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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-07
Imnnrtant Bills That Failed.


The Philippine tariff BILL which was
one of the pet administration meas
ures and which was forced through the
house by making Il concession or 70 per
cent of the Dingley rates on sugar, To-
bacco and rice, by the vote OF 2oS to *
as early as Jan. IL was put to sleep ef'
fectually in the senate committee on
the Philippines through a combination
of Democrats and stand pat Republic
an senators. The committee voted to
against reporting this cherished ad-
ministration measure, and the efforts
to bring about reconsideration proved
futile.
The senate on June tabled the pro-
posed constitutional amendment per-
hitting a federal divorce law.
The house defeated by large major
ity the Adams bill authorizing whip
ping posts for wife heaters in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The senate on Feb. IA voted 80 to ~
in favor of the ship subsidy bill estaD-
fishing thirteen new contract mall lines
TO Central American, South African,
Australian and Pacific island ports at
the rate of So per ton year FOR the
foreign trade and $3.50 per ton for the
colonial trade. 1t includes provision
for naval reserve force by payment
of retainers to officers Of subsidized
vessels. This measure Is stranded,
however, in the unfriendly house COM
mittee on the merchant marine.
A new bill to restrict and regulate
immigration, which passed the senate
Nav %. contained provision for an
educational test-namely, the ability to
understand the English language-and
raised the head tax from 81 to 50,
while creating commission to investi-
gate the entire subject. When, how
ever, the house passed this bill June 26
the educational test and the head tax
were stricken out and, the senate re-
| fusing TO agree, the bill died In confer
ence.
Throughout the session the senate
committee on foreign relations reso
lutely resisted the administrations In
fuence to report favorably the Sante
Domingo treaty.
Other administration measures which
Jared badly in one house or the other
were:
For federal control Of life insurance
companies.
Specific laws for prevention OF slsc
+! ton corruption.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-07
Undertaking.

l have purchased a new fun
eral car equal in quality to any
on the Shore and can furnish a
full supply of Baskets and
Collins in all sizes and prices.
1 am prepared to ELL all orders
including nice work as cheap as
any one Thanking the public
for past favors.
Very respectfully
J. w. BONNIWELL,
Bloxom, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-07
For Lock Canal at Panama.


ord in favor OF the lock type for the
Panama canal, and the senate followed
suit June q, 80 to 81. BY party
vote the senate directed that American
products and manufactures should be
used in the construction of the canal,
and in this the house agreed.
On Jan. ~ the house adopted the bill
authorizing the construction OF the
Lake Erie and Ohio ship canal, and on
June 10 it passed the senate, Al to IL.
After standing pat against the on
slaughts of the tariff revisionists dur
ing most of the session the majority
permitted the passage of the bill plac
ing denatured alcohol on the free list
This is expected to be a great benefit
to many industries requiring power
machines or vehicles.
Another bill which strengthens the
arm Of the executive in striking at the
predatory trusts by preventing corpo
rations from getting immunity because
of testimony before a government Du
reau becomes a law.
Labor interests, though angered al
the failure of the eight hour bill t(
even come to a vote, were pleased
somewhat by the passage OF the EN-
ployers' liability act making Interstate
carriers liable for injuries to employees
in the absence Of prescribed safety ap
| pliances and regulations.
Other measures Of general interest,"
which passed both houses were:
Authorizing the return OF unidentl
fed Confederate flags.
Abolishing the grade Of lieutenan
general.
Adding $4,000 to each states quot;
for agricultural experiment stations.
Prohibition Of gambling In the terri
tories.
Provision for marking Confederate
graves in the north.
Extending the time of tribal rela
tons for the five civilized tribes.
Changing coin and bullion reserve
to $4,000. 900 and $100,0O0,OOO.
Providing for the selection OF dele
gate from Alaska.
To prevent hazing ST Naval acadC---
To reorganiZe o." army meolca
corps.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-07-07
North-Bound Trains.

ssy-In addition to the above trains the cape
Charles Accommodation leaves Delmar uany
except Sunday at 730 a. m. Salisbury ''4o a. H.
arriving Cape Charles 1880 a. M. Cu.-,oo
nelmar Accommodation leaves Cape Charles
G. 05 u. M. Salisbury 986 p. M, arriving Deiniar
1000 p. m.
r. B. COOKE, J. y. hOi i",.So,,
Traffic Manager. superintendent
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
LEFT BABY WITH
4 COLORED
NURSE
Infant Taken to Orphans
Home By Citizens and
Afterwards Adopted.

