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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
CONDEMNED NEGRO
FIGHTS OFFICERS
ATTACKED SHERIFF FURioUsLY
ON HIS WAY TO THE
SCAFFoLD.
BY Associated Press.

Milledgeville, Ca, Nov. 16.-Mims
Devereaux, negro, was hanged here
today for the murder of another ne
gro over a card game, several months
ago. When the sheriff and the depu
ty entered the cell to escort Devereaux
to the scaffold the negro attacked
them furiously and it required a hard
fight to subdue him. Previously
Devereaux had made an unsuccessful
attempt at suicide with an instrument
found in his cell.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
ATLANTA NEGRO
is ACQUITTED
TUESDAY, INDICTED
THURSDAY, TRIED AND AC-
Quilted FRIDAY.
BY Associated Press.

Atlanta, Nov. 16.-JOe Glenn, the
negro charged with criminally as
saulting Mrs. Camp, near this city
last Tuesday, was acquitted tonight.
Glenn was arrested Tuesday, indict-
ed by the grand jury Thursday, and
tried and acquitted to-day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
CRISIS
HAS PASSED
No Lives Lost From Oregon
Floods, But Live Stock
Is In Danger.
pu Associated Press.

Portland, Ore, NOV. I6.-hepoTIs
Cowlitz river region tonight indicate
that the crisis of the food situation
has passed. While the destruction OF
nroneTty is great on both sides of the
liver. no loss of life is reported. but
much live stock is lost Many per
scnsare still camping in the hllls TO
night. although most OF, the refugees
have been able to reach the homes Of
friends ON hiEh ground.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
MEN BURIED
IN n. !. TUNNEL
Reported Cave-In May Re-
suit in Workmen'S
Death.
BY Associated Press.

New York, Nov. 16.-A cave-in at
the Belmont tunnel, on Thirty-fourth
street, is reported to have buried a
gang of men tonight. Fatalities are
reported, but it has been impossible
yet to reach the scene, which is far
below the surface.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
WITNESSES TELL STORLll
OF BARBAROUS BRUTllLITY
7. C. PLATT
WILL. RESIGN OFFICE
Domestic Scandals Added to Increasing Age Are Fore
ing Him to Relnqush His Place In Senate.

decided to retire altogether from pub
lie life The recent disclosures con
corning the senator's domestic
troubles added to his increasing age,
are declared to have forced him to re-
linQuish the office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
BIRMINGHAM
ATTORNEY KILLED
AUTOMOBILE OVERTURNED Kill
LING HIM AND INJuRING
ANOTHER.
By Associated Press.

birmingham, Ala, Nov. 16.-By the
o'erturning of an automobile, caused
DDy the breaking of the steering gear,
s'ck Martin. a prominent attorney
WIS instantly killed and Divid ]. Fox,
= Wen known business man was bad
ly injured to-day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
Rv Associated Press.

New York, Nov. 16.-The Evening
Post to-day published the following:
Thomas C. Platt's resignation from
the United States senate is said to be
ready for filing with Governor Hig-
gins. Senator Plat it is reported, has
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
INDIANS DENOUNCE LAND
SALE RESTRICTIONS
NEW YORK GAMBLERS
WILL BE PROSECUTED
Bill to Repeal Law Permitting Betting at Race Tracks
Will Also Be introduced in Legislature

race tracks, was given to-day by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome in the supreme
court 1t was supported by Judge
Rosalsky who declared that he would
impose the severest penalties on per-
sons convicted Of gamOling.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
PRESIDENT RIDES
ON STEAM SHOVEL
EY Associated Press.

New York, Nov. ia warning tC
the gamblers that they will be prose
cuted to the full extent of the law and
that bill will be introduced in the
next legislature to repeal the Percy
Gray law which permits betting al
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
COTTON OPERATOR
is UNDER ARREST
BY Associates Press.

buuaio, Nov. 16.AFrancis E. Mar
"a. q. one OF the principal figures in the
'.orey Cotton Company failure, was
S,'psted ner9 tonight. by postofhce
,,5i sctorS He will be taken to Phila-
dclDhia tomorrow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
STANDARD OIL
STOCK GOES DOWN
PROSECUTION OF COMPANY RE
SUITS IN DROP OF II POINTS
SINCE MONDAY.
BY Associated Press.

