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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-17
Public Office; Equal A-speclaI Privileges to Nome
Wet. .. DEPARTAEMr.
Are We Morally cuiley9

Who Is responsible for the murder
committed by drunken mani Is the
poor unfortunate man who drank the
stuff and became beast alone respon-
sible?
Below we give a statement made by
prisoner just before the death SEN
tence was passed upon him. After
having been tried by the court and
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, the Judge, before passing sentence,
asked the usual question:
Prisoner at the bar, have you any
thing to say why sentence of death shall
not be passed upon you?"
A solemn hush fell over the crowded
court room, and every person waited in
almost breathless expectation for the
answer to the judges question.
After a painful silence he slowly
arose to his feet, and in low, firm, bat
distinct voice, said:
II have! Your honor, you have asked
me a question, and / now ask, as the
last favor on earth, that you will not in
terrupt my answer until l am through.
i stand here, before this bar, con-
victed of the willful murder Of my wife.
Truthful witnesses have testified to the
fact that was a loafer, drundard and
my prolonged debauches and fired the
fatal shot that killed the wife l had
sworn to love, cherish and protect
While l have no remembrance Of com
hitting the fearful deed, / have no
right to complain or to condemn the
verdict of the twelve good men who
have acted as jury in the case, for their
verdict is in accordance with the evil
dence.
But, may it please the court, wish
to show that am not alone responsible
for the murder of my wife!"
This startling statement created q |
sensation. The judge leaned |
over the desk, the lawyers wheeled |
around and faced the prisoner, the jul |
rors looked at each other in amaze
ment, while the spectators could hardly |
suppress their intense excitement The |
prisoner paused few seconds, and then
in the same firm, distinct |
voice.
II repeat, your honor, that l am not
the only one guilty of the murder of my
wife. The Judge on this bench, the
Jury in the box, the lawyers within this
bar, and most Of the witnesses, includ-
ng the pastor Of the old church, are
also guilty before Almighty God, and
will have to stand with me before His
Judgment throne, where we shall all be
ighteously judged.
"If it had not been for the saloons of
ny town, never would have become q
lrunkard; my wife would not have been
murdered; would not be here now,
eady to be hurled into eternity. Had
t not been for these human traps,
would have been a sober man, an indus
rious workman, a tender father and a
owing husband. But today my home is
my wife murdered, my little ,
bless and care for them
asst out on the mercy of the world,
1hile am to be hung by the strong
rm of the State 1"
People of st. Lucie county! If you
ote to continue the sale of whiskey in
ar county, will you not be morally
uilty as an accomplice in every crime
by men while under the in
uence of whiskey?-St. Lucie Tribune.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-17
Don't Be BIus

and lose all interest when help is with
ip1aeach. Herbine will make that liver
perform its duties properly. j. b.
Vaughan, Elba. Ala, writes being q
constant sufferer from constipation and
q disordered liver, have found Herb
% my the srte eoicn SsT vSr us tnsit y
49, tS1tl " I believe Il 70 he tbe bat
medicine Of It's kind, and I wish all suf-
ferers from these troubles TO know the
good Herbine has done me-" Sold by
ali druggists.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-17
ZolEo Parties YIetimL1aA.

Some weeks ago a number Of blooded
milk cows were brought here for sale
and several Zolfo parties we're unfortu-
nate enough TO make purchases. A few
days later fever broke out among these
cattle, and with one exception every
COW sold has died. Among the losers
are Roberts Bros, +. G. Fernald, W.
s. Doyle and j. NJ. Mercer. w. b.
Browns COW is still living, but is very
sick. The COWS were supposed 10 have
been brought from the vicinity of Tai
lahassee, but the purchasers now be-
lieve them then to have been brought
from further north. An investigation
will be made as to where they really
came from. The loss in this commu-
nifty amounts TO several hundred. as all
were high-priced cattle. --ZOlfo Adver-
tiser.
Must be some mistake in those cows
coming from Tallahassee, as, on inquiry,
we fail TO learn that there is any dis.
ease among cattle in Leon county.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-17
SOME SAMPLES
OF Contributions
NAL" Hears From q Few o. nIs
Believed Constituents, WITH
Drainage COntrihations.

