho
function Of 4 kid to butt in. Watkins
contcndcd that there could wcH be 4
supervisory control in quarantine, in
surdHCe and many other matters with
benefit and without Interference Of
state rights.
referring To tho "Tfyces, the McC'ur-
~ =
followed the occupation Of thieves ana
the pastime Of s"oundreIS." McCartv.
Nch., advocated federal control Of in
surancc. Referring to the dinner ia
Mime. B"rnhHrdt by Mr. Hyde. which
McCarty said cost between 10000 and
100000, he continued:
''W" hay" a right 10 complain whom
he blows in that much to mako himself
good fellow with Sarah EcrnIardt
bc"@us" it is our money"
Wood. Mo, made Plea for rate log
! i>'?ti"n which will do away with inter
stat" terminal mnnopolics and cited tho
terminals in East st. Louis and the st.
/ Louis bridges with their uniformly
high rates MS examples Of what rail
road avlricc may 10 to hinder com
norCc
y plea against the destruction of the
frigatc Constitution (Old Ironsidcs) was
mad" by :;ulzor. y. Y. who has intro
duccd Il resolution on the subject. lie
said
1--WE do not know just how the Oh
frigate is 10 be Shot t. death Ivy Amer
lean S'lIucrs, but We hear she is 10 be
lowed to sea from nor mornings in
Boston bay and shot to pieces by tho
American navy"
Macon. Ark. WIS Interrupted in a
sneoch on insurance in order that tho
conferees report IN the canal appropri-
atiCn bill might i" considcrc1
| Williams. tho minority leader. object
od to action on tho r"nnrt until tnmor-
row. as he dill not wish the presidents
in such matters to b" broken This OBJ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-20

partment, and Richard X. Campbell. law
officer of the bureau of immigration, de-
partment of commerce and Eipor' u
which reference was made i'll the PreSi-
dents message makes important recon-
mcndations for improving the CONDITIONS
now surrounding Naturalization
The commission declares that tie Seher-
al principles Of the naturalization INV d.
correct put recommends mat 10 one NC
admitted to citlzcnsnip who docs not M
IND +, reside permanently i'll the United
States ana WHO does not know the Eng
lisn language. 10 prevent AUTHORIZATIONS
tor political purposes 1t IS recommended
that IL uniform lee OF at least seven dol-
lars be prescribed by law. and that no
naturalization be permitted Tor Ut least
50 days next preceding Il Presidential or
congressional election.
The commission also recommends thas
the declaration of intention which now
car Dc made before any clerk OF u court
at least two years before Naturalization
he abolished and the substitution in its
place OF a petition Tor naturalization be
tore the clerk of the same court III which
the naturalization is to take place 1T least
three months before the natlII1l llz;ttlon
proceedings are heard, and that Il dupli-
cate Of this petition he sent to the bureau
of natur;i liZation which the commission
recommends shall be established i'll Wash
ingtOn.
In considering the action of the courts
under existing conditions the commission
gives evidence which it says proves that
many have been corrupt and many more
negligent i'll comforting citiZenSiIipS, and
that this condition has prevailed ever
since the naturalization laws went into
effect. As a preventative the commission
rcrOmn, nded that i'll those cities where
federal courts sit almost continuously no
state courts shall entertain applications
for c;tiEt nship ana that in small places
only one specified state court shall have
jurisdiction.
The bureau Of naturalization which it
is recommended shall be established in
the department of commerce and labor
is to have full jurisdiction of the enforce
ment Of the act ana part of tT, natural
iZatiCn fees is to he turned into the treas
ury, thus producing Il revenue which it is
stated will be far in excess Of the cost
Of the federal machinery recommended.
Separate reports 10y Il majority and the
minority of the commission are submitted
on tn" subject of the registration of old
certificates of natural i2atiOn and on the
question of The naturalization Of minor
children by the naturalization of their Pa
rents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-20
BLOWN TO PIECES.
Accident from, Dynamite Costs Three
Lives in Same Vicinity.

New York, Dec 19.-Threc mon were
blown L" pieces. seven others were more
or less seriously hurt and the occupants
of fashionable hotels and residences in the
vicinity of 5th avenue and 3lth street
were startled today by an explosion of
dynamite in an excavation for the ncM
Altman building. Fragments Of the bod
les Of the dead We're scattered over an
area OF hundreds of feet and il was hours
before the exact number of victims could
be determined.
Tho explosion was caused by Il workman
striking 4 heavy Of dynamite which had
been placed in q drill hole in q ledge Of
rock several DAYS ago and which dcticd
attcnDtS to explode it at that time. To-
day the workmcn started to r"drill the
hol" with no thought of the deadly charge
which it concealed. Eighty mon were in
tho excavation ut the time, but only :.
few were near the loaded hole when tho
steel drill plunged into sticks Of dyna-
mite
There was terrific roar, tho air was
filled with Particles of stone. fragments
of human flesh. pieces of timber, Grt and
smoke. Scarcely n trace was found in tho
excavation of the three men who had
stood almost directly over the hole, ard
when the smoke cleared away seven 9TH
ers who had been within range of the
concussion were stretched out on the
ground, their faces and bodies torn and
scored
The sound of the explosion brought
guests huri wing from the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel almost directly across the street,
and from other hotels in the vicinity Por-
tons of the body of an Italian were
found in the street nearly go feet from
tho point whore the dynamite exploded.
and another body was found on top of n
tool house more than 100 feet away. Frag-
mcnts of the third body were found far
from the excavation.
Jacob Mctzeer, superintendent for Post
Il McCord, contractors, and Frank Anclcr-
son. superintendent for the O'Rourkc Con-
struction Co, wore arrested on a charge
of criminal negligence.
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WRECKED BY A BOMB.
Allied Iron Asso. Rooms Subject to
Vicious Attack by Persons Unknown.

New York, Dec. IA bomb was
hurled tonight through one of the
front windows of the Allied Iron AsSo-
citation at No. : East 14th street. 1t
landed in Il room used for telephone
purposes and exploding wrecked the
place. Several employees We're in an
adjoining room, but We're only stunned
by the explosion.
-Four tcenth street was crowded at
the time with thousands of persons
making their way to their homes on
the East Side and to Brooklyn by
way of tao new WiliamsburSh bridge.
For Il til: g the crowd was threatened
with PAM. but the arrival of the po-
lice reserves soon Strengthened mat
ters out.
Only fragments of the missile could
be pickle! up in the wrecked room, and
no one colld be found who saw tho
person who had thrown it.
The Allied Iron Association was
formed recently when the structural
iron workers declared a strike against
the contracting firm of Post e Nc
Cord. It's offices have been used as a
bureau for the employment of nom
union men to take the places of the
strikers.
About 10 days ago. notice was serv-
cd on all union structural iron work
crs i'll the city that on and after that
date no iron workers would be en-
ploycd by the contracting firms of
New York except through the asso-
citation agency in East 14th street.
Post 6; MCCord are the contractors
for the Altman building at 34th street
and Fifth avenue. where Il premature
explosion of dynamite early today
killed three men and injured Il num-
Der of others.