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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17
State Press on the
Pensacola Situation


! Il is hoped future efforts for TIE sup
preston of the disease will have tne
hearty cooperation of all the people
and be crowned with success.-Tam
ia Times.
Vigorous Measures Will Succeed.
The yellow fever situation is none
too cheerful, although there is nc
doubt of the truth of the assertion
that the physicians have a slight al.
vantage in the struggle The vigOr-
GUS measures at Pensacola viii keep
the cases there within bounds and
prevent the spread Of the disease
and the fact that it is so near a.
and should he an incentive foG
rgan" to clean up. mmis3te and
lH, purc for t1" acIurst ia ease a.
shouij come Make an effort o. tiu
the mosquitoes, clean out all cess
pools and slick uD generally.
whether you fear the fever or not.
The many ports OF Florida afford a
good opportunity for refugees to get
into the State, and nothing bat a
thorough patrol of the coast cOulo
prevent it, if they were inclined to
come here. The reports from many
States Of numerous cases shows that
with but few exceptions a vigorous
effort is being put forth to check it.
and it is safe to predict that the cpl
demic will not increase much more,
If any, than it is at present.
But, in the meantime, let all look
to their own household, and when it
mil a. n 70
ceive the plague.-Gainesvilla Sun.
His Ability Recognized"
1t seems to be a case Of you'll be
damned if you do and be damned if
YOU don't" over in Pensacola, DR..
Gonzalez. a recognized authority on
yellow fever has been arrested for
declaring that there was no yellow
fever in Pensacola; and still others
have been punished for circulating
the report that they did have it.
Verify, they seem to "ketch EN-
gwine and comm Miami Metrop-
ellis
The Case of Or. Gonzalez.
The reported conduct of Dr. Con
LultL dL Y GuouCDld ID W NC very
regretted, if the charges against him
are true This sort of thing is both
direct and indirect violation of the
law and should be severely pun
ished. In some or most of the des-
potic governments Of the world
whose tyranny we all frequently Ia
ment-this action would be promptly
met not only by arrest, but signal
In this land of liberty,
however, the individual is practically
given freedom to violate certain
Of laws with impunity IN
less the story in the dispatches is
grossly exaggerated. DR.. Gonzalez
should be in jail without the privi-
lege Of bail, just as any other
preacher and fOmenter of sedition
should be- This American people take
a certain kind of Offenses with en-
tirely too much Indulgence, and this
is an aggravating instance.-Tamps
Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17
A Plain Statement of Fact
to the Outside World.

AS an example of the impression
which the silly and inexplicable attl-
tude of the Pensacola News, in refer
ence TO DR.. Porter, the other health Off
Gals, and the physicians of this city,
is calculated to create in the minds
Of the state press and the outside pub
lie who do not understand how the
News is regarded at home, the fol
lowing from the Tampa Times OF
Thursday win serve the purpose:
The attention of the Times has
been called by an Observant citizen
to the following clipping from che
Pensacola News. under the date Of
September &:
While Dr. Porter perhaps has been
the most maligned man in the city
since that outbreak. we still hold him
in high regard. Under the circum-
stances, however. we are holding ont
the hope that ne viii nave to fall IN
our estimation; that we viii in the
end doubt his decisions
Some days ago the Times published
g brief article. in which the opinion
of a citizen was expressed concerning
the lack of cooperation manifested
by Pensacola in assisting the state
health officer. Had any further con
frmatiOn of the citizens remarks
been necessary the clipping above re-
produced could certainly furnish It.
Considering the seriousness Of the
situation. and the necessity for CO.
operation along all lines in the sup
precision of such a dangerous menace
as yellow fever, the expression Of the
Pensacola paper cannot but be CON
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17
Insurance Companies and
Political Corruption Funds.

