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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
RED HOT POKER
And Burning Matches Used ev Burn.
ham to Torture a Bov.

tkiah. Cal. Jfly 2-Albert Burn.
nam has been convicted in The sY-
pefioT Court of MAYHEM. Burbap
who Is about 20 years I'D. and Nau
fiois. aged l5- lived alone on q noun
tain ranch several miles from Town
isHFnham. the testimony showed. tor
'aFei The ia1 for months. He woaid
lie him up by the thumbs for hours
STRIP him to the waist. apply burning
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
TWOPR0STRAT|ONS
From The Intense seat in Portland
Oregon, Yesterday When the Mer.
curry Reached 90 Degrees.

Portland, Org. July 2.-Uuusually
nor weather occurred here today. the
mercury reaching 80 degrees at g
O'Clock This afternoon. The extfaor
dlhary tcaiWe is that two pro-tr7
'onS occurred. Only one other pros
tra'ion Is known 10 have occurred in
Portland
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
willis's Msazursmsn,

How tail your iLtue willie IS"
-lsnt De. Ie can almost reach the
Jam - The TOP psniry saelrr-clsvs-
land Pain Dcsser.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
IOWA PIONEER DEAD.

Dubuque. To-, July 2.-Wm. II. Pea
body, a retired capitalist and pioneer
of Dubuque, So years old, died today
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
WOMAN TELLS OF
HER F|END!SH
CRIMES
USED A LATH WITH A NAIL IN IT
TO PUNISH Six-YEAR-OLD
STEPDAUGHTER
NOW BEHIND THE BARS
For Her Acts Of Cruelty--Brutc Tor
lures a Boy With Hot Irons After
Tying Him Up BY the
Thumbs.

Youngstown, Ohio, July Mrs Jen
II G Anderson, aged 33, a Danish wo
man is locked up at the police station
charged with suspicion in connection
wit hhe death Of Elsie. her sx-year-
old stepdaughter. The police and doe
tors think that the child was beaten
to death and the body. which was
turned over to the coroner, c. NJ.
klyne, presents one mass Of bruises.
and punctures in face, heaad and
body The punctures lock as though
they had been made with a nal.
Around the neck Of the little creature
wide ring, which looks suspic-
ously as though there had been 4
'ope placed about it's neck The child
lad been dead hours before il was
ound. The verdict OF the coroner is
waited
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
Hated the Youngest Child.

Two years ago Hanna Anderson
sent 70 Denmark for the woman who
is now his wife to come here. His
wife had died short time before.
leaving him with four children, the
Youngest Of which is now dead ana
The Oldest II years OF age. So far
as could be learned the woman has
iAed happily with the older children.
but not with the youngest.
According to her own story, she has
the child with a lath in
which there was q nail, an umber If
.imes within the past three weeks.
L has been THAT logg siuee The fatb-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
PROBE CAUSE Of
DISASTROUS
WRECK
INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENT
WHICH KILLED MANY
AMERICANS.
DISASTERS ARE RARE
IN the United Kingdom and the One
Sunday is of Unusual interest
Unconscious Victim Pleads
to Aid Injured.

| Salisbury, England, July 2.-Em
banners are busy ion ght and by to
morrow the majority or the bodies Of
The score Of Americans who lost their
llFes IN wreck of the Plymouth Ex.
press sunday morning will be pre.
pared for their return home.
Frederlck II Cossitt's body has al.
ready been forwarded to I.endon and
y on its way to America.
The inquest today was a prolonged
ana tedious formalIty which utterly
failed to give any idea of the cause of
,ho accident No qeustlons on that
point ytore a ked and the subject
seemed T. be avoided, which was
strange proceedings to the many Am
eIleans present but which is thought
to be due to the formalisms thai
seems characteristic of such cases IN
lh.s country
me proceedings were solemn. sad
ana monotonous so much so that snee. |
.ators surprised a Juror by asking
@hat necessity there was 10 adjourn
inquest FIR a fortnight. No answer
vas given. The delay is believed to
'e due to the clear intention Of tho
'oard OF trade to institute a thorough
nyestigation
One Of the most interesting cases al
ne laflrmary Is that Of Robert &
.ftcheil. Of Chicago An Associated
'fess correspondent wa talking with
I 4 Critehell at midnight and there
ame y CLEAN Of hope when the doctor
ahoRnfed That the injured man was
lghtiy better and on The road TO i'm
roFement Critchell has been prac-
caliy unconscious since the accident
I'm occasional evidence of semi-con. /,
70. sness IN which he expressed :
HalroEs dc ire to hclp some one =
nom be Ia nks IN danger. This very .
IlHalry adds TO The sympathetic in.
rest IN the case by the doctors, who i
we not vet abandoned the hone of >
recovery In no other case have 6
ere been such humorous Inquiries $,
telephone, telegraph and other. j..
sc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
y ~ Usual Intereat.