After remaining with a cOlOred
nurse at her home for ten days a two
year-old baby girl, who was left by
its mother with the nurse, has been
adopted by parties out of the city.
The parties adopting the child Sc
cured it from the Pearl Eagan Or
phan Home, where it had been sent
by citizens.
About ten days since citizens pass
ing along Tarragona street, noticed
near the corner Of Hayne and LaRua
streets, a pretty baby girl, who was
apparently being cared for by the col
ored people residing there. Several
days passed and they still noticed the
child there and finally they made in
Quiries of the colOred woman regard
ing the child and were told that tlN,
mother had placed the baby in her
custody until she called for it, agree.
ing to pay 80 cents per day for its
board. The mother had not returned
and she was still caring for the child
The police authorities were then no.
titled and made inquiries for the
mother, but she could not be located
and finally citizens sent the baby to
the Pearl Eagan Orphan Home to be
cared for until some arrangements
could be made. In the meantime the
police continued to search for the
mother, but being unable to locate
her the infant was finally adopted by
a couple residing outside the city
and now has a good home.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
COAL PRODUCERS
LARGE FUEL USERS
OVER SIX MILLION TONS OF AN
THRACITE A YEAR BURNED
AT MINES IN PENNSYl-
VANlA.
Special to The. Journal.

New York, Dec. 6.-Anthracite coal
producers of Pennsylvania are shown
to be among the largest cons Nners oil
coal in the last report of the Pennsyl'
vania Department of Mines. At some
of the mines where a vast quantity OF
water has to be pumped, twenty-five
per cent of the coal produced is used
for steam and heat Steam with which
to operate shaft engines and slope en-
gines must be forced through more
than 100 miles of steam pipe; and
in order to operate the machinery re
ouired in anthracite mining. 46O,2lS
horse power had to be produced "
steam in 1905.
For all these purposes the anthra
cite companies of Pennsylvania used
last year 6,359, $50 tons of coal and
paid a coal bill amounting to several
hundred thousand dollars. The least
valuable coal was used at the mines
and of course transportation was
saved. or this item, which is small II
comparison with many others which
make I'D the cost of anthracite pro
duction. would have been much larger
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
Senate Calls Upon the Presi-
dent and Secretary of
War for Information.
Asks Specifically Regarding
Orders Given Major
Penrose.
ACTION FOLLOWED A DEBATE OF
TWO HOURS, THE PRINCIPAL
SPEAKERS BEING SENATORS
CARTER, FORAKER AND cuL-
BERSoN-PoWER OF THE PRES
IDENT QUESTIONED.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Dec. 6.-The senate to-
day adopted the Penrose resolution re-
questing the president to send infor-
nation regarding the discharge of the
negro Twenty-flfth infantry and also
the Foraker resolution directing the
secretary of war to send all informa-
ton in the possession of his depart
ment on the same subject. Both of
the resolutions carried the identical
amendment offered by Mr.. Culberson
asking specifically for the orders Civ
en- to Major Penrose, commanding the
battalion, directing him not to surren-
der to the Texas authorities certain
troops demanded.
The action followed debate of two
hours which developed along two
lines, one as to the propriety Ct ask
ing the president for information or
directing the secretary of war to fur
nish 1t and the other the indulgence
by few senators in comment Co the
merits of the case.
The principal speakers were Sena-
tors Carter, Foraker and Culberson
and also Senator Penrose who dis
cussed the actual occurrences alleged
at Brownsville. The right of the presi-
dent to dismiss the men from the
army is involved. Mr.. Foraker claimed
that IL the president could dismiss the
company he had the same right to
dismiss brigade or the entire army.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
IN
SHOE FACTORY
Large Building Shattered
and Many Destroyed in
Fire That Followed.
AT LEAST TWELVE PEOPLE IN
JURED WHEN BOILERS OF
HARVEY SHOE MANUFACTURE
ING CO., OF LYNN, MASS,
BURST-FINANclAL LOSS Is
NEARLY HALF A MILLION.
BY Associated Press.