1t was highly interesting testimony
that Geo. W. Perkins, member Of the
firm or j. p. Morgan & Co, and frs
vice president or thu New York Lie
Insurance Company gave before tlo
special legislative probing COMMITTEES
Friday. a report of which was given
by the Associated Press in The Jour
nal yesterday morning.
The fact that one mamie presi
dent of the company-has authority
70 contribute out of the company
funds. amounts as large as S4S,70Z
without the lnowlege Of even the fl.
nance committee, is bad enough ih
itself
But the other fact that a con
tribution Of that size-or any
other size for that matter-shOuld
be made out of the policy
holders money for a political
corruption fund is a revelation that
IS anything but complimentary TO
either the honesty Of the insurance
oompany's officers or TO the business
principles which are supposed to gov
ern present day insurance methods.
The truth of the matter is the
great monied institutions of the coun-
try. of which the insurance compan-
ies form only a small number, have
of recent years become so bold, so
defiant. and SO utterly obliviOus TO
The rights of the public. that even
highway robbery is a virtue COM
pared with some Of their unchal-
lenged ana unpublished habits and
prac-i ices.
The act which the vice president
or the New York Life testified as
having been committed was nothing
more or less than theft-not legal
rheiving perhaps and probably not
legauy punishable-but certainly
moral theft of the policy holders
monev.
what right has the New York Life
or any other insurance company to
act for its policy holders in political
rlatters? Does It know what is bet
ter for them than they Go them
selves?-and 81 it does know. has IL
any right 10 use their money as
political corruption fund with w.aicb
TO debauch an electorate and pervert
public sentiment
Recent Investigations and dis
closures have made it apparent that
the great Insurance companies are
accommodating too much money and
squandering too much of the policy
hoders' funds on high-salaried ia
vorites and by other methods even
more questionable, ana the time has
arrived for a halt
What congress viii do or can do
about it is a question. But some
tEing ought 10 be done.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17

Z strued unfavor3bly. In justice 10 tie
Pensacola paper, it may he added that
The clipping was not taken from the
editorial columns Of the paper. bat
was printed in a little column OF
squlbsa containing some insane Jokes
and similar matter. apparently the Of
fusions Of an undeveloped journalistic
mind.
ii is 90 be judged, however, by lat
er developments that the people OF
Pensacola have found 10 their sad
ness, that the diagnosis OF the emf
nent Florida physician was correct in
every way, and chat there is no room
left to doubt his decisions"
Latterly the people Of Pensacola an
pear to have awakened TO the necess3-
ty for an Intelligent cooperation with
DR.. Porter, and are assisting him in
every way This change of front VII
meet vita the hearty appreciation Of
every citizen Of the state.
For the benefit Of the Times and the
public at large. The Journal win shy
that the Pensacola News's attitude
since cue fever was discovered in this
CITY is not representative of the poo
PIE Of Pensacola. A IS. in fact. ~
s5lutely repudiated by practically the
entire city.
The News has no influence at home,
and no one attaches any importance
to, OF has any faith in, anything it
says. The outside public, however, is
not supposed to know all this and fc-
that reason The Journal feels called
upon TO make this plain statement Of
the facts in the case.
Pensacola almost to a man stands
squarely behind Dr. Porter, his assist
ants, and the other physicians of JAis
city, in their honest and tireless eff
forts to stamp out the yellow fever,
and with the aid Of our citizens they
are going to stamp it out regardless
Of the petty nagging and continued
knocking of the News or anyone else.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17

fection at the quarantine station, and
there is not a port in the world, out
side probably Of the three mentioned
that would not have granted imme
date entry to any vessel under the
same circumstances and bearing, as
the TarpOn did. a clean bill Of health
from the officials in charge Of the
quarantine station at this port.
The people Of St. Andrews, Apala-
chicola. and Carrabelle made a mis-
take in refusing admission TO the yes
sell They possibly did not understand
all of the circumstances, but now that
they do understand them, we have no
doubt that they win be the first to
rectify. so far as possible, the error
which they made, and certainly to
profit by it in the future.
Pensacola does not want to jeopar-
die the health Of any community anj
it was for that reason that the unusual
precautions in the case Of the load
ing Of the Tarpon were taken.
The St. Augustine Record is one Of
the brightest papers that comes 30
The Journals exchange table
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17

or
bed7ns
bodies yellow incapable Of
tie the decomposition has e in.
possibility yellow
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17

Bagdad, Fla, Sept Is, 1905
Editor Pensacola Journal:
Why is it that the board of health
has not taken notice Of the unjust
quarantine placed on this, Santa Rosa
county, by Alabama and Georgia?
There has not been a case OF yellow
fever in Santa Rosa county ia twenty
years. There is from two co five miles
Of water between this county AMI
Pensacola, while from Escambia all
that mas to be done is TO walk in or
out,
1t IS unjust to be published all over
the country as infected.
JOHN ROURKE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17
That Charge Of 4eraft. .