y" VI Usual interest.
Railroad wrecks pre ruch rare oc
'urrcnccs in the UniSs1 Kingdom that
sundays disaster, in which STRANGELY
enough Americans rather than Eng.
shmen, were the chief sufferers win
'fouse much more exc tement than If
4 had taken place In that country. IN
9o2 only six passengers were Killed
British railroads. while In tho samc
'lme 6.5SS persons met death In rail.
way accidcnts in the United States.
COLLISIONS with heavy loss of life
are Of frequent occurrence IN tba
IN ted States. and hardly = mnptb
'oes by without recording one of the
tragedies Of travel The conditions in
he two countries are so dtsaimilar
. weyer, that the comparisons which
are constantly made are somewhat
iAiair to American ralroad' nc
science Tho grade Gro sing accident
which causes about 50 per cont of the
Nmcrican casualties. has become obso /
ele in England through the stringent
avs which prohibit people flom com
ng within the z.ne of danger.
~ England the express trains dash
cross The island in carefully fenced 4
nd guarded lanes. with ae mn.
nance of killing careless fnbabftsnts
S II hey Travelled IN underground
lhways A block system which ia a,
most certain preventive # c,lH. L
ms. j. eliFred by parliamentary Ioq- Il
lauon, andssss~in effect owe 90 Dor o
mt Of the mileage Of England Scot 10
nd and Ireland. "
The work of clearing away tho 'u
TeckaEe has been going on ALI d,y |c
~ now bot little of the ghasfIv sipbt 81
mains What was left of the two U
g nes-a broken mass % twisted c,
'ei has bee7 carried of and t., Id.
.oks a1d bridge are being put in re-. 81.
Ir. H.
oaay The surviving passengers and m
inmon described to "a c1rresrondenf ri,
sound of the wreck a. lfso tho e.
charge 81 ? series Of heavy guns -
"ncn the crashing of Tho rrert
pasi came calls Of The injured a.,
be- shricfiHE win pain and fear and "
CTS moa ns a- if bewildrrad ID.
shock.
DR. ughout tho Wild pIung1-r of the -.
Inc driver Robins. whether alive a- -.
r. remained in bis cab Hours 81
rWard hs chsrred holy was fond ~
.ct over the frebox. The frs
'h shot over the engine End earaeu. ,.,-
inward uH'l it was hurried against ,.-,f
parapet of ihe bridge and SMASHED f...-
.. s. '''.'i'7- A'ii i's oT maiming a. qua
eFerF occupant one man sas ,,..
through the window, cleared u. bnn
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03
life Seemed eriaht

AeAH sfer and bis wife had ben
married lez- than . rear Mrs Meal
lister was Mis- Savior. the daughter
of wealthy and prominent PhiIsdel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03

YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO be short
WIN people who are just looking or
wNh people who are proverblaI look.
ers' Every locker is a buyer some
day even the proverbiaI one.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-03

IN The RuT u n1edIocrIty, oocd
enoughness, failure. Get out ~ ths
rut or you viii never see the lioht "
success shining upon the hiIItops-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Pensacola Florida, Sunday Morning December g 1906
The Need of a Depot
At FlomatOn.