No one need suppose that Governor
Broward's piteous appeal for stamps,
ETC., will prove waterhaul. We have
Inside information" to the effect that
some, at least, of the people Of Flor
ida" to whom it was addressed recoe-
nize his dire need and have been moved
to compassion by his ''pOnderous woe" !;
and In proof of the fact, we submit the
following sample contributions:
''Dear Governor: voted for YOU, and
have ever since stood ready to indorse
every act of your administration. If
you should contemplate building q rail-
road TO the moon would gladly, from
my meager means, furnish q tie or two.
Go on with your ditchi You have my
sympathy, in proof of which send you
by express (collect) an old wheelbarrow
which is of no further use to me, and
which you may find useful in transport
ing contributions from the Tallahassee
postOffice to the capitol. III could only
see you trundling it down Adams street
filled with postage stamps, my joy
would be complete.
Always your VOTER.
Dear Mr.. Broward: Could you not do
something on your drainage canal with
a hairpin? A woman can do almost
anything with hairpin, and you GER:
tainly must be almost as smart as q
woman. At any rate, l am sure no
woman Tor man, either) could compose
such a beautiful proclamation as the
one you sent out to the people Of
Florida" wept while / was reading
It, and my heart iS sore with sympathy
for you yet. l have only one stamp,
and that must use on this letter, but
l send you q hairpin. 'Tis all that
can do, but Il Is freely yours. l am
going 70 weep some more For you.
Tearfully yours,
SYMPATHY JONES.
Dear GUY: l haint got nary stamp
chad to borry for this letter., but i
got a ole SOW that kin jeet naturally beat
the world diggin' Why, she got ter
rOotin' after choofers day on the rail-
road bank, an she never stopt tell she
made a tunnle under the tract. Thar
wus a reck, an saved neerly p0uns
Nv rice ian dirt from uner q frate car.
81 you had her yer ditch would be done
inish almost by now. lie drive her
iown mex week, soon as git my fOd-
Ter in. Yore fren',
jim SlMPLEToN.
Hon. N. B. Broward: Herewith find
he 2-cent stamp you asked for. IdOn't
exactly see how 1t is going to help you
lig ditch, but that is your business,
lot mine. However, II you run out
If stamps" again, let me know, and
will send another.
N. b. 1t cost me another 2-center to
ret this one TO you, so please credit my
recount accordingly.
Respectfully, OK CYNICUs.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-17

The cost for the above road, which
was $50 yards less than mile and was
built with convict labor, was only
1888 36- something TO think about.
Last Saturday my record as road
referred to by q correspondent, so
herewith publish an official report made
by me to the county commissioners Of
Marion, which shows what did in the
road building for one month.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-17

The business man who decides to put
this seasons advertising of till next
year reminds one Of the h0usakeoper
who u going % do her spring house
cleaning next fall.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-08-17
4 Healing GOSPEL.

The Rev. J. c. Warren, pastor of
Sharon Baptist church, Belair, Ca, says
of Electric Bitters: Its Godsend to
mankind. 1t cured me Of lame back,
stiff joints, and complete physical col
lapse j was 30 weak il took me half
an hour TO walk mile. Two bottles of
Electric Bitters have made me so strong
have just walked three miles in 90
minutes and feel like walking three
more. It's made a new man Of me. F"
Greatest remedy for weakness and all
stomach, liver and kidney complaints.
Sold under guarantee at all drug stores.
Price 5Oc.
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II seems necessary, from the similar
ity of names, to remind some Of our
readers that West Florida's candidate
for Governor, T. A. jennings, is not
the former Governor, VIM. S. jennings.
The candidate whom West Florida seems
generally inclined to put forward is a
resident Of Pensacola and one of the
leading turpentine operators of the
State, being vice president Of the j. p.
Williams Naval Stores Company and in
charge Of is Florida business Short
Talks, Times-Union.
Work on Ex-Governor Jennings' new
business building waa resumed Thurs.
day, ahortago ~ material having caused
. short delay BrOoksvllle Star.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
VIEW SAFETY AND DIE.
SAILORS TRICKED By SEA.
Bangor Schooner Goes to Bottom
Only T7co Make Port.

