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The Washington times., 1906-02-11
SCORNED LOVER KILLS
WOMAN AND SHOOTS SELF
Bullet Does Him No Damage Beyond
Running Eyesiglt-Yictim Wife
Of a Friend.

PHILADELPHIA Feb 1O---After car
y ing O revolver for three days. during
which time he worked himself up 10 the
murder pitch. Frank PoPulas, a Polish
tailor. shot and killed Mrs, Anna Yah
lansld. late this afternoon in her home,
Louisa court Then, pursued by mob
and finding escape impossible, he turned
the pistol against his own temple and
Tired The bullet tore through his right
eye. doing no more damage than the de-
structiOn OF the eye.
P0puias. who is twenty-nine years old,
boarded vi d She Yablanskis up to last
summer, and became infatuated with
the woman. who repulsed his advances.
POpulas was arrested.
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BIG RAILROADS SHOW
LARGER GROSS GAINS
Earnings Unprecedented and Net Increases
Begin to Command Attention---Pennsy
System to Reserve Portion of Gross.

noteworthy, for about 81, 900, 600 gain in
net resulted from an increase in gross
for five months of sS.50o0Oo
The Minor Roads.
Among railroads which never have
paid dividends. there are prominent ex-
ampIes of the tendency TO at least make
a showing of profits Wabash, for in
stance. with an actual loss over 81, 1000
in gross for five months. records a net
gain of about s640. 900. This is plainly a
case where policy. rather than necessity
dictates the amount of profits that will
be disclosed with a given volume OF
gross earnings. During all the years
that Wabash gross earnings have
been showing a phenomenal growth. ne;
earnings have been kept down to the
level of fixed charges. The contest over
the presidency q year ago made the
policy OF the road plain and there is
now no room for doubt that In this case
at least the reported net earnings have
been much below the roads possibilities
No one denies the roads need for mo-
ney, but there is evidence at last that
the need is no longer so pressing.
No Longer Unproductive.
seeing tnfSt anu OLilrf SiAtiAidl SNi-
dences that the bulk of our railroads
are emerging from the long era of re-
construction and of undertaking. al
least sufficiently to begin to show the
profits for which all the rebuilding has
been planned. It is but natural that the
investor should seem TO see be 7OTe him
IA new era IN the investment of his Sc
curlties- There is no appreciate rea-
son why railroad stocks, representing
what is commonly set down as one OF
the most profitable industries in the
world. should much longer remain non
productive. The old arguments are OF
little use In this new condition OF
things
This discussion OF railroad conditions
takes no account of future possibilities
in the way OF earnings. This is a spec
ulative and uncertain field upon which
investment study cannot enter IL IS
so evident that the scale of betterment
OUTLAWS will not be enlarged that ans
future growth in gross may be consid-
cred of vast influence upon net. But
should there be no future growth in
business there is, nevertheless. much
Importance in the fact that past drains
upon revenues are being gradually bu
steadily curfailed. BARNABY.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS
DENOUNCE BROWNLON
Congressman May No Longer Be Per
mitted to Dictate Party's Policies.
Bitter Fight Expected.

BRISTOL, Tenn, Feb. 10.-There
now seems destined to be fight in the
Republican party in Tennessee as to
whether Congressman ". p Brown
low. of the First district, shall continue
to name its candidates and dictate
policy. or whether the party will act
for itself
The executive committee of the party
in BrownIow's home county (Washing-
toni. today unanimously adopted reso-
buttons denouncing Brownlow one
man policy and calling on II. Clay
Evans 10 come to the rescue and save
the party from paralysis by becoming
its candidate for governor.
1t presumed that the resolutions,
coming from Browniow's home county,
will have a strong bearing on the situa-
ton
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Banks to Merge.