Lynn, Mass, Dec. 6.-The boilers
of the p +. Harvey Shoe Manufacture
ing Company of this city blew up this
morning, and at least twelve people
are reported injured.
The explosion, besides shattering
the big four-story factory of the Har-
ney Company, wrecked several build
ing near by in the crowded manu-
featuring district. A heavy southwest
gale soon drove the flames beyond
the control of the local fire depart
ment, and help was called from Bos.
ton In an hours time two acres in
the West Lynn district had been
burned, running the premises of more
than half a dozen large business
firms, mostly shoe manufacturers, de-
stroying twelve dwellings on Charles
street, principally occupied by col
ored people.
The explosion occurred just as the
factory operatives were assembling
for their days work.
The devastated portion in West
Lynn borders on Charles and Alley
streets. Doctors and ambulances
were hurried to the scene from west
parts of the city, but with so wide
territory suddenly stricken, the
work of aiding and collecting the
wounded and hunting for positive
dead was necessarily hampered.
The first firms to be burned out or
wrecked by the explosion. were:
P. ]. Harvey Shoe Company.
Tufts G Friedman Shoe Company.
H. p Hood Creamery.
Boston & Maine West Lynn rail
road station.
Jacobs Leather Stock Company.
NJ J. Worthey Shoe Company.
Twelve dwellings.
The force of the explosion burst
the four machinery loaded floors OF
the Harvey factory, and lifted the
roof. The wreckage spread outward
shattering the walls of nearby struc,
lures, and aiding the spread of the
flames, despite the heavy storm of
snow and sleet that started early In
the day. In a brief space of time
the West Lynn station of the Boston
and Maine railroad was on fire.
Unchecked by the wide gap occu-
pied by the railroad tracks, the flames
reached structures on the other side,
licking up first the leather stock fac
tory of the Jacobs company. and then
sweeping through the district COW
cred by small wooden tenements The
financial loss will be about s450,000.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
After a Bitter Fight, Roll
Call Shows Majority of
81 Against Measure.
Great Victory Won by Capt.
O'Brien of Pilots As
ISOLATION.
AFTER FOUR HOURS DEBATE,
DURING WHICH SPEAKERS AND
MEMBERS OPENLY LoBBIED ON
THE FLOOR, FRIENDS OF PILOTS
FORCED THE BILL TO A VOTE.
Special TO The Journal.


Washington, Dec 6.-After a bitter
fight in the house to-day Representa-
tive Littlefield's (Maine) bill abolish
ing compulsory plotting in southern
waters was defeated by vote of 10
to 164. BY the defeat Captain O'Brien
of the National Pilots Association,
won the greatest victory for the
American Pilots that was ever
achieved in congress.
The house leadership, to oblige Lit
tlef1eld, decided to put his bill, abol-
ishing compulsory pilotage, to vote
and the speakers and members con-
nected with the house organization
openly lobbied on the floor. After
four hours debate the friends of the
pilots succeeded in getting a roll call
and the bill was deafeated by a vote
of 10 to 164.
This section will be construed gen
orally as a victory for Samuel Com
pers of the American Federation of
Labor, but everybody gives O'Brien
cerdit for finally settling the question
in congress by test vote. This is
the first time in ten years that the
measure was brought to vote in the
house.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
WILL GIVE LOW
RAIL R DAD
RATE
To Pensacola on the o.
casion of the Mardi Gras
Celebration.

A low round trip rate will be given
to Pensacola on the occasion of the
coming Mardi Gras celebration, and
1t is expected that announcement will
be made at an early date of the same
by the Southeastern Tariff Associa-
ton.
The date to Pensacola and return
upon this occasion will be the same as
offered to New Orleans. Mobile and
other cities where similar attractions
occur, and will be about one and a
third fare for the round trip.
Not only the Louisville G. Nashville
Railroad will make this rate to Pen
sacola upon this occasion, but all
roads coming under the jurisdiction of
the Southeastern Tariff Association.
Division Passenger Agent Lurton was
recently in receipt of a letter from
the association upon the subject, and
expects soon to receive official mott
ficatiOn that the association has Or
dered the rate upon all roads in its
territory.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07