Boston, April 1.-THE Bangor schooner Sallie
B. foundered. and four of her crew perished off
the Maine coast in the storm yesterday. News
of the disaster was brought to this city tonight
by the Eastern Line steamer Bay State, from
Portland, which rescued two of the schooner's
men. The names of the dead are:
The two survivors, Captain A. L. Hopkins, of
Brewer, Me. and John Mulhain. native of Fin
land, who shipped in New-York were picked up
off Cape Porpoise. They were brought to Boston
by the Bay State.
The Sallie B. sailed from Port Johnson week
ago with a cargo of 345 tons of coal for Bangor.
The schooner passed Seguin at 8 o'clock Monday
night and headed for Monhegan. At II p. the
vessel was almost inside of Monhegan Island
and within twenty-five miles of safety when
gale from the northwest brought with it
and sleet
Skilful seamanship enabled the to
her round. and with two reefs in her mainsail
the schooner was headed in the direction of
Boothbay. The heavy seas had opened her seams
and the crew forced TO tho pumps.
Yesterday morning at o'clock the men were
driven aft from the pumps, and hour later
the cabin flooded Captain Hopkins how
ever, kept his vessel headed into the gale, and
about o'clock started down into the flooded
cabin TO get food. A cry from the deck brought
him UP again and none too soon, for he found
the vessels head almost beneath the waves her
stern in the air and the crew launching the
boat. All tunlbled the side into the bob
bng boat, and they did the Sallie B.
surged downward and disappeared.
A gigantic billow swept down upon the boat
and washed overheard the mate, the cook and
John Campbell. a seaman. The three were lost
Captain Hopkins and Mulhain and Nattieher
saved themselves by holding TO a thwart. Later
they bailed out the boat and headed her toward
the seas.
For hours they tossed about, suffering in
tensely from the cold their clothes soaked and
the spray constantly flying over them,
About noon Nattieher's mind began to give
way, and at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon death
ended his sufferings.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
CASTRO OUT OF OFFICE.
PETIRES FOR Il TINE.
r;ce-President Comes Succeeds
IocaE TeneeucIans Are Skeptical.

-oI t-ipriano Castro has retired tempo-
go, the Presidency of Venezuela. Con-
~. nan Vicente Gomez. First Vice-P President
eN. -o,,,blic is the present executive head.
O - ,,sorr,ation was contained in an official
ms s;srarcb received yesterday from Caracas
eaD,e r.~Ioe Renito FIgueredo, Venezuelan Consul
-.,eral in this city.
go who are acquainted with the tenacity
-,;cb castro mas kept his Office since 1899
W., 30 whole country. and other countries too
W. =, hin, viii he surprised TO learn of his
So retirement. and several Tenezuelans
" MS city see a string tied to it. There has
!" -, the slightest intimation that he con-
..r,nlated such step.
1I-.-al Jose Manuel Hernandez, formerly
--.-,,sIan Minister at Washington, who is now
- IN This city. said last night that he did
y. eslieve Caslro was the kind Of man TO re-
=. He said: My opinion is that the whole
- ie a comedy. General Gomez will be
president in name only
the Official announcement gives as Castro's
=, f,r resicning that he desires to retire to
...tfn1 private life for some time owing TO the
..,,o,,s work his position exacts and which he
:. co successfully carried on for the several
years
5.s,ro issued q proclamation. wherein appeared
The following:
cho,l6 his temporary separation bring har-
. end Goodwill 10 the country. he would
ng;y sI;,qIy make his retirement permanent-f
neoessaTy.
The dispatch also says that peace is assured
=, venezuela and that the international ques-
,,ons will be either amicably arranged or arbi-
,ated. If this latter promise is carried out it
Is probable that the government's'dispute with
:. vevr York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
III ha adjusted. The cOmpany's property at
cna,oco was seized nearly two years ago by
Venezuelan court IN obedience TO an order from
Cinrisno Castro became President Of Ven
s,Ssls on October IS, 1899, having headed
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
CARNEGIE KISSES STOLEN KISSES.
aslpless Victim of Designing Women-And
He BIushed, Says Friend.
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by Telegraph 20 The IrtbuneJ
FiitSburg. April 1I-Word comes from the
sunny South" that Andrew Carnegie did not
tss woman at Atlanta. Ca, some days ago as
-@S been reported. The Laird of Skibo has
%aseo 2 friend 10 write TO his Pittsburg friends
. NE effect that not only did he not kiss Mrs.
-ehberg but that she kissed him, and, what
: sun worse she kissed him against his will.
-he letter received by a Pittsburg man, sent by
siaend Of 8Ir. Carnegie. "at the instance of Mr.
1sfnegie," is printed in the Pittsburg evening
'spefs, and is as follows:
csf Carnegie was holding reception In the
- hegle Library at Atlanta and great crown
!, people filing past him, shaklhg a.aea haIlus
- cnering their felCitatiOns- AT a cei IaiIi ~
- 80 of the reception two well dressed women i'sl.
sYped and, after exchanging some pahtet t iLs
s-piinents, one Of them put her hands on ,ii ane
.~.ynshed laird's shoulder and kissed him. nus
~ vas rapidly followed by the next WOMAN III
INC, who seemed to be her FRIEND.
~ Carnegie blushed and laughed. ana theh'
,ssiig his hand In good natured but hFhl pro.
- 49, instantly checked any further atteNlpls az
sf5alaiion which might have been maze ~
re sae Sensational reports of the incident when
Ana sent out from Atlanta are Wholly uHLiu ~ ue,
u..o .o one has beer more disguised ~ lne seoiS
M. Carnegie himself
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
WIDOW FAINTS IN COURT.
Had SAID ". c. lutte Signed
Paper WMLe. INCOMPETENT.

