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ing permit from him for the bur,,,
of the body Of such person. ~
Sec. 3 That all sections. Oversee.
or other persons who NAV have co..
troll over any cemetery in the o..
shall make weekly reports In ~,
Health Officer Of all interments NJ
during the week in the cpra-e-'
whereof they are such sections ..
Overseers, respectively, and shall sta.
specifically in said reports the nam.
and ages Of the persons inferred. tbai-
sex, color and place of birth. and ~,
locality and date Of death, as n.
same appears from the burial perm.
issued by said Health Officer.
Sec. 4. That any person. convfc-s5
of violating any portion of this o-5i
nance shall be punished by a fine no
exceeding Fifty ($5O.OO) Dollars or br
Imprisonment not exceeding thirty Cg1,
days or both such fine and imnrfso-.
ment.
Sec. 5. That this ordinance shall
take effect Immediately on its passar,
and approval.
Sec. 6. That all ordinance. a.
parts Of ordinances, in conflict her.
with are hereby repealed.
Passed February %, 1906.
Approved March 8. 1906.
CHAS. II. BLISS
Attest: Mayor of Pensacola
c. E. MERRITT. Clerk.
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An Ordinance Relating to Mortuary
Records.

An Ordinance Relating to Mortuary
Records.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and the
Council Of the City Of Pensacola:
Section 1. That upon the death Of
any person within the corporate limits
of the City of Pensacola, the attend
ing physician, or, If there be no ply
stefan, the nearest relations, or, il
there be no relations, the undertaken,
or, if there be no undertaken, the cor
oner, shall report the same within forty
eight (48) hours thereafter to the City
Clerk, using blank forms for this pur-
pose furnished by the City. 1t shall
be the duty of each and every under.
taker to obtain. and furnish the City
Clerk with a certificate which shall
contain the name, age, race and other
details of every person inferred with
in forty-eight (4S) hours thereafter,
on blank forms to be furnished the
undertakers for this purpose by the
City.
Sec. 2. That no person shall burr
or place in tomb or remove from the
City, or otherwise dispose Of the body
Of any human being who shall die in
the City, or be brought into the City
for burial, without first reporting the
death to the Health Officer and obtain.
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jectionable features in every locality,
but we are here to assert that Florida
will compare with any state in the
Union for advancement in all lines.
There is no one who can knock
regarding our people, who are the best
to be found anywhere, and as for eli
mate, it can't be beaten. Our re-
sources are just being developed, yet
we are on the road to prosperity.
We have no drouths, no cyclones,
no pests. But we have the nearest
approach to a perfect land to be
found anywhere. If you doubt it come
and see.
The name Of Gainesville should be
changed to one with a more Celestial
sound. A community where the peo-
pie are the best to be found any
where; where all are prosperous;
where there are no drouths, cyclones,
mosquitoes, snakes, bugs or pests of
any kind, is about as near to Heaven
as one can get without crossing the
Styx.
BY the way-do Gainesville people
wear halos?
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NAV hereafter pave, or otherwise per-
manently improve, or which 1t may
authorize to be paved, or so improved,
shall be of stone, cement, asphalt, or
some product thereof.
Provided: Until January LIST, 1908,
any existing sidewalk on both sides
of Belmont Street between the East
line of Tarrangona Street and the
West line of Baylen Street, both sides
of Tarragona, Guillemarde, Palafox
and Baylen Streets, between the North
line of Belmont Street and the North
line of Wright Street, on both sides
of Palafox Street between the South
line of Belmont Street and the North
line of Jackson Street, constructed in
accordance with existing ordinances
of material other than stone. cement,
asphalt, or some product thereof, may
be repaired to an extent not exceed
ing ten per cent. (10qo) of the total
amount of such sidewalk with the
same material Of which it is con-
structed.
Section 2. That this ordinance
shall take effect Immediately.
Section 8. That all ordinances,
and parts of ordinances, in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Passed, March 2, 1906.
Approved, March 8. 1906.
CHAS. H. BLISS,
Mayor of Pensacola
Attest: c. E. MERRITT,
City Clerk.