1t has been many, many months
since the L. & n. depot at Flomaton
burned down and there does not even
yet seem to be any indications of re-
building It.
No matter what kind of weather,
there is no place at Flomaton, nor
has there been since the depot burned,
70 shelter the unfortunate passengers
Who have to wait there between
rains. No matter how hot the sun
Dr. how hard the rain or how cold
the atmosphere, nothing has been
provided for the comfort or the trav-
cling public at that place. Even the
most ordinary sanitary cOnveniences
AMI requirements are lacking.
Unfortunately, Pensacola is the
worst sufferer from this ill-treatment
on the part of the railroad. UnfOr-
tunately. also, Flomaton is outside the
jurisdiction of the Florida railroad
commission. and the Alabama commits
sion seems to be either powerless to
act or indispOsed to do so.
The matter is one, however, which
should not longer go without a pro
test and the latter is something in
which Pensacola must take the mi
tiative Ii is Pensacola people ant
those who do business with Pensacola
who are required to endanger theil
health and put up with the variou.
Inconvenience at Flomaton.
A protest therefore on their par
ought to carry some weight with thu
railroad company, and The JOurna
suggests that both the Chamber o
Commerce and the City Council takt
the matter up with the l.. e N a
once.
When a passenger buys a railroad
ticket, he is supposed to have, in add
ton to merely being carried from ont
point TO another, the conveniences anC
necessities that 80 with a modern
railway passenger service. But pee
pie who travel to and from PensacOl;
and are compelled to wait between
trains at Flomaton do not get wha
they are paying for and they have no
had it since the depot was burned
down nearly year ago.
The public has waited long enough
for the railroad to move, and the pub
lie should now do little moving OF
Its own account.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02

AndaIusia to PensacsrS.
1t has been stated that if Hughes
were elected Governor of New York
that the long-talked-of railroad from
Andalusia, Ala, to Pensacola would -
built. We confess that we are too de-
ficient in political economy to appre
ciate the relation between the TWO, Du1
if any road is to be built, we wan'
Milton to have share in its benefits
Suppose we investigate the matter
get together, and have that road TuI
through Milton, eh?-Milton Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Needed-A Plumbing
Inspector in Pensacola.

Inside of two years Pensacola
sewerage system will be completed,
and before that time those individ-
uals who own houses will have to be,
gin the expenditure of from $500, 900
to $350,000 incident tn putting in the
proper sanitary equipment and con,
Meeting up with the sewerage system
When that time comes. the city will
need a plumbing inspector There
will be no disputing that point.
But the city needs such an individ
ual right now-has needed him for
years-and should have him without
further delay.
Ing their buildings for just two pur
poses-convenience and sanitation
They know when their convenience
Is satisfied, but how any people car
tell whether the plumbing in theil
houses is put in to the proper sanitary
effect or not?
Ii was said some months ago IL
the water pressure controversy. tina
little if any of the residence plumbing
in the city would stand high pres
sure of water Whether it will or no
has never been definitely ascertained
but the question in reference TO i
ought to be sufficient argument in it
self as to the necessity of having al
official inspector whose approva
would be required before plumbing
work had to be paid for or used b!
The owner.
The matter is respectfully referred
% our city council.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
AS Seen in Barlow.

In the peonage cases now on trial
in the United States court at Pensa-
cola some terrible tales of woe" have
been told by witnesses for the pros
ecution: but it must be remembered
that only one side o. the case has been
heard so far; the reply is vet to come
and may put a different face on the
matter. But even admitting that the
evidence for the prosecution is, in
the main, true. it shows that the wit
neSses who tell these tales, We're mere
bummers who instead of endeavoring
to live up to their contracts and nay
their honest debts. spent their time
in dodging work and trying to jump
their contracts Upon their own show.
ing they only got what they deserved
and not by any means "all that is com.
ing to them. Barlow Courier-In
ifOrmant.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Safe With Rroward at Helm.

The central figure of the campaign
was Governor Broward The indie
pendent congratulates him on the
splendid and clean campaign he waged
for what he believed was right, and
is proud to have stood by him through
the thick of the battle and in the
face CT defeat, which it now believes
To be victory. With Broward at the
helm. and Legislature to back him,
the state will grow and prosper under
his administration, until the people
have higher honOrs to bestOw upon
him. in return for still greater SER
vice.-St Petersburg Independent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02

Among the many matters the Sen
ate will have to wrestle with during
Pines treaty and the San Domingo
treaty. The former gives a valuable
piece OF United States property to
Cuba and the latter practically estab
fishes a protectorate over San Do
mingO. Both are bad and should be
rejected
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02

cane, tobacco, rice, pineapples, grape
fruit, oranges, guavas, peaches, plumS.
lemons, pecans, lines, figs, grapes, to
matoes-in fact varied assortment Of
crops and fruits, many of which can
not be successfully grown farther
north except in hot houses.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Slipped in Calculations.