Pittshurg, April 11.-Mrs. ". c. lutte, widow
Of the well known coal operator. was witness
to-day in the suit brought against Frank n.
Hoffstot and ]. w. Friend. of Pittsburg's
weaIthiest men, for an accounting of business
transactions with Mr.. lutte. Mrs Jutte's testi-
rnony was sensational in the extreme, and after
it she collapsed before she could leave the
courtroom. Several times when questions were
asked about her husband she hesitated some
time to regain her self-control before replying.
Once when counsel asked what her husband
said to her the first time she met him at Atlantic
City, after his attempt to commit suicide, on
November 80, 1901. she refused to answer and
the question not pressed.
Mrs lutte alleged that her husband men
tally incompetent to attend to business during
the last few years of his life. She also told OF
precautions she felt compelled to take to guard
her life fearing her husband She told of meet
ing F n Hoffstot on the train going to Atlantic
CITY the night in 1901 after Mr.. Jutte hrst
attempted to kill himself Mr.. Hoffstot spoke
encouragingly of the prospects of MI Jutte
business. hut suggested that in view or MS
health II would be wise for him TO sign power
of attorney to A S. Guffey. She then descrlbed
the scene in the Atlantic City Hospital when
naper without reading it, or its being read TO
him. she testified.
Mrs lutte remembered signing another paper
that night at the request of Mr. Hoffstot, the
contents of which she did not then know and
of which she was still in ignorance. Early in
1902 she said her husbands mind showed un-
rnistakable signs OF giving way, ana from jan
nary to March he had ra ther violent spells. She
also said that her husband had suggested to her
that they commit suicide together; that he
wanted to be at rest and wanted her TO be at
Mrs. lutte was still on the stand when the
court adjourned.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
rpv rslegrap, 10 The tribune. ]

Pittsfeld Mass. April lin shower Of vio-
lets Comte de la Vaulxs balloon POrient bear
ing Dr. and Mrs. Julian P Thomas and pilo;ed
by Charles Levee. started from here to-day IN
an air line flight toward Springfield The last
goodby was shouted at 3:2I as the balloon ana
its passengers rose beyond the range OF the
human voice An hour and half later the
balloon. still bearing crow-hke 10 the Souliea'''
passed over Springfield fifty miles away
miles past Springfield the wind Veereo hiore ~
the south and the balloon was last reported sai-
ing toward Hartford at an altitude of some
1900 feet.
There has been keen rivalry among inc "o'"e"
interested in the new sport to make the nrst as
.caps,o,, ., .b,s country. and Mrs Thomas won
Continued on secoad psSe
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
BIDS FOR GERMAN LOANS.
Subscriptions Little More than CoUer
the Too Issues.

Berlin. April 11-SubscriptiOns for the I'm
persl and Prussian loans are much lighter than
Tor previous issues. The tenders for the $G5,-
Wo0o0 Of imperial bonds reached about $780,
~og00 whereas a year ago a $7JO00O00 loan
s'5V1ODJ Of Prussian Consols have not yet
zen tabuated, but are estimated at about S1OO.-
1860 The light subscription is attributed
i@uy 10 dear money and partly TO the absence
U foreign tenders France which usually has
m large subscriptions 10 German bond issues.
.raay sent almost none. owing TO the prepara-
As s'As IN that country for the forthcoming big
Russian loan
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
MENACES CHURCH AND HOUSE OF LORDS,
OPPOSITION TO THE EDUCATION BILL IN ENGLAND
NET BY Il THREAT FROM GOVERNMENT MEMBER