It has been decided TO name the
Combined Citizens Bank and the
Southern Bank of Georgia the Citizens
and Southern Bank. The following Off
GERS govern the affairs Of the bank:
President Miles 3. Lane; first vice
president, John F1annery; second vice
president, II, A Crane; assistant to the
president George c. Freeman; cash
Ter, Gordon L. Grower. assistant cash
ser. r. l. Rockwell.
The two institutions will be formally
merged on February %. Captain Flan-
merry and Mr.. Crane are now president
and vice president Of the Southern,
respectively.
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BUSINESS BOONS
IN LAND OF DIXIE
Property Values Are Adj
yancing Rapidly.
HEALTHY FlNAN CIAL REPORTS
South csrolina in Van of Prosperity.
Roanoke Has a New
Bank.
HEALTHY FINANCIAL REPORTS

The following statistics appearing re-
Gently In the Manufacturers Record or
Baltimore Will give some idea or the
relative growth of the South compared
with less favored sections. From 1880 to
1865 there was an increase in the entire
country of 75.45 per cent in the number
of national banks. The increase in the
South, on the other hand, from 1880 to
1875 was more than 455 per cent The
increase in the capital stock of these
banks throughout the country was "a. IS
per cent. while the increase in the South
was 1856 per cent. The amount OF de-
rosits in the national banks of the South
have increased not less than 625 per cent
IN the same length of time.
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Photo by Buck.

the statement right here that Nevads
is comparatively free from mining
swindles, and that We do not propose
10 allow irresponsible promoters TO trade
on our honor or our riches
Beaumont. Cripple Greek, Sumpter,
Thuadsr Mountain, and Alaska. have
furnished food for many dishonest
promoter. OF all modern mining camps
Tonopah has been freest from this sort
OF wildcat speculation The money has
gone into the ground in legitimate in
VestTpeHt in TonOpah."
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Richmond Crows Rapidly.

The report of the bushes done in the
Richmond postoffice, for the month of
January. shows a very gratifying in
crease in the volume of mail handled
as compared with the figures recorded in
the corresponding month last year 1T
Is gratifying because postoftice business
ness Of community. The increase or
10 per cent in the business of the post
office shows as nothing else could show
the commercial strides Richmond is
making.
The figures revealed by the postoffice
reports, are as follows;
Total receipts January, 1905. S44. SIS. So
Total receipts January 1906. g, SAC. g
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into the sand to get a solid foundation
for anything
II want 1t distinctly Understood that
the legitimate mining meu of the West
condemn such methods ] want 10 state
right here that I come Tot only from
one OF the greatest mining camps in the
wor!d-Tonopah-bu also from the
greatest mining State in the Union
Neyada- In the name OF T0nopah and
In the name OF Nevada. I enter a pro-
test against dishonest mining. and make
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An Alabamian's Opinion.

Birmingham, Ala. is the most pros
porous city in the country today 1t is
the only city that has never had a set
back after its boom. Property has
never declined since the town was
founded. The iron ore, the coal and
limestone, and other materials neces-
sary 20 make iron and steel are right at
our doors. Nothing has to be hauled
in, while Pittsburg and other iron CEN
tiers have TO bring some of their ma
terial hundreds OF miles.
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South Carolina Prospers.

South Carolina is in the very van OF
prosperity, and the Piedmont sec
ton. with its cotton mills and prosper
GUS farmers, it's great water powers and
growing towns, is the best of South
Carolina. Though small in area, this
State is second only to Massachusetts in
the number of splndles in operation to-
day. North Carolina has more cotton
mills, but not as many looms and spin
dies
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Bank for Roanoke.

A new national bank, with capital OF
$4,000 Will be started here within the
next thirty days The stock has all
been sold and applications have been
received for several thousand dollars
worth more than was for sale The
new bank win be known as the City Ma
ttonaI Bank
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
YOUTH KNOCKED FROM
WHEEL BY AN AUTO

James Hughes. fifteen years old. 3405
o street, Georgetown. was knocked
from his wheel by an automobile at
Fourteenth street and New York ave
nue. northwest. yesterday afternoon and
slightly hurt. His bicycle was broken.
The automobile was operated by II. W.
Hazelton. of 2622 Thirteenth street North
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Cotton Still King.

The manufacture of cotton is an i'm
portant industry of the South. and the
number of factories and mills is being
largely added TO. There are now 500
mills with an equipment Of 130.O45 looms
and 4.975, 81 spndies in territory tribu-
terry TO the Southern Railway system.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Norfolk Exporting Point.

The total exports from Norfolk for
the month Of January just passed
amounted 10 $1,102, 247. This does not
include two supplements that will in
crease the amount 10 nearly $1,2Oo,OOO.
Aside from December. 1905. this ex-
ceeds the exports for any month for
the past twelve and is double the total
Of January, 1904. when the exports
amounted 10 $524. S27.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Railroad to Yorktown.