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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SEC

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SEC
.TION NINETY 600 OF THE CODE
. OF ORDINANCES OF 1902. RE-
.LATING TO SIDEWALKS.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Pensacola:
Section 1. That Section Ninety (90)
of the Code Of Ordinances of 1902 be,
and the same is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
Sec. 80. That from and after the
adoption of this ordinance all side
walks on both sides Of all streets lex
cept Bru Street, within the limits
bounded as follows, towit: On the
North by the North line of Belmont
Street, on the South by the South line
of Main Street, on the East by the
East line of Tarragona Street, and on
the West by the West line Of Baylen
Street, and, also, on both sides Of Pal
afox Street extending from the Nortn
line of Hickory Street to the North
line of Jackson Street, and on both
sides Of all Streets which the City
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leadership, and certainly it cannot do
worse.
Certainly no faction can refuse to
support a worthy southern candidate
in the light of the loyalty of the south
to every party, candidate.
But if this course would give SOU
them Democrats the recognition they
deserve, it will also put them upon
their mettle, 1t will make 1t necessary
for them to insist upon devotion to
ideas and principles; to avoid, as
their character and traditions assure,
extreme policies; to keep themselves
thoroughly in touch with all the ee-
ments to be found in a national and
progressive party. and to be ready
and willing to anticipate and promote
all the needs Of a great country"
We confess We do not understand
Judge Parker. If he was correctly
quoted at Jackson, he is for McClel,
Ian. His speech at Charlotte was evil
IDENTIFY prepared and there he seemed
to be trying to induce the southern
people to nominate southern man.
AS to the history Of recent elections
1t is we'll to give the figures. CIeve-
land was elected in 1884, receiving
PIG electoral votes to 1872 for Blaine.
In 1888 Harrison received 233 elector-
ial votes and Cleveland 16S In 1892
Cleveland received 277 and Harrison
las. In 1896 Mckinley received 271
and Brayn 176. 1t must be remem-
bered that Bryan's nomination follow
ed the split in the party and the ex-
ceedingly unpopular second admins
tration of Cleveland.
In 1900 Bryan's popular vote was g.
S5S,1S3 against 7,20z,923 for McKin-
ley. 1t will be seen that up to and
including 1900, the Democratic party
was a powerful political organization.
In 1904 the candidate. Judge Parker,
was considered to be safe and sane, :"
and Bryan was loyal and gave the
party his best efforts. But behold the
result! Roosevelt's vote 366 and
Parker's popular vote was 5,082, 754,
or 1,729,809 below that of Roosevelt.
Parker did not get an ELECTORAL vote
outside the south, and he lost New
York by 1852.
The figures are appalling but the
situation. is far from hopeless. As
for the nomination of a southern man,
the south will not feel especially fiat
tered by Judge ParkeI's suggestion.
1t arouses the suspicion that he
wants a new low record in the cleo
toral college to keep company with
his own. We feel sure a good south
ern man could carry at least a few
states that lie beyond the Parker dead
line, but we are not especially inter
ested in getting recognition" We
want great national party without
any hint Of sectionalism, and we viii
get it when we say what we think
and nominate a man who is in real
sympathy with the masses.
1t is not worth while to twit the
Democrats of New York and Nebras-
ka, nor to talk about fruits for re-
pentance." The day has come when
a sufficient number of men vote as
they please to decide every election,
and the way to succeed in politics is
to deserve success-not by any poll
teal clap-trap but by being sincere
and honest.
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Gainesville Should Be
Annexed TO Heaven.

The recent knock" administered
TO Pensacola potatoes by a one-horse
Iowa preacher furnishes the text for
the following boost which appeared in
= recent issue Of the Gainesville Sun:
Pensacola is having trouble with
knockers" who visit that city and
then write 10 their northern home
papers and give that city and locality
= severe rap. We do not mind what
such people say, and have no fear
from such statements Of persons who
only put the worst side forward.
Every city in this country has its
indignant persons who do not get on
IN the world and live of the aims OF
the more prosperous ones. Il viii al.
ways be thus. But there is one thing
certain, there are few cities anywhere
IN the world that have fewer Of such
people than Gainesville. There may
De a few old shacks in this city that
ought TO be removed, but the question
OF title, or the fact that they belong
70 some estate. makes it a matter
that can't be done at the present
time.