Governor Broward, during his drain
age campaign, asserted from every
stump in the state that the people Of
South Florida and especially the
drainage district were overwhelming
ly in favor of his drainage scheme.
The ballot boxes have proven that he
was either ignorant of the wishes of
the people of this section or thai he
was willing to mislead by deceiving
those who had honored him by their
es.-Bradentown Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02

That Electric Railway.
An electric railway will be built
from Mobile to Pensacola, and the an
nouncement suggests that the line be
extended from Pensacola to Apalachi-
cola. The country between the latter
places will be settled at not distant
date by a prosperous population, due
to the many attractions OF the coast
country, and the building OF the cleo
trio line would hasten the fulfillment
of the prophecy. The lands are rich
and there is at present large amount
OF timber in the territory that could be
used for lumber. The building of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02

Florida is the best hunting and fish
ing state east of the Mississippi river
Florida has a greater extent of sea
coast than any other state.
Florida has forty-five railroads, in,
clgding the branch and lumber roads
Florida is the only state in the
Union producing sponges; a harvest
worth half a million dollars a year.
Florida is less subject to extremes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Law Was INDICATED.

The peonage case on trial before
Judge Swayne of the United States
Court in Pensacola. shows very plain
ly an unlawful, if not outrageous, state
of affairs as having existed in the log.
ging camps of the Jackson Lumber
Co.. located at Lockhart. Ala Let
Judge Swayne see. that the law is vim
Dictated by giving those people all that
is coming to them.-Carrabelle AID
vertiser
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Full Reports Appreciated.

The peOnage Trials now in progress
in Pensacola are Jprobably the most
important ever held in the south,
and Ben Thomas, of The Pensacola
Journal, has put a feather in his cap
as newspaper man by the very full
and clear story of the trials and the
testimony of the witnesses he has
told from day to day.-Live Oak Dem
Ocrat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Crime Everywhere INDIGENOUS.

The peOnage offences Tor which the
Jackson Lumber Co people were con-
victed in Pensacola Saturday. were
not committed near that city nor
even in Florida, but at Lockhart,
Ala. Now does this statement suit
the Pensacola News? But even If
those offences had been committed
near Pensacola, that delightful city
would suffer nothing in reputation,
and the trial of the serpent is over
us all-Live Oak Democrat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Speedy Justice.

The jury in Escambia county found
w. s. Harlan. c. G. Hilton and z. z.
Higgins. guilty of peonage. The case
consumed ten days in the United
States court and was warmly contest.
ed by able counsel for both sides II
such a thing as peonage really exists
in Florida We hope that It may BE-
found and the guilty brought to sure
and sDeedy justice-Madison New
Enterprise
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Defendants Northern Men.

The United States court at Pensa-
cola is turning up some ugly testimony
against the Jackson Lumber Company
of Covington county However, the
Jackson Lumber Company is an or
GahiZation of northern men but it will
injure immigration to this country,
just the same.-Andalusia, (Ala.)
News
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Watehful of city's interests.

1t seems that Mayor Bliss Of Pensa-
cola is always in hot water We won,
der what's the cause. Is it because
Pensacola is not accustomed to a
strenuous" mayor, one who does
things? We confess. that with our
present limited knowledge of affairs in
that city. we are with the mayor. We
like his activity and the interest which
he takes in the city's affairs. He finds
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS ON
PENSACOLA PEONAGE CASES
any one who had followed the evidence

any one who had followed the evidence
at all closely. 1t will be surprising
if the defendants on trial this week
for the crime of peonage itself are not
convicted. The evidence at the pre-
-liminary trial was such as to show
that they were guilty, and if guilty
they should be punished, if for no
other reason than that the whole south
has suffered from the notoriety given
it in this. She needs needs labor and
needs it badly. but with the idea pre-
valent that the man who labors has
no protection against the brutality OF
such men as these, it cannot get il
and must depend upon the unreliable
class which is today its greatest bur
! den.-DeFuniak Breeze.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA
,rida has an area of 59,26S square

Florida has an area of 59,26S square
miles.
Florida's acreage is 37.9G1.52O.
Florida has 1,O5S,6SS acres of land
in cultivation.
Florida produces greater variety
of fruit. vegetables and farm products
than any other state in the Union.
Florida's average death rate per
thousand is only 1888.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
STATE PRESS ON
GOVERNOR BROWARD
Has Faith in the People.