The Hampton and Yorktown Railway
Company today asked the board of
Supervisors of Elizabeth City county
for n franchise 10 use certain roads in
the county tn the construction of a rail-
way line from Hampton to Yorktown.
The company proposes to have the line
completed IN two years.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
LAD SHOT IN ARM; REFUSES
TO TELL NAME OF ASSAILANT

Thirteen ear-old Joseph Awkward, of
los d street southeast, was shot through
the right arm by an unknown colored
man in Garfield Park yesterday after
noon.
He was sent to Providence Hospital.
where the revolver bullet was taken out
and the wound dressed. Physicians sa Y
his condition is not serious. Police of
the Fifth precinct are looking for the
man who did the shooting. The lad
says he knows his assailant's name, but
refuses to divulge il.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Looking TO Sugar.

The last of the sugar mills in Texas
closed down for the season this week.
Tt is estimated that the sugar yield of
the State for the season is about a.
O0O,0G pounds. The output of the State
OF Louisiana is estimated at $780,
600 600
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Banks to Consolidate.

The PEOPLES National Bank and the
National Exchange Bank, have con-
solidated. The object of the consoII-
dalton was to lessen expenses and
strengthen the National Exchange.
which now has s250OO0 stock and assets
OF s.. 500, coo
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
WIN. w. GAINES TO BUILD
TWO 2-ST0RY RESIDENCES

The y. T. Halter Company has pre-
pared plans for two two-story brick
dwellings TO be erected by William W.
Gaines on Irving street near Fifth street.
The houses are TO cost about s. 600
They VIII Re equipped with sanitary
water
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
Norfolk Is Generous,

Norfolk offers for the proposed State
normal school q ten-acTe site in city
park or elsewhere. to cost the city no
more than $4,000 and an annuity of
5000 for ten years.
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Railroads Undervalued.

The railroads In West Virginia are
valued at more than two hundred mill
ions. but it is a hundred TO one bet
that the board Of public works will not
next year. assess them at half that
amount. Mark the prediction-not half.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
HOUSE COMMITTEE FAv0RS
NEW REVENUE CUTTERS

The House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce. yesterday au-
thorized favorable reports on bills pro-
viding for new revenue cutters, one for
Puget Sound, to cost S225.Goe one for
New Bedford, Mass, to cost STE, 900, and
enc for Savannah. Ga. to cost s116. 600.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11
TWENTY-FIVE INJURED
IN WRECK IN TEXAS

DALLAS, Tex. Feb. 1O.-Tn a wreck
of the eastbound express on the Texas
Pacific at Odessa 400 miles west of Dali
las, twenty-five persons were badly in
jured
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Claims Large Bonus.

Mrs. Fairfax saws she was promised
by the defendant that. in the event she
wished TO withdraw her investment, she
should be allowed TO do so. and would
receive an added bonus of forty per cent.
That is the manner in which her claim
reaches 500. there having been 500
investment and a 500 bonus.
All these matters and things are re-
cited in the declaration, which was
fled in Mrs Fairfaxs behalf By W
Preston Williamson
The concluding paragraph IS as fol-
lows.
And plaintiff charges and alleges the
truth to be that ali the statements and
representations made by the said Van
Duzer and his agents are false and
fraudulent and We're made at the time
for the purpose of deceiving this plain
tiff and inducing her TO part with her
money; that she believed and relied up-
on said false statements and represen-
tations and in consequence thereof IN
vested her money Plaintiff alleges
that she is informed and believes that
the said &. d Van Duzer Gold Min
| ing Company Of Nevada is fake and
has no existence except on paper and
In the mind of the defendant. the said
! Van DuZeI.
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In Second Term.