A Pensacola physician has been ar
rested and sentenced for circulating
report and charge that yellow fever
does not exist In that CITY and that
the authorizes are reporting the
presence of The disease there be
cause there il graf" in it. A fel-
low usually bolioWs when he gets the
small end of the Sdeal. and it may be
tbat this ..ea2,,t>,,s - v,,os oefaDde,. he-
cause he din moi get slice Of the
pie when il was cut.-Miami Me
tropolis.
Doing lts 'sest.
P,usafOIa r. doing its best to down
the siiow fc, ouibreak IN irs III
lous ID shoHld have the empa,f,
Jnd encourage msni III every town ia
Confidence in Health Board.
TIL, nro,.oIo,oo o,f +broo coso. 81
velloT- fo,,o~ !, r1oDsocols l. &C.,
ted tbrougb.o,,r the State Rut +bs
nYountnesg Of +ba bealtl, oA5cfors in
tal5ino vigoro,,s oct;on To ,re,,ort
it's Increase ana enread as in t,,e
case of Tanna oiveg sesurance +bst
the fever VIII ,o} wow fotoI - lie
and nronart,t -inGtbjs Sta+e II tbts
connection + &c not smiss 10 sav tbst
the skin and fsit5f,Ilnees of +be
BOARD Of Health of T1ori5o iDsri-s,.
confidence in ite ,bili+,- - oo-l 1,-,tt,
a. IL -
tines ,eesburg Commerciai
Porter VIII CHECK H.
vo,,--- - -,
ellow IeYer IN FensacoIa mas not
s'l0iG I" we e OeSn eleFeh cases ana one
80 me Ulsedse seems 70 De o.
n lsilG y pc we are conRuent o. me
, 51aaS u 5, u. For1eI 70 hold INC
U Uieau ulSease IN ehecK'-Maolson
NC" Hl'elp prise.
An reIr 70 ! rounle'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17
Vox PoPULI
Santa Rosa Quarantine.

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17

The Tallahassee Capital seems 10
have poor opinion of the Jackson
vile Metropolis. The Metropolis
probably reciprocates the opinion.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17

The Journals circulation for the
present month is going to break all
records, and by several hundred at
that It will be a top-notcher in the
history Of The Journal and that is
saying a good deal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-09-17

The following figures show The Pen
sacola Journals circulation for each
dav during the month Of August, 1905
with the average number Of copies
daily.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-16
PERHAPS JVE CAN LEARN.

We of the United States are pretty smart. and we know it, but we are not the only smart ones. The report of the mortality in General Oku's army for seven and one-half months of the se- verest campaigning shows 24642 cases of disease and but 40 deaths. Only 19S men had typhoid fever and there were but 342 cases of dysentery. The contrast between our achievement and that of the Japanese suggests that our neglectful method, or want of method
 must be revolutionized. The teachings of science, which we understand well enough, must obtain actual applica
 tion. In 1898, says American Medicine
 for about the same length of time the United States put about 275,O00 men in the field, and the deaths were 4,965
 most of them in peaceful camps and hospitals within our own territory. If Oku's army was only half so large as ours the figures would still speak loud- ly for the foresight and medical skill of the Japanese. This marvellous say, ing of human life is due to the thor.
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The TIghtwad.s Downfall.