In regard to beautiful farm lands
and pleasant country homes, we are
not afraid 10 compare Alachua county
with the best Of them IN the old set
tied sections of the north. People
who are here TO spend the winter can
verify this statement, and as To the
products of the soil the figures will
show which is the best
In many localities the use Of com.
mercial fertilizer causes much com.
ment from northern farmers who use
barn-yard and other fertilizers But
n by using SIS worth Of fertilizer on
one acre Of land you can make il pro.
duce $3.50. is IL not better 10 produce
& than 70 produce half that sum with.
out its use?
The man who makes remarks about
the poor negro hut that stands on
land that is in litigation, does not see
the mansion that adorns the adjoining
lot There are nearly always some OBJ,
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Secretary Taft
and the Presidency.

Bsween the Taft presidential boom
and the possibility Of his appointment
TO the United States Supreme Court
bench, the big Secretary Of War has
been getting his full share Of news
paper notoriety Of late, some Of the
comment being anything but com
plimentary. The Albany CGa) Her
aid, in commenting upon the possible
action Of Secretary Taft intimates that
he is the strongest man the Republi-
cans could nominate for the presi-
dency, and believes he will not be
willing 10 be side tracked with an sp-
pointment to the Supreme bench. The
Herald says:
Decidedly one Of the most interest
ing men in contemporary public life
is William II. Taft, the big OhiOan
who, after having filed various posi-
tiOns of honor and responsibility, has
found apparently a perfectly cOngen-
ial berth al the head OF the War De-
partment
80 EAul I clAA ID OAAE u N-AE hAAAA VI
men who do things. He believes in
taking the bull by the horns whenever
the bull manifests a disposition to be
contrary, and has decided opinions on
all public questions, which he eX-
presses with vigorous candOr. He is
very close TO the president, whose
confidential adviser he is and than
whom he is hardly less strenuous in
fighting the frequently fierce battles
Of the administration.
Justice Brown is TO retire from the
supreme bench during the coming
summer. and Secretary Taft could
have the place thus made vacant SIM
ply BY indicating his willingness to
accept IL But the war portfolio is
more to his liking, and he has pub
licly stated that he will remain in the
cabinet unless the president insists
that he don the judicial ermine.
And should Secretary Taft not re-
turn to the bench, he will be an ex-
ceedingly formidable candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination
two years hence, and should he be
nominated Democracy would find him
q hard man TO defeat. HIS ability is
great, his integrity unQuestiOned, his
eity for work almost unlimited,
his experience large. On the
?, IL is rather to be hoped, speak
rom the standpoint Of a Demo-
that he will, after reflection, &C
the supreme court justiceship,
b the probability is that he viii
thing of the kind.
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An Ordinance to Provide for the Pay
ment of the Expenses of the Board
of Bond Trustees of the City of
Pensacola:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and the
Council of the City of Pensacola:
Section /. That the Finance Com
mittee Of the City Council of the City
Of Pensacola is hereby authorized and
empowered to approve and audit any
and all expenses declared to be neces-
sary by the Board of Bond Trustees
in and about the preparing, engraving,
advertising and selling the Improve
ment Bonds Of the City of Pensacola,
authorized to be issued under an Act
of. the Legislature of the State of
Florida, approved May 18TH, 1905, and
by ordinances of the City Of Pensacola,
adopted July 18th, 1905, and January
4th, 1905, and to approve, in so far as
such expenses are concerned, any con-
tract made by said trustees involv'
ing such expenses. All such expenses
when so approved by the Finance
Committee shall be allowed and paid.
Sec. 2. That for the payment of
the expenses of said Board, as herein
provided, the sum of Ten Thousand
($10y 100000 Dollars or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated out of the General Fund in
the City Treasury which is not other
wise appropriated.
Sec. g. That this ordinance shall
take effect Immediately upon its pass
age and approval
Passed March 2, 1906.
Approved March 3. 1906.
CHAS. H. BLISS,
Attest: Mayor of Pensacola.
G. d. MERRITT. Clerk.
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For the
Children
Legal advertisements

An Ordinance to Privide for The Ex-
termination OF Mosquitoes, and the
Destruction of their Larvae.
Be 1T ordained by the Mayor and
Council Of the City of Pensacola:
Section l. It shall be the duty Of
all persons residing within the cor
porate limits of the City of Pensacola
to cover or screen, and to keep cOY-
cred or screened with wire netting
rot larger than number eighteen (18)
mesh all cisterns, tanks, reservoirs
Cincluoing flush tanks to water
closets not in daily use) or other
open bodies of standing water upon
their premises.
