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The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-01-06

the volume of business as
Jacksonville gains in pop
ulation and develops into
greater Importance.
For nearly two years has
the public been seemingly
Inconvenience while on bus
mess at the Government
building, hut not only is
this over with now, but
during all the time the work
was in progress everything
was so arranged and pro-
vided for that delay and in
convenience were reduced to
n remarkable minimum, and
especially so when it is
taken into consideration at
what disadvantages the
work had to be accom-
plished.
Solid walls of brick, CO.
mcnt and heavy marble
blocks had to he torn away,
the tall tower had to be
partially RACED, and in GER
tain sections of the building
the roof had to be removed.
all of which was necessary
in order to add the much
needed southeast wing, the
eastern four-story extension
and tho great north end
wing, and to allow for the
construction of an entire
new floor. The partial de-
molishing of the tower was
not necessary for architcc-
tural effect, rs has been said
by some, but was under.
taken in order that the ele-
vator installation to the
fourth floor could be per-
fcctly made.
The original apprOpri-
alton was $250,000, which
was subsequently increased
$4,000. The work of con-
struction, which began
March !, 1904, has been
under the direct and close
supervision of one of the
most experienced men. John
VI. Holmes, who for years
has been with the Treasury
Department as superintcnd-
cnt of construction Of Gov.
eminent buildings. To have
had him in charge of this
work means that only the
very best of material and
workmanship has gone into
the composite, which now
stands az the new Govern
ment building of Jackson
vile.
The Office capacity of the
building has been more thar
plenty of room and room to
ton to meet the requirement
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-01-06

The Government Building With Dollars
Almost Finishing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
KENTUCKY READY
FOR HOME COMING
THOUSANDS OF VISITORS ARE Ex-
PECTED TO RETURN TO STATE
NEXT WEEK AND PREPARA-
TloNs ARE ELABORATE.

Louisville, June S.-Arrangements for
the entertainment of the thousands of
visitors expected for the festivities of
Home Coming Week have been COM
pleted. The hotels have already booked
nearly all of their rooms and space in
hundreds of boarding houses is being al
lotted to those who have written the COM
mittee on arrangements.
The programme of entertainment covers
three days opening Wednesday June 10
when the welcoming of Kentucky to its
returned sons and daughters will take
place in the new armory. Henry Wat
terson, Governor Beckham and Mayor
Barth will extend the welcome which will
be responded to by former Gov. David
R. Francis of ST. Louis.
Thursday June Ia will be Foster day"
A statue of the composer of the famous
song, My Old Kentucky Home" will be
unveiled Peculiar interest attaches to
this event, as the statue was raised by
subscriptions from the school children of
Louisville and several hundred of them
dressed in white will on this day sing
the two most popular songs of Mr.. Fos-
ter Sid B. Redding of Little Rock, Ark,
will be orator of the occasion.
Daniel Boone will be honored on the
third day. A statue of the famous pioneer
modelled by Miss Enid Yandell of Louis
Vile will be unveiled with appropriate
exercises. There will be an attack on
Fort Boonesboro by Indians and other
features tending to the spectacular. The
grand ball closing the events In Louisville
will be given that night at the armory.
Three thousand couples are expected to
participate. Daniel Boone will on this oc-
casion be presented to the queen OF the
ball, who is yet unknown.
On Saturday which is known as Great
er Kentucky day" the scene shifts to
Frankfort where the corner stone of the
new capitol will be laid in the presence
of Governor Beckham and all living gov
ernors of Kentucky. The week following
every county In the state outside of JEFF
ferson will have "home coming.
Among the arrivals today was J. w.
Owens of La Plata, Mo-, who made the
507 mile journey on foot, pushing wheel
barrow. He is native of Hart county.
Kentucky.
Nearly every railroad in the United
States has granted special rates and long
term tickets and thousands of people are
expected to spend from one to two weeks
In the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
HEAVY DAMAGE CAUSED
BY STORM IN DETROIT.