O he surely was a tightwad: twas a case Of pinch and save Till he'd punched a roll O green ones 'twOuld have gagged the Man. moth Cave;
 He had skinned his trusting papa, he had flim-fiammed mamma some, He had not a friend remaining in the circle of his home; He had gOld-bTicked Brother Broad clOth-fieeced him plenty una wares,
 Till the man who wore the albert didn't name him in his prayers; He had made himself go bankrupt spite of money in his sock, And the neighbors never mentioned him without an awful knock. Soon he'd got his ill-got ingots to pro- portions that were fierce Why, he owned bank notes in barrels. and gold bullion by the tierce; He had silver dollars hidden in the eel lar in a bin. Yet the way he kept on savin' was the rankest sort O sin. But there came his way one morning sort O sly an shifty chap, With a phony tale O gold mines and a
 blue print pFofeel map; Sung his warble to the tightwad done
 him up, and done him good; Then he faded from the landseape-now the tightwad's saving wood.
 Baltimore American.
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CUNSCEOUS.

A Last Resort.-Caller-W a
 Young Mother-Bridget Sullivan de We're.
 Why don't you go to work?" "Dere's nothin' doin' in my trade" an- swered Meandering Mike. What is that?" I'm a lawn mower sharpener. Washington Star.
 The new maid-tMadam, your hus- band is lying unconscious in the libra ry, with large box beside him and crushing paper in his hand.' Madam -"Ah, my new hat has come!'-Life.
 Was your watchman we'll recom- mended?" "Oh. not directly. I used to see him in church, and as he stayed awake all through the sermon I con cluded he was just the man I wanted" --Pick-Me-Up.
 Tommy Cooking over the weather predictions)-Mamma, what is a con trary wind?
 Mrs. Tucker (putting another pin or two in her hat-Any wind, Tommy Chicago Tribune.
 Fair devotee-"I don't see any way to raise our church debt, except to have lottery" Minister {shocked) )-"That will never have my sanction, madam, never, unless you. call it by some other name. New York Weekly. ......
 Caller-Mercy sakes! How did you happen to give it name like that
 Young Mother--Why, the cook threa::- ened to leave when baby came and we got her to stay by naming the baby after her.-Brooklyn Life.
 Lottie-oh, well, let's kiss and make up!
 Dottie-All right, dear. I'll do the kissing, but you've had more exper- fence with the other part of the pro- gramme. Leader.
 Meeks-"My wife called me up on the What for?" Meeks--"The last five times were for the purpose of calling me down because I didn't answer the first time she called me up. "-Philadel- phia Inquirer.
 Ida-Yes, am going to marry pho- tographer. He has such an unruffied disposition.
 May-Why should you thing so?
 Ida-I have seen him take the pie ture of a baby without even losing his temper.-Chicago News.
 Aunt Jane-"You don't mean to say you are going to school looking like that, Willie!" Willie-"What's the mat ter wi me. Aunt Jane?' You ought not to nave washed your face unless you could spare the time to wash your neck. "-Boston Transcript. .,
 Don't be so lazy. There's plenty of room at the top, and you're clever enough to get there.''
 "But,' replied the lazy genius, think how clever it is of me to find place at the bottom where where there isn't so much room. m."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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the streets of Arkansas City. Kan, expedition into the forbidden land. The
 party numbered zoo strong-men. wO-
 men, and children. They were well equipped with tents, firearms, and
 household utensils. Among other things in the company were a printing press
 and a sawmill, and enough groceries to
 set up several small stores. There was
 every conceivable sort of vehicle in the
 crowd. It was a picturesque caravan
 to say the least, and we must have
 made strange spectacle as we came slowly southward across the bleak and wintry praire. AS Col. Payne reviewed
 his company just before starting out, he was asked if he was sure his outfit I Was complete. "Yes," he replied, T
 think We have everything we need, ex- cept a preacher And it was after
 wards found that there was really two or three of these along with us.
 On the evening of February we reached the bank of the CimarrOn, 1 near Guthrie and slept on Nthe icy ground under our wagons. The river bed had been frozen over so solidly ! that Government freighters had been driving across on the ice on their way from Fort Reno to Arkansas City. In the opposite bank of the river. The ice negro soldiers came up and camped on the opposite bank o fthe river. The ice had now become rotten and they could | not get over to our side. The next morning while fe were getting break fast one fellow remarked:
 'The way to bring this Oklahoma
 business to focus is to fire on these
 soldiers"
 Young man. remarked an old
 Kentuckian in the crowd, don't do it. ] Uncle Sam is backing those fellows,
 and know of thirteen States that tried fighting him at one time, with
 disastrous results. am ready to turn I around and go right back now" He | was an ex-Confederate soldier.
 The object of the expedition was to locate town, which Payne had called ''OklahomaCity." and the site of the proposed metropolis was about twelve | miles northwest of the present thriv- | ing city. About dozen of us turned
 back on February 5. as we wanted no trouble, and did not want to be escort
 ed out of the Territory by gang of | negro troopers. The main expedition went on, and
 was not molested until it reached the
 proposed townsite. There Payne and
 other officers were arrested and taken
 to Fort Smith. They were charged with
 trespassng, and gave bonds for their | future appearance, The company dis
 banded, the printing outfit was finally
 sunk in the Arkansas River, and Payne
 went back to Wellington, where he
 died the same year.-John H. Hall in | Kingfsher (okla.) Times.
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CHIEF KRrNN,s REPoRr.