one witness was called and heard on
behalf of the government Several
important witnesses will be called on
behalf of the government to-day and
the defense will probably call three
or four before concluding.
The first witness yesterday was
Robert Gallagher, woods superinten-
dent for the Jackson Lumber Co, who
was placed upon the stand to con-
cIude his direct examination. The
direct examination was concluded by
ten o'clock, and from that hour until
noon Mr.. Gallagher underwent n rigid
cross-examination at the hands of
District Attorney w. b. Sheppard.
While the evidence given by Mr.
Gallagher on cross examination did
differ materially from that given on
direct examination. a number of
points were brought out that directly
controverted the statements OF othel
witnesses on behalf of defense, and
both District Attorney Sheppard and
his associate, r. Pope Reese, seemed
highly pleased with the result
The case of John Malone, colored.
who was fired at by Gallagher, was
touched upon and in this connection
Mr.. Sheppard remarked:
Malone is a good old Irish name.
Mr.. Gallagher. Isn't Malone an Irish
man."
eyes" replied Gallagher, "but he Is
smoked one"
Throughout the time he was on the
stand Mr.. Gallagher evidenced the
best of good nature and his ready
Irish wit kept the attorneys and
others present in the best Of humor.
Other witnesses heard we're Archie
Bellinger. big Harry Halverson. DR..
w. f. Grace, Oscar Sander. DR.. Tram
nell and Will T. Sheehan. the latter
special correspondent Of the Mont
gomery Advertiser who visited the
camps Of the Jackson Lumber Co.
shortly after the preliminary hearing
of the charge of peonage against
Gallagher. Grace and Sander. and
wrote n lengthy article relative 10
conditions there.
big Harry" when he testified at
the first trial. denied having held any
one while a beating was being admin
istered. but Yesterday admitted hav-
ing held a man in the harness shed
at the camp while the latter was
praying.
Court adjourned until $50 O'Clock
this morning when it is probable that
Mr.. Sheehan will be recalled for ftir-
Their cross examination.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
Do NOT FAVOR
METRIC SYSTEM
Ru Associated Press.

New York. Dec. I'm general
discussion following the presentation
of a paper on the subject of weights
and measures by Henry P. Towne, in
the convention of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers to-day
= majority opinion was that the pres
ont system should not be supplanted
nv the metric system. Important rea-
SONS advanced were that the change
would disrupt business and disturb
the titles to every foot of land be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
OPPORTUNITIES
OF THE SOUTH
DISCUSSED BY SETH Low AT
MONTGOMERY LAST
NIGHT.
BY Associated Press.

Montgomery, Dec. Seth Low,
former mayor OF New York, in an adj
dress to the Commercial Club tonight
spoke on Opportunities of the South"
He declared that his observation
showed the crying need in this section
of more rural and agricultural schools.
He declared tie time had come when
national aid should be extended to
the states to exterminate illiteracy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
BONI APPEARS .
DEPUTIES LEAVE
RY Associated Press.

Paris, Dec. ga remarkable scene
followed the Interpretation of the gov
ernment's position on the Moroccan
question in the chamber of deputies
today by M. Jaures, the socialist
leader. Count Boni de Castellane,
gaudily attired, his hands in his peck
cts, Unexpectedly assembled the tribune
whereupon half the deputies abruptly
left the chamber.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
PATRICK ASKS
FOR A PARDON
BY Associated Press.

New York, Dec. cit was stated
here last night that Albert T. Pat
rick, who is under sentence Of death
in Sing Sing Prison for the murder Of
VIM. NJ Rice, the Texas capitalist.
had secretly prepared an application
to Gov. Higgins for pardon. Ac-
cording to reports Patrick turned
from his attitude of resolute refusal
to seek mercy only after pleading by
mis- wife and other relatives. Pat
rick himself is said to have drawn
up the application.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
RESULT CHARGED TO
FEDERATION OF LABOR
Rv Associated Press

Washington. Dec. G.-rhe house, by
a vote of 10 to 164, to-day defeated
Littlefield's bill. removing discrimina-
tons against American sailing YES
sells in the coast trade
The bill is commonly known as the
anti-compulsory pilotage Oil and has
been the subject of many hearings
and excited great interest through
out the lake and ocean shipping sec
lions of the country. The debate lasted
four and a half hours and the result
lis openly charged to the American
Federation of Labor.
The house adjourned at five o'clock
and war claims will be taken up to-
morrow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
A NII-PHOTAGE Bill rs
DEFEATED IN THE HOUSE
CHARGED WITH HOLDING
WHITE MAN AS A SLAVE
Five Indictments Returned At Jacksonville Against
OHara and S. S. Schwarz New York
Labor Agent.