Broward of Florida and Hearst of
New York might well feel that the
game is not worth the candle-that
the people are not worth saving.
Yet they come UP smiling with hope
for the future and faith in the peo-
pie They are Great Men-Carra
belle Advertiser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02

The people of Florida seem very
much opposed to the people of Escam-
bia county establishing criminal
court of record OF course they thor
oughly understood the proposition
Ocala Banner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Current Comment from
Mr.. Bryan'S COmn7Oner

/. When the big stick" returns from
Panama it is to be hoped that the bug
shovel will begin active duty d90l
there.
Perhaps the administrator Is en-
couragirg the base ball craze in Pan
ANA in order to have some place 10
score the errors.
Those rebellious Utes seem IN Ne
very human after ALL AS soon as IN ).
stomachs were filed they forgot All
about their troubles.
Speaker Cannon is out in opposll!"
to an income tax. Uncle Joe
putting an awfully high tax on IT,.
patience of the people.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Not Committed in Florida.

The lumbermeu on trial in Pensa-
cola have heen found guilty of neon
age This. however, does not make it
positively trne that slavery Of the
ahove mentioned nature exists in
Florida. but we hope the final outcome
will nrove this possibility Incorrect
Miami Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Grown in Alabama.

Ii is said that Pensacola will export
10000 bales of cotton within the next
two weeks. Pensacola is Il hustler
but well bet good share of that cot
ton was grown in Alabama-Florala
F(Alal News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
AS to Mayor Bliss and
the City Hall Corner Stone.

We publish elsewhere in The Jour
nal this morning a somewhat satirical
and altogether facetious communica-
ton from Mayor Bliss regarding the
laying of the city hall corner stone.
If Mayor Bliss wishes to have the
corner stone laid with the elaborate
and altogether proper ceremony which
he suggests, it is entirely within his
province to say so, and we agree with
him altogether in the proposition.
1t occurs to The Journal, however,
that in this proposition he is going
long distance out of his way to renew
his old controversy with the city
hall contradiction that is really
what his letter amounts to. If he
thinks that controversy has not al
ready had all the airing that is neces-
sary, it would look just as well, and
ought to prove just as effective, to
come at the matter direct without re-
sorting to the roundabout method
which he now employs for getting at
lit
AS to the corner stone, we see no
reason why Mayor Bliss should have
waited this long to make the sugges-
ton which he says he had planned in
his own mind" He knew when the
city hall was commemorate at least
made racket enough about it at the
time-and he knows now that it is not
yet too late to have the corner stone
ceremonies if he or the public desires
to have them.
For our own part, we think the
suggestion very good one, although
not approving OF the manner in which
it is made or the purpose to which ii
is employed. The corner stone of the
city hall has not yet been laid There
may be no such a thing in the con,
tract as corner stone, hut, however
that may be, we have no doubt that
one can easily be provided and as the
building can hardly be completed in
side of six months there is plenty OF
time to arrange a program and have
all the ceremonies that the mayor had
planned.
Let us have the corner stone laying
by all means, but let us not get the
matter mixed up, confused, or embit
tered with controversy 10 which il
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Employers Should be Protected.

The peonage trials now in progress
at Pensacola may result in the con-
viction of the defendants, but they
will also result in calling attention
to the need of some law which shall
better protect employers Of labor on
the public works against the fragrant
and habitual evasion of their con.
tracts by the employee.-Live Oak
Democrat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Guilty Of Assault.

The defendants in the celebrated
peonage cases at Pensacola were all
found guilty.. After reading the evil
dence, there ought to be some cases
of assault found AGAINST the guards al
the camp-Lake City Index.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-12-02
Man of Strong Determination

Governor Broward promises a
warm fight at the next session of the
Legislature. He says he will offer an
other constitutional amendment. Flor
idas chief executive i S man of
strong determination, and the Record
believes that the voters will yet stand
by the governor in his fight against
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