Mr.. Van Duzer is serving his second term
as a member of the House He is now
absent from the city, in Pennsylvania,
and could not be reached tc be asked
concerning the charges made by Mrs
Fairfax. However, he has made a
speech in Congress that ought TO tell
where he stands on the subject of gold
mining and gold miners.
The speech is entitled by Mr. Van
Duzer Nevada; the Land of Sunshine
and Silver" and was delivered on
March :. 1904. Extracts from it are as
follows;
I will tell you how they do it in New
York city. They do not care whether
there is any mine on the so-called min
ing nropertv.' They would just as will
ingIv promote a cabbage patch as they
would a mining proposition.
The Washington times., 1906-02-11

IF YOU ARE PUTTING MONEY
ES 4 IN IN q bank. you look for the safest
49, institution: why not the same
~ care when you deposit your Vai-
tables for q loan? VS. have q building and
safes made for the purpose. All business
confidential Money loaned on watches diA-
r.onds. jewelry. etc Interest three per cen:
instead Of ten.
Fl. K. FULToN.s LOAN OFFICE
ESTABLISHED 1870. sI4 Ninth Street y "
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Mrs. Fairfax Charges
Van Duzer of Nevada
in Complaint.

Mrs. Lucie r. Fairfax. who is suing
Representative Van Duzer. of Nevada.
for 500. which she alleges he owes her.
has made sweeping charges against the
Congressman in her declaration. filed
IN the Supreme Court Of the District
of Columbia. She declares the gold
mine in which she bought shares was a
fake" with an existence only on pa
per
In the declaration It is alleged that
the defendant represented 10 Mrs Fair
fax that he was the president Of the c.
d. Van DuEeT Company. with capital
of s25O.0o0. The company was reputed
to own a valuable mine in Nevada. with
immense stamp mills, large quantities
OF machinery. and every needed appli-
ance for making the ten per cent dtvi-
dends that were promised
For a while, it Is charged, the COM
pany paid dividends of two per cent I
month, but not for long
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Site Out of Sight.

when l returned to my home in Ne
vads, I undertook to find that property
on which this valuable mine was claim
ed to exist. / could not see the property
with q telescope, ii was so far from
the center of the mining district; and a
man would have to dig thousand feet
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New York's Plan

aThev. get a few acres of land-if pos
sibIe ten or twelve miles from a great
mine whose vein trends toward the
property which they own. or they say
il does. They promise the credulous pub
lie that a great mine is to be developed
by sinking their shafts In region OF
country somewhat adjacent to this rich
and weII-known mine. They advertise
in the paper that they just want $4,000.
They would like to have 100 ambitious
Americans who would like to become
mine owners. who would like TO break
loose from their chains of poverty and
become great business men,
''Thev promise that an investment of
500 will in six months return $4,000.
8. 600 $1,000 Circulars containing such
statements are what they send through
the mails. They say that their stock is
going to advance to an almost fabu-
lous sum.
This fall 1 went into an Office in New
York city where some man was trying
to perpetrate that kind of a proposition
upon the State of Nevada. / knew the
location where his mine purported TO
be, where by the expenditure of a vast
amount of money there never could be
taken from 1t dollars worth of ore.
Yet that man spent 5000 in advertising.
He took in $780, 900 or $4,000 from people
in Massa chusetts, Connecticut, New
York, Pennsylvania. Delaware, New Jer-
sey-from men who invested their
money in good faith. BY means OF
fraudulent circulars. which go through
the mails; by the publication of ficti-
tious ami deceptive letters. which 20
| through the malls; by means of forged
kilograms. and all that sort of thing.
this man was enabled to raise $4,000 OF
$40 O0G
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Monev Loaned saIsried Psonls.

1@O1lSJ .Oa-loO -s-1a-@ISl SUPIC-
Retail merchants, teamsters, boarding houses
without security; large business I'm 80 prin-
cipal cities. TCLMAN. Room 50s, $50 18th 81.
NV.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-02
MAUI AGRICULTURAL co.
HAS A GOOD YEAR

The Maui Agricultural Society has
had particularly gratifying year, the
report of their manager, H. A. Bald
win, presented at the annual meeting
yesterday, showing a big increase In
the tonnage of sugar produced and
gain of $10.17 per ton in the selling
price. In all the plantation produced
17,753 tons of sugar, which netted $7451
per ton, this being gain of 1882 tons
over the 1904 crop.
the Indebtedness of the plantation by
s166,661, and gave s194,237 in addition to
what was realized from the sale Of
bonds for permanent improvements
The credit balance at the end OF the
year was s73,461, and s122,77S was put
into growing crops. The new ditch
completed reduced the pumping ex-
penses by 23,464, cut Off $33S0 in water
purchase and gave a receipt gain of
s614S in the sale OF water. The new
factory building at Paia is ready for
the machinery to be moved inl and is one
of the best and most convenient sugar
houses on the islands.
on account of weeds, the sisal grow
ing may be abandoned, but the pine
apple plantation is fiourishing. In per-
manent improvements the company has
$1,092,376. including s216.733 expended
previous to the formation of the CO.
partnership.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-02