Section. 2. Whenever it is not
practicable to screen or cover any els
tern, tank. reservoir, or other open
bodies of water, as required by the
foregoing section it shall be the duty
of the occupant of the premises to oil
with kerosene all such cisterns,
tanks reservoirs or other open bodies
of standing water at least every ff-
teen (15) days using not less than one
ounce Of kerosene to every fifteen (15)
feet of surface oiled. When premises
on which any such cistern, tank
reservoir or other open body Of water
shall be unOccupied, it shall be the
duty of the owner of such premises,
or the agent thereof, to cause the
same to be covered, or screened, or
oiled, as is provided in this and the
foregoing section.
Section 8. Whenever it shall be
impossible to either screen or oil any
cistern, tank. reservoir, or other open
body of water as herein before provid-
ed it shall be the duty of the owner,
or agent of the premises, or the Oc-
cupant thereof, if the same be occu-
Tied. to stock the same with minnows
or small fish, and to keep the same so
stocked.
Section f. It shall be the duty Of
all persons residing within the cor
porate limits of the City of Pensa,
cola to empty at least every seven
days all kegs, barrels. boxes, jars OF
other vessels, or receptacles of what
soever kind upon their premises,
which contain water, unless the same
shall be kept securely covered or
screened, and all such persons, or
their agents. who may own any va
cant lot within the corporate limits
of the City of Pensacola shall cause
TO be removed therefrOm all barrels,
kegs, glass or crOckeTy, tin or wood.
enware, boxes, jars, or any other yes
sci or receptacle which may contain
water unless the same shall be kept
securely covered or screened.
Section 5. That any person con-
victed of violating any provision of
this ordinance shall be punished by
fine not exceeding Fifty 500 Dollars
or by Imprisonment not exceeding
thirty 900 days, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
Section 6. That this ordinance
shall take effect Immediately after
its passage and approval, and shall re-
main in force during the period begin
ing March LIST. and ending November
1st. 1906
Section 7. That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances, in conflict
herewith be and the same are here
by repealed.
Passed, February %, 1906.
Approved March 3, 1906
CHAS. H. BLISS.
Mayor of Pensacola
Attest:
C. E. MERRITT,
Clerk.
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Has Judge Alton b. Parker dropped
the Mcclellan boom, or is he trying
to ladle out a little soft soap to the
southern Democrats?
At Jackson, Miss, he is reported to
have said that Mcclellan is the logi-
cal candidate. The Judge attended
a banquet at Charlotte, N. C., given
by the Manufacturers Club last night,
and took occasion to review the his.
tory Of the Democratic party during
the recent campaigns. He said:
The party paralysis was complete
and almost fatal" after Bryan's NOM
inatiOn, and lin 1904, hoping to cure
or palliate it, you advised returning
again to New York for your candidate
only to meet the worst defeat in cur
party history"
We quote further:
1T is now nearly twelve years since
any man processing devotion to your
party has been chosen in natiOnal or
in any northern Democratic state to
fill an important executive Office. At
the last election perhaps eight out of
ten of thu voters then under 80 were
ranged with our opponents, and today
the party organizations are lifeless.
their one time leaders are dead. OF
have abdicatei, or, worse, have he
come Republicans, while in more than
one state the threat hangs over them
that they may become the victims Of
the spoiler, the destructive, or the
corruptionist
when such conditions confront
you, why should you hesitate any long
er? Until the Democrats of Nebras-
ka and New York and other northern
states have brought forth fruits meet
for repentance-Or at least so long
as they are threatening to give them
selves and the party over to further
destructiOn-shOuld you not assert
yourselves? You have borne the
heat and burden of the day. Your
statesmen have demonstrated, their
ability, not only to take care of the in
terests of their states and their sec
ton, but they have been the dam
against aggression at home and the
threat of discredit abroad. Among
them are men with the knowledge.
experience, honesty and courage 20
represent their fellow partisans with.
out the surrender Of principle and
their fellow countrymen with safety
and honor.