The annual report of the Chief of Police of New Haven has been made, and it is an interesting document. Chief Wrinn has and shows a thorough and accurate knowledge of the Police de- partment's condition and needs. He notices the talk about inadequate po- lice protection and makes the following statement, which will be a surprise to many: ''In order that the public may have a better idea Of the situation of police matters will call their attention to the fact that on the 10th day of April, 1897, when took charge of this department. I had 127 patrolmen and eight veteran reserves for street duty. To-day have 115 patrolmen and two veteran reserves to do the same amount of work, although our population has increased about 17,OOO during that time. The department is fifteen men less than it was April 10, 1S97." The Chief thinks lll1I at 1CdSI LhCtAtS AANO AAASA NA needed. He also thinks that more bi- cycle men are needed to chase automo- piles and bicycles. and he is undoubt- edly right in this.
 The department makes good show ing in the matter of arrests, suppress sion of gambling, enforcement of the liquor law, and recovery of stolen prop erty. The Chief generously and proper ly compliments his faithful and useful subordinates and duly acknowledges the help he has had from those who are over him. We hereby compliment him on his own skill and efficiency. as others who observe them will On the whole, police matters in New Haven are in good shape, and the city is bet ter protected than many cities are.
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one that made even the Paul Prys of the press ashamed of their own eurios,
 ity. It became known that in one of the presidents private apartments there was hung the portrait of a wo- man, before which every morning, by MT. Arthur's personal order, great masses of cut flowers were heaped. Here was a rarely promising hint for the greedy journalist. eager to give his next dispatch from Washington a touch of sauce piquante. With vast ingenuity and by bringing all the re- sources of the press to bear, the se- eret was ferreted out at last, and the portrait was found to be, that of the presidents dead wife. It was very characteristic of the man who, to the world at large was always the practi- cal master of affairs with just a sug- gestion of the yivaur about him, that he should in private have cherished this delicate sentiment. which did him
 so much honor.-Bookman
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EASY.

Sherlock Holmes isn't dead yet, and is still working easily. Some burglars broke into club in Bradford, England, the other night. While in the club they evidently had some whiskey to drink, and on Sunday, when the premises were carefully examined, tumbler was found on which was the impress sion of a mans finger. The glass was taken away and handed over to a de- tective-inspector, who has superintend- ed what is known as the finger-print department for some time. The impress sion on the glass was photographed, and afterward the inspector went through his files, which include several hundreds of impressions of persons who have passed through the hands of the Bradford police. The officer discovered a finger impression identical with that on the glass. The impression on the file was that of Louis Anderson. h. auiries showed that he had been away from home all Saturday night. He was eventually arrested, and he admitted a share in the theft. Another person named Edwin Herdman has since been arrested, and the stiDendiary remand ed both men for a week, so that the police could make further inquiries.
 There are morals to this story which burglars will probably not be long in discovering.