be proven that a man is held for
debt.
Four indictments were returned
charging peonage and one charging
conspiracy with others to hold man
in slavery were returned against
O'Hara.
Among the alleged conspirators in
dicted is s. S. Schwarz, the New York
labor agent who sent the man here.
The man held in alleged slavery is
France Mebel, a German Jew.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
SIX-YEAR TERM
FOR PRESIDENT

Washington, Dec. Ga term OF six
wears for the president and vice
president of the United States
was proposed by Senator Cullom In
joint resolution introduced TO-DAY
and providing for an amendment TO
the constitution. 1t also provides that
these officers are not eligible for re-
election.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
GREAT LOSS
AT CLIFTON
Town Is So Badly Damaged
That It May Never Be
Rebuilt.
BY Associated Press.

SolomOnville, Ariz., Dec. 6.-Late
details of the Clifton flood disaster
indicate the most deplorable condition
among the inhabitants and tremendous
loss of property. Practically every
building in the town was damaged
and many were swept away. 1t is be-
lieved that many persons In the Mexi-
can quarters were drowned of whom
no record remains The damage runs
into the hundreds of thousands of dol
lars and the town may never be re-
built
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
Gillette Not Yet Sentenced
for Murder of Grace Brown

There are numerous rumors that
Gillette has been heard to make
some kind of confession that he
killed Grace Brown Some of the re-
ports say that the officials overheard
confession to his lawyer and others
that he told a visitor thst ne struck
the girl. Nobody connected with the
case will confirm the reports.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
YOUNG CRIMINALS TO BE
SENT TO REFORMATORY
Nv Associates Press.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec 6.-Governor Ter
rell to-day issued proclamation d.
recting the judges of the state that
hereafter all persons under sixteen
wears of age who are convicted OF
crime shall be sent to the state re.
formatory in Baldwin county, in ac-
cordance with the terms OF the Jaw
by which the institution was estab-
lished.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
WILL ADMIT SHIPMENTS
OF AMERICAN PORK
Nv Associated Press.

Paris, Dec. 6.-Foreign Minister Pr
chon to-day notified American Ambas-
sadCr Mccormick that pending set
Element of the questions that have
arisen owing to the elimination of
the microscopic examination of Amer
lean port for export under the new
meat inspection regulations, ship
ments of pork now on their way to
France under the new regulations will
be admitted without microscopic eX-
animation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Senator Nor
gan to-day addressed the senate on
the resolution giving the Panama Ca
nal Commission control Of the Panama
railroad. Mr.. Morgan called the Pana-
ma road a legal fiction or artifice to
relieve the country of a responsibility
as a common carrier.
Mr.. Morgan advocated putting the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
ulane Withd-,,re

~" Orleans. Dec. 6.-Tulane Uni
l,sl'y last night by a vote of its ath-
s,"., association withdrew from the
S ,S.aern Intercollegiate Athletic AS
| q" '."u, The position was taken
NIL, MI, me association enforces many
|ls,ioS MllCh check the growth of ath.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
Pleased With Report.

London, Dec 6-Operators on the
stock exchange were favorably i'm
pressed by the report of the secre-
tary of the United States treasury.
Mr.. Shaw, and accepted it as proof
that something will be done to re-
lieve the financial situation and pre-
vent excessive monetary stringency.
American securities were favorably
affected. The high priced issues
showed rise of one point over parity
before noon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
BY Associated Press.

Jacksonville, Dec. 6.-The federal
grand jury to-day returned an indict
ment under section 5525 r. S. charg
ing F. J. O'Hara with carrying a
white man from Jacksonville with in
tent to hold him as a slave.
Under this Indictment the govern
ment need only to prove that the mar
was held at labor against his will
Under a peonage indictment it mus
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
Control of Panama Railroad
Discussed by Senator Morgan

railroad under control of the commits
sion although, with the control the
president exercised over the commits
sion he said amy wild, arrogant man
who happens to be president can do
the country incalculable injury"
Mr.. Morgan spoke for nearly two
hours. He did not believe, he said,
that the canal could be constructed in
twenty-five years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-07
Jesse and Milton Rawlings
Have Escaped the GaNOWs

proved of this action.
The boys were convicted of partici-
patton in the murder of Willie and
Carrie Carter, near Valdosta, nearly
eighteen months ago. for which muc-
der their father, J. G. Rawlins and
the negro ALT Moore were hanged on
Tuesday.