New York, Nov. 16.-Standard Oil
stock declined twenty-five points adj
ditional to-day, selling at 5.25. This
is a decline of seventy-one points
since Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
HE DIDN'T KNOW
1T WAS LOADED
Ry AssocIated Press.

birmingham, Ala, Nov. 16.-Sam
TayIor. eighteen years old, was shot
and killed by Bessemer Nail last night
with a pistol which he thought was
not loaded. Nail is in jail.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
NAPLES SUFFERS
S60O.000.00 FIRE
Bv Associated Press,

Naples, Nov. ia conhagration is
raging on the docks here and the
damage is so far estimated at six
hundred thousand dollars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-17
COLLISION KILLS
ONE; INJURIES SCORE
By Associated Press.

Pittsburg, Nov. 16.-One man was
killed and score injured in coils
ion Of street cars here tonight
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

Representative Jesse Overstreet, Of
Indiana. is seriously angry He has
heretofore regarded the Surveyor OF
part Of his political patronage. His
predecessor did the same. and the ap-
pointment was conceded to him. He
recommended to the President Frank
ID. Stalnaker, and filed numerous
strong Endorsements from the business
men OF the city. but the President in
formed him that year ago he had
idge for a Mr.. Rothchilds. This hurt
Mr.. Overstreet, particularly. as the Sur
veyor OF the Port is about the only
valuable appointment left to him. the
others having been absorbed by the
Senators. Thereupon he resigned from
the Congressional Campaign Commit
tee, and gave out the following state
ment:
Il will not accept another term eth
er as member or as Secretary of the
Congressional Campaign Committee. In
making this statement / have no
thought of rejecting upon either the
President or Senator Beveridge. neither
one of whom. l imagine, cares whether
l go or stay
MY reason for this action is simply
this: If, after 10 years OF service in
unselfish work to the best of my en-
deavors for the aid Of the party gen
orally. the only office l had TO bestow
is to be taken from me, and / am 10
have no representative in the District
at all during my absence in connection
with committee work, it would be an
injustice to myself and an imposition
upon my friends to continue any longer
on the Congressional Campaign Com
nittaa"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

The GoveSnof of Pennsylvania has
called the Legislature together in extra
session to consider reforms which the
people have aderhanded shall be at once
Instituted. Among these reforms the
Governor specified in his call the crea-
ton of Greater Pittsburg: the better
safeguarding Of State funds: the re-
quirement Of interest upon State de-
posits; a reapuortionment Of repre-
sentatfon in the Legislatures; the repeal
of the Philadelphia Ripper bills. passed
a year ago at the dictation Of the Dur
ham-McNfchol machine; the passage Of
personal registration law; legislation
facilitating the building of bridges by
County authority, and legislation abol-
fshing the fee system in the Offices of
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
and the State Insurance Commissioner;
authorizing uniform primary elections,
extending the merit system in State ap-
pointments, and regulating the use of
money for political purposes.
Special but not too much stress is
laid upon the need for q radical puri-
fication Of the election system. What
has bred unlimited corruption In Penn
sylvania politics, particularly in the
cities, has been the abuse Of the reg
istration system. Personal attendance
was not required at registration, and
any names could be placed upon the
voting list by merely paying the poll
taxes. Non-residents and straw-men
were thus voted ad libitum. and 1t was
shown that In Philadelphia alone nearly
$4,000 fictitious names were on the AS
SCISSORS list. A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
law will doubtless be passed and other
tests applied to secure the right to vote
only to actual residents. Primary cleo
lions are to be governed by strict laws,
and thus represent the will Of the
voters Of the party. There will be
stringent regulations made as to the
use of money, and parties and candi-
dates will be required to file detailed
accounts Of their expenditures. Under
the Ripper bill the appointive powers
were largely taken away from the
Mayor of Philadelphia and conferred
upon the Council. These are now to
be restored to the citys executives.
The Senatorial Districts of Penn
sylvania have not been revised since
1874, nor the House Districts since
1887, and very many marked inequali-
ties have developed, owing to the
changes in population Allegheny
County is particularly complaining be-
cause she has not half the voting power
that her population should give her,
while the smaller rural Counties have
much more. Reform has heretofore
been prevented by Philadelphians join
ing with the smaller Counties In oppo-
sition. The special session of the Leg.
islature has" more work cut out for it
than probably any previous assembly
Of that body ever had, and IL 1t gets
through with 1t amuch hard and faith
full work will be required.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