Il, myself, placed at the front for a
time, have every reason to be crate
full to Democrats everywhere, and es-
pecially to those of the south. 1 ap-
preciate the honor thus conferred
upon me, and have no regrets for the
past; but no one, 1 think, can know
better than l how futile our effort has
been in the past, and how unpromising
the outlook is for the future. unless
We throw aside isms, and grasp the
great moral issue now so clearly per-
ceived by the people. The time has
come when the really effective Dem
ocrats of the country should be recog-
nized, and when they should no long
er hesitate, decline or refuse to seek
or to accept those honors which are
their just due for work well done. It
may possibly be that the party will
go to defeat again, but since 1886 it
has done nothing else under northern
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An Ordinance to Provide for the
Prompt Report of Fever Cases and
to Protect the Public Against the
Recurrence of Yellow Fever in the
City of Pensacola:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Pensacola:
Section l. That it shall be the
duty of every physician practicing in
the City of Pensacola during the
period beginning March 1st. and end
ing November 1st. to report in writ
ing to the City Health Officer all
cases Of acute fever which may come
within his knowledge or observation
together with the name and address
of the person having such fever, with
in twelve (12) hours after the dis
covery of such case, or cases.
Sec. 2. In any or all such cases re-
ported to him the City Health officer
shall, subject to such rules and reg
ulatiOns as may be prescribed by the
City Board Of Health. be empowered
and required to investigate the case
or cases SO reported to him, and If he
has any doubt or suspicion concern
ing the nature of the illness, he shall
report the fact Immediately to the
Agent of the State Board of
and shall aid and assist sucn
Agent in such other or further inveS-
tigatiOn as may be necessary to deter
mine the nature and cause of any such
case or cases. And the City Health
Officer is hereby authorized and en-!
powered to enforce the fumigation of
any place, building or premises where
any such case of fever. exists, or may
have been, with such disinfectants
and in such manner as may be pre-
scribed by the rules and regulations
of the City Board Of Health.
Sec. 8. Whenever any physician
his profession within the
City of Pensacola shall be called to
see or attend any case of acute fever
between March LIST and No
vember 1st, it shall be his
duty to order such case to be screen
ed at once, and if such is not done he
shall so report to the City Health Of
fcer, who, shall subject to such rules
and regulations as the City Board of
Health may prescribe, take such
as may compel the proper
screening Of the patient for such time
as may be required to render such
case harmless to the public health.
Sec. f. 1t shall be the duty
Of every parent or guardian of any
child and the head of every family to
screen eny and all cases Of
acute fever occurring in their respec-
tive families between March LIST and
LIST, and to keep such case
or sick person screened with a mos
quito net for the first seVenty-two (72)
hours during the attack of illness.
Sec. 5. That any person convicted
Of violating any provision of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by fine not
Fifty (50) Dollars, or by i'm
not exceeding thirty 900
days, or by both such fine and impris-
Sec. 6. That this ordinance shall
take effect Immediately on it's pass
age and approval, and shall remain in
force during the year 1906.
Sec. z. That all ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with be and the same are hereby re-
pealed
Passed February %. 1906.
Approved March 3. 1906
CHAS. H. BLISS,
Attest: Mayor of Pensacola.
G. 2. MERRITT. Clerk.
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certain few. the ones who have o.
tanned this shooting have been the
market" hunters Of that section,
who have been able to provide for
the entire State from this source. 1t
is pity this slaughter cannot be put
a stop to.
To inquire more infinitely we find
that ten miles from the town of Great
Bend is the largest of these so
called salt marshes, being fifteen
miles long by half as many wide.
and IS commonly known as the
Cheyenne Bottoms" The inhabi-
tants say that this used once to be
the bed of the Arkansas River, which
somehow or other got turned off ages
ago. This has left a great marsh, or
meadow, pretty generally covered
with dense growth of weeds and
waving grass to a height of ones
head in some places-also heEa and
there pools of stagnant water. No
more ideal feeding or resting grounds
for ducks are elsewhere obtainable.
Early in October the great fight be-
gins and the marsh is alive with
them until December.
To get the cream of this shooting
one must arrive on the scene of oDer-
atoms just after the first cold wealth
er of the season, prepared to rough it
with the professional hunters. and
thoroughly prepared with an outfit
suitable for cold and wet weather,
not forgetting a pair of good, high
vading boots. A few cigars also will
not be amiss for distribution among
the friends you will Of necessity
make. Brancard, in Recreation for
March.