be paid by every male inhabitant of
this Republic. between the ages OF
twenty and sixty years. unless ex
empted By law" This tax so wrung
from the inhabitants could not consti-
tutional'y be used for any other pur-
pose. Tho male populationis definite
ly known and this tax provided a fund
which was approximately definite and
knowing what the amount was the
Legislature has invariably appropriate
ed as much further as was necessary
for the pay of teachers and other ex-
penses OF the Board of Educa tion in its
management of the schools.
The Legislature having sequestered
50 per cent. Of this large sum and hav-
ing bcen niggardly in Its appropria-
tion for educational purposes, the
Board of Education now finds itself in
the dilemma of either closing the
schools or coercing the teachers and
scholars irto keeping the schools and
school grounds in good order.
The dilemma can be overcome by the
counties paying back to the Territory
this so per cent. which they are wrong
fully handling. The county govern
ment represents the people as much as
the Territory does, and 1t would ap-
pear that 1t should not stand supinely
by and allow the schools to suffer.
Every taxpayer knows that a spe-
cific tax. l. e., one collected for an al
legged specific purpose, can not be le..
gally diverted from the object for
which 1t was collected
The Legislature had It in it's power
TO have repealed the school tax and
TO have taxed every inhabitant what
IL chose for the general fund, but un-
I'll it did so the money collected for
support of public schools should be
used for that purpose.
JAS. w. GIRVIN.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-02
VIEWS OF
STRANGERS

The views of strangers in Honolulu
on the Floral Parade OF last Thursday
ara interesting. In general they
praise the entire parade, but offer
suggestions which the Promotion Com
mittee has been glad to receive. Some
of the letters thus far received, the
writer's names not being given for
publication. are as follows:
IMPROVE THE BEACH.
February "a. 1906.
III. p. Wood, Secretary, Honolulu
Dear Sir: The Parade (don't call it
Floral Parade) was all right-fine.
1 think the old name Paradise" better
fitted to the islands than any other
catch phrase. AS a dividend payer in
promotion work my idea has been to
get a score of mainland railroad men,
particularly Western men. carefully Sc
lected and specially invited, to come to
Honolulu and Look see." They could
get island advertisements in the thou
sands of publications issued by the
roads gratis. This being my fourth
visit to Honolulu, you know my i'm
pressions. The roads in the East and
Middle West are going to make fight
on the Western roads and California
business in favor of Cuba. 1t has
commenced this winter in the Cuba
Special train out of Chicago on the
Illinois Central Ry. The short time
required, the shorter ocean voyage and
the low fare from Chicago to Havana
Cheaper than Chicago to 'Frisco) are
all attractive, particularly to those to
whom an ocean voyage is not a pleas
ure. One bad thing l notice, and as
one who loves the water / make it
strong point. and that is that in five
years there has been no Improvement
in Waikiki. You hug the Illusion that
1t is a good beach, when from Bar
Harbor to Keywest and from Gray's
Harbor to San Diego there are hun
dreds that are better. Rarely have
seen a worse one. In addition to the
removal Of the coral, there should be
a diving float in the deepest water or
at least In five or six feet of water.
l do not get cut on the coral, for I
have learned how to walk on it, but
nearly every day some stranger is cut
or bruised on 1t. and a man with a
coral cut on his foot is about as mean
as bear with a sore head, even when
enclosing one of Noah Gray's good
dinners. Yours for Honolulu,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-03-02
AIDS TO NAVIGATION.

Arrangements have been made at the
Naval Station for the starting of three
new lights. One of these will be placed
on the south point of Hawaii on Ka
Lac, another on Keahole, the western
point of the same island, and the third
on the northwesternmost point of
Molokai, at the Leper Settle
ment. The last light is started
for the benefit of the transpacific
mariners, especially for vessels bound
from San Francisco, and will temporar.
lily take the place of the light 80 much
needed ON Makapuu point. 1t will en-
able sailing vessels and steamers tc
make the north coast of Molokai with
safety instead of making the north
coast of Oahu. This will be red light
and will be visible for ten miles.