There Is one consolation about the
Panama Canal. 1t is actual and dem
onstrable. Other questions which have
agitated the public have been purely
abstract and theoretical, but the sue
cess or failure Of dirt-digging will be
apparent to every one. Charges and
counter charges, ordinations and re-
ordinations may confuse the public
for a while, but 1T can not long remain
obscure, whether actual work has been
done or not. Poultney Bigelow will
be the last newspaper man who will
dare try to impose his absolute igno-
rance upon the people. The next man
that attempts to write will have to
actually go to the Isthmus. and care
fully and patiently study the conditions
II he does that he will be eagerly
listened to, no matter whether he
praises or blames. II he does not, he
will be wasting time, paper and ink.
The canal is going to be dug. That
can be relied on. The men who go at
the work honestly, and try to accom-
plish it. have nothing to fear. Those
who do not may count on exposure and
humiliation.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25
ARMY SNOBBERY.

The comments Of the press upon the
trial Of Lieut.. Roy ]. Taylor, OF the
125th U. s. Coast Artillery, are univer-
sally wholesome. The facts Of the case
were that Lieut.. Taylor, going into q
theater in New London, Conn, with q
party and observing Serg't Butler sit
ting in front of him, compelled him to
move to a less-conspicuous place. On
his trial Lieut.. Taylor stated that he
merely asked the Sergeant to vacate be-
cause he interfered with his party, but
the court-marital pronounced this
statement SO lat variance with candor'
that 1t disposed the court to impose a
still severer sentence. The sentence
was that Taylor be reduced IL num-
bers In rank. Undoubtedly the Lieu
tenant got off much more easily than
he deserved. He took advantage of his
position to unnecessarily humiliate a de-
serving enlisted man, and showed
culpable disrespect for the United
States uniform. He Is simply cad.
and not worthy to wear shoulder
straps. His conduct was destructive of
the true discipline Of the Army, and 1t
was gratifying to see the general con-
domination that is being given him by
every paper which has commented
upon the incident. There being scarce
ly possibility that such q man can
make the right kind OF an officer, he
should have been dropped from the
rolls.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

The Bureau OF Forestry is paying
much attention to the timber belts Of
western Kansas apd Nebraska. The cli-
mate of that region Is semi-arid. with
light and uncertain rainfall and high
winds, which, promote excessive evapo-
ration. This evaporation Is very deadly
to the trees. and consequently the COM
mon hard woods are usually confined
to the water courses. On the streams
the sand-bar willow and false indigo
play an important part in starting for
estation by fixing the sand. Then
stronger trees grow up and choke the
willow out. while on the heavier soils
the sumac, wolfberry and wild plum
are able to win the fight over grass and
make the beginning OF a forest. What
is making more than anything else for
forest growth 10 the stoppage OF the
destructive fires which formerly ragged.
The result IL q great increase In forest
growth, but not nearly as much as Ii
desirable. and ~ Government has
created - fo:r. seq =, containing
$685. res iii the sand hills &c Ne
brask. ,lich II is thought VIII OF.
si9hai benefit to the c0untrk
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

Representative Babcock says that he
has been misrepresented, and that his
opposition to Joining Arizona and New
Mexico as one State is not caused by his
dissatisfaction over failure TO be made
Chairman OF the Appropriations Com.
mittee. He says that ne never wanted
to be Chairman, and IL II had been ten
dered to him he should have declined
It. His opposition to uniting the two
Territories In one State Ia OF long stand
ing. and In the last Congress II took the
form of supporting the Rules Com
mittee as the best means OF killing the
bill.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

Another form Of public ownership
has been sprung I'm Canada in the rec
ommendation by the Colonial Trans
portation Commission that the Govern
ment acquire all the principal harbors
In the Dominion. These ports should
be made free Of all charges, except for
docking and elevator service. The
Canadians. whose grain trade Is yearly
becoming more important, feel that
they are being robbes. as the grain
growers OF the United states are, by the
exorbitant Charges of dock and elevator
owners 81 New York City.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25
Senator Daniels stated the correr