London, April 11.-Thirty-two bishops of Eng
llsh and Welsh dioceses at a meeting to-day
pressed the conviction that the Education bill as
II stands must be unhesitatngy opposed. The
Roman Catholic hierarchy will meet on April "a
to consider the bill. and on the same day the
Catholic Education Council will meet under the
presidency of the Duke of Norfolk to discuss
means of opposing the measure. 1t is probable
Catholics will meet in all the large towns for
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12

the purpose of protesting against the enactment
of the bill
Walter Runciman, a Ministerialist member of
Parliament alluding to the meetings mentioned
above, said in the course of a speech at New
castle tonight that if the Archbishop of Canter-
bury used the House of Lords to defeat the
education bill, it would mean not only the shak-
ing of that house to its foundation but would
render disestablishment inevitable.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
NoRDICA CUTS ATLANTIC CITY.
Cancels Engagement Because She Was De-
tanned in Chicago-Orchestra Must Be Paid.
fBv Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

[By Telegraph 10 Ine lrlDuhe-i
Atlantic city April I-Mme Lillian Nordlca
cancelled an engagement here tonight peng de-
tained in Chicago. Her manager afrl'ed at d ihte
- "a said that Nine Nordica had refused TO
como 10 Atlantic city at the last minute.
The Metropolitan Orchestra arrived to-uay anu anu
IN ,a,.e 10 be paid in full The LEGAL managers
vii lose several hundred dollars by the singer s
change Of mind.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
JURY HAS eREENE-eAYNoR CASE.

Savannah April I.-Judge Emory Speer at u
o'clock tonight ended his charge 10 the Greene
and Gaynor jury and the fate of the contractors
charged by the government with frauds amounting
10 more than 81 10000 rests with the twelve
jurors who for three months have listened to evil
1ence and arguments.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
4NOTHER PLAGUE DEATH
Third on Burrsfied, Noe Quaran-
tined at Reedu Island.

Philadelphia April 11.-One Of the sailors
taken from the steamship Burrsfeld, now in
Quarantine at Reedy Island. died to-day from
what IS thought to be bubonic plague. This
makes the third death which has occurred on
The Burrsfeld since the vessel sailed from Bonn
bey. India
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12

Tsvolution against President Ignacio Andrade
HIS father was an Indian cattle ranch owner
and his mother q muIatto. He is about fifty
years old. and is reputed TO be wealthy.
General Gomez, who becomes President tempo
rariy, is known an able military man He
aided Castro in his revolution against President
Andrade, and Is commander of the Venezuelan
srrnv
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
Continued on fourth page.
oNE NIGHT TO CHICAGO.

- .hs Twentieth Century Limited OF the New York
pStrai ~ ~ IJnee Leave New York $50 p. no, arrive
1SicaEo $50 next morning. The fastest long dis
scs yide in The world-s64 miles IN IS hours.-Acyt
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
,ewevs cLARETs AND OLD BURGUNDY

VIII make rich Blood-Better than Drugs:
II. r. Dewey & Sons Co.. 13s Fulton st. New York.
-AdYt-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12

Equinox Alcoholic Beverages-gest IN the
World II. Y. offs. lSs w. B'way. Tel. 6l5l KILL
New-York tribune., 1906-04-12
MALBY PREDICT

Senator AIalby. chairman of the Finance Com
mittee predicted disaster If the present tax were
repealed. He declared that the entire policy OF
the Republican administration had been to
Heve the farmer and the small property holder
wherever possible by indirect taxation. Ths
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-09-01
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The Competitive System OF Business.


To be as hcarlless.as n snake to-
day is fortunate thing for business
success. The St. Louis Republic 'ue-
gests that fraud and tricks o. trade
be made a part of the common
school curriculum and the suggest ion
is certainly one worthy of consider.
alton.
Everybody is pleased with the
present damnable condition that
obtains in society, let us be honest,
as there should be a kind of honor
among thieves, you know.
IL we are going to continue to he a
nation of liars, cut throats, and
thieves in all our business relations.
let us teach the rising generation the
science of theft in every department
of business as is now so successfully
practiced in life insurance, banking,
bond manipulation, postal depart
ment, legislatures both state and
national, land swindles, graft and
greed in city councils and in every
department of business where big
money is gathered into the hands oil
the few.
Let us teach the boys and girls
how to go into court and be acquit.
ted of murder and robbery andevery
damnable crime so common to those
who get money.