Senator Daniels stated the correct
doctrine I'm moving to lay Tiilman's
Norris resolutions on the table:
1T Is TO be presumed that the Presi.
dent OF the United States I'm his own
house. the head house OF the country,
will do what Is right about such @
thing, and we ought not to assume
from the statement OF any one else that
he has not done what is right about Il.
II seems to mean invasion OF the
comfy OF Government for ore branch
OF the legislature to take up a matter
OF this sort without any intimation or
inquiry at headquarters"
Congress has really no more business
To meddIe with the household matters
OF the President than the President has
10 dictate about how the Sergeant at
Arms. Doorkeepers. and Capitol police
shan perform their duties.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

The attention Of those whose walls
go up constantly over the destruction Of
war is respectfully invited to the star
Ting statistics as to the men killed and
manned in Allegheny Co., Pa, during
the past year. In the iron and steel
mills and blast furnaces around Pitts
burg there were 5000 men killed or
severely injured, and 1000 more in
other mills, shops and factories, with
about 400 in the coal mines. The rail-
roads added 1900 to this, making a
grand total OF 17,700, or about as many
as were killed and wounded at Gettys-
burg or Chickamauga. These figures
may well invoke the scrutiny of the
State authorities as to the possibility
OF remedies and a great diminution OF
this frightful loss OF life. limb and
health. It is said that Chief Factory
Inspector Delany is about to take some
action, and II is high time that he did.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

The Frenchmen opposed to the party
in power insist that the formation Of
Norway into a Kingdom instead of a
Republic was q British intrigue, in
which the Government OF France as
sisted. They say that the great mass
Of the Norwegians are truly and strong
Iy republicans. and that this fact was
fatal to their being viewed with favor
by the French Government, who did
not want to have comparisons made Of
their imitation Republic with such q
real one as the Norwegians would set
up On the other hand, the English,
who are aspiring to q fuller control Of
the Baltic. wanted a monarchy and
upon the throne Prince Charles and the
daughter Of Edward VII, which would
bring Norway into the same form Of
vassalage that Portugal has toward
England.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25
THE MOROCCAN QUESTION.

The sO-called Empire Of Morocco is
a disorderly simulacrum Of a Govern
ment, with a pretense Of hereditary
Emperor, whose seat upon the throne
Is continually threatened by bold pre-
tenders heading the half-civilized
tribes OF the desert and wilderness.
There is show Of settled Government
and law in the towns on the coasts.
but in the interior the will of some
ambitious chief Is the main law. The
present Emperor, or Sultan, Mulai-
ADD has had to encounter re-
bellions every year Of his reign, and
many times he has escaped dethrone-
ment by narrow shave. 1t has gone
Moors being a constant aff1iction and
menace to the people Of Europe and
particularly to the orderly French
colony Of Algeria, which borders for
long distance upon Morocco. Spain
has several times during the centuries
attempted invasions of Morocco, but
usually met with disaster and defeat
The last time, in 1860. the Spaniards
captured Tetuan, and assessed the
penses OF the war, which money was
furnished by Great Britain. Owing to
the proximity Of Algeria to Morocco
the French have gained a right to in
reference with the Empire, and an
agreement was entered into with Great
Britain that France should have a free
hand there. in return for Frances re-
linquishment of all claims as to Egypt
The moment this was known In Berlin
the Germans famed with resentment.
The Germans are above all eager for
foreign commerce, and they felt that
this was a direct blow to the expansion
Of their trade. The relations between
France and Germany became exceed
ingly strained, SO much SO that they
were actually on the point of war, and
M. Delcasse. the French Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, was compelled to re-
sign. The present conference Is intend
ed to devise some way to bring about
peace and order in Morocco and at the
same time conserve the commercial
rights of everybody. So far as CONNER
cial interests go those Of Great Britain
are far the most important. In 1902
Great Britain imported $6,210,0Oo
worth Of goods into Morocco, while
Germany sent In $1,S50,000 and France
$3SO,000. These amounts seem insig-
nificant to be a cause Of threat OF
war, but in their hunger for foreign
trade the Germans are not going to
neglect even the smallest detail. In
1905 the German Kaiser made a visit
to Tangier on his imperial yacht, and
made q speech, and which has been va
riousty reported and angrily dis
cussed, but which certainly en-
couraged the Emperor or Morocco to
make bold stand against the French
and British. 1t Is believed that we will
side with Germany. as her contention is
In line with our policy OF an Open
Door in China and the East. Wherever
France has acquired an ascendancy She
has raised high tariff wall against any
other goods than her own. as we have
seen illustrated In Madagascar.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

Prof. A. E. Eve thinks that 1t is pos
sible that the increase Of temperature
toward the interior Of the earth is due
to radium, and assumes that this is
uniformly distributed. If his specula-
ton is correct, it makes the quantity
of the element in the earth practically
limitless
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25
PARTY TROUBLES.


ton whether an uprising Is an insur-
rection or a revolution. This is par
ticularly true Of risings in Washington
and the State Capitals. Everywhere
are inevitably great many discomfort
ed men who want more than they have
gotten. There is never any lack Of
grumblers, inside and outside the lines
Of all parties. These seize upon and
magnify everything that offers any
hope Of developing into an issue. Many
times since the first election Of Nc
Kinley it has seemed possible to swell
one or another Of these issues into rev.
dictionary size, but each has soon COL
lapsed, leaving the disgruntled ones to
hunt around for something else. 1t
may be that they will have better for
tune this Winter. but 1t does not at
present look like 1t. The question Of
separate Statehood for Arizona and
New Mexico does not look as il 1t had
party wrecking Importance. 1t is i'm
possible to make any party lines upon
II, nor even to get up fractional troubles
of much magnitude inside either party.
AS large a portion Of the Democratic
as Of the Republican Party is opposed
to making the Territories separate
States, and the supporters of that prop
osition are about equally Democrats
and Republicans 1t Is the same way
with revision of the tariff and our for
eign policy. On the latter, an effort is
made to line up the Democratic Party
solidly in opposition to the Presidents
policy, but this solidity is far more APP
only solid on a generality. When 1t
comes to any particular instance, as
Venezuela or Santo Domingo, there
will be a break. The people demand
that something shall be done. The men
who only cavil and critlcise whatever
is suggested, will have little attention
The only way that they can command
respect. attention and following is by
proposing some plan that will COM
mend itself to people as a still better
one than the other side has.
1t is the same way with the Railway
Rate regulation. The Dolliver-Hep-
burn Bill Is likely to succeed, because,
with all the incredible volume Of talk,
no one has offered a bill which satisfies
anything like so many people. I'm
doubtedly much better bill could be
framed, but nobody has done SO, and
there you are. If any man wants to
start real revolution in politics, all
that he has to do is to come forward
with a better rate bill than the Dolli-
Hepburn. a wiser and more effectual
course with regard to Venezuela,
Santo Domingo and Morocco. and a
better method Of digging the Panama
Canal. He can be assured of plenty Of
hearers and following, il he will only
deserve them.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

1t is significant commentary upon
much Of the matter that entered into
the fierce civic campaign In Phila-
dephia last Fall that the Judge before
whom John W. Hill, ex-Chief OF the
Filtration Bureau. was tried directed
the jury to return a verdict Of acauit-
tai. as the prosecution had failed alb
soiutely to make case. 1t will be re-
membered that much furore was
created by the arrest of Chief Hill, and
IT was represented that limitless cor
ruption had been developed and would
appear upon his trial. Few readers
of the papers had any idea that he
would escape without a long term in
the penitentiary. On trial the prose-
cution failed most astoundingiy TO make
good any of the charges that were then
current
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

Sir Archibald Geikie, the great as
tronomer and the author of valuable
work on the Ice period, says that the
land is decaying at such a rate that,
If 1T goes on uninterrupted, 1t will not
be great while until most Of the land
Is at the level Of the sea and another
Hood will result.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-01-25

The comet which was discovered at
Geneva last Fall, and which later
showed up with great brilliancy, passed
the Celestial equator Dec. 3, and is now
southern star and rapidly receding
both from the earth and the SUM- with
its luster decreasing in like manner.