Detroit, Mich, June S.-Eastern Ontario
was swept by terrific wind and rain
storm this afternoon and as a result all
wire communications between this city
and Canadian points, east of Chatham,
about sixty miles from here, was cut
off. Chatham suffered severe property
loss from the storm, which unroofed
houses. blew down trees felled wires
and filled the streets with debris but
no loss of life resulted. and no one was
seriously hurt. Considerable property
damage Is reported from small towns,
and farms between here and Chatham.
A torrentlal rain storm accompanied by
a forty-mile wind swept Detroit just be-
fore o'clock this afternoon. The rain
fall in less than an hour reached 1886
inches and the wind in five minutes
sprang from a gentle six-mile breeze to
forty miles an hour. Trees were felled over
the city causing severe damage to wires
and putting hundreds of telephones out
of commission. Several street car lines
were held up by broken trolley wires for
time during the busiest hour of the
evening Unconf1rmed reports of loss of
life on the river were current tonight.
One of these reports was that eight lives
were lost on the river near VOLTS,
resort on the Canadian shore, a mile
above the head of Bell Isle, another was
that schlld had been picked up by the
wind and swept off the Bell Isle bridge.
Both the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies were making des
perate but unsuccessful efforts early in
the night to reach interior Canadian
points.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
WIRES DOWN AND
TREES UPROOTED
Ontario and Detroit Are Swept by Wind and Rain and Enormous
Damage InHicted-Panic Sezes Immense Crowd at
the Race Track in Hamilton Ont

Hamilton, Ont, June S.-A terrific wind
and rain storm swept over Ontario from
one end of the southern peninsula to the
other, demolishing buildings, uprooting
trees and leaving telegraph and telephone
lines in a tangled mass Linemen who
were sent out got as far as Dundas, five
miles west of here. They report that miles
of poles are down, and that it will take
several days to restore anything like nor
NAL conditions. Nothing like an accurate
estimate of the damage can be given to-
night.
The storm struck this city at ABS this
afternoon and for twenty minutes the
wind tore through the streets at the rate
of eighty-five miles an hour. Immense
oak and maple trees were cut off at the
base as cleanly as though saw had
been used; buildings We're demolished and
electrical wires of all kinds Frustrated.
The street car service was suspended for
four hours. Forty buildings in course Of
construction, and some that had been fin
ished, were blown down.
This was ladies' day at the race track,
and the grandstand was crowded with
women when the storm broke. The horses
were parading past the stand for the sec
ond race, but they were sent back to the
paddocks. When the wind reached such
velocity that it threatened to wreck the
stand a panic seized the crowd The wom-
en- screamed and huddled together, and
many of the men climbed over the fence
into the infield, where they laid fiat on the
ground in the drenching rain. The storm
lasted less than half an hour.
Nothing has been heard from Paris,
Woodstock and London, cities west OF
here. in the direct path of the storm.
Several passenger steamers which reached
port tonight report having trying expe-
riences on Lake Ontario.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
SS SPECIAL TRAINS
ARE RUN TO LONDON
10000 CHURCHMEN GO TO CAPI-
TAI IN PERSON TO PROTEST
AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF THE
EDUCATION BILL.

London, June s.-Thirty-three special
trains brought to London this morning
1000 Lancashire churchmen to protest
against the education bill. The professors
arrived at various railroad stations and
proceeded to Regents park where they
massed and. accompanied by bands of
music and carrying banners, marched
through the principal thoroughfares to
Albert hall. The procession was headed
by the bishops of London and Manchester
and included many clergymen.
There was an immense gathering at AL
bert hall. and the streets in it's vicinity
were crowded. The chief resolution sub
mitted to the meeting recorded in behalf
of the Lancashire churchmen an emphatic
protest against the bill on the ground that
It is destructive of all forms Of religious
instruction in the elementary schools, and
contained the assertion that the only true
safeguard of religious education in schools
is a continuation of the denominational
schools.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
ALLEGED LYNCHERS
CITED TO APPEAR
Uncle Sam Serves Formal Notice On
Chattanooga Men to Go Before
Supreme Court.

Chattanooga, June S-United States
Marshal Dunlap today served supreme
court order on all defendants cited to
appear before the supreme court in Oc-
tober to answer for contempt in the john
son 1ynching case.
The marshal was aided in locating the
defendants by sheriff's deputies, all of
whom, In addition to the sheriff, are in
cluded in Attorney General Moody's in
formation. Friends of Sheriff Shipp. who
is candidate for reelection are utiliz-
ing the action of the supreme court for
political capital, and some efforts was
taken at the recent democratic state con-
vention to insert a plank In the platform
protesting against federal interference
with state courts. The efforts, however,
were not successful
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
BLACKBURN and Bailey Are Friends.

The republican press always ready to
inaugurate row among the democrats,
have long stories today to the effect that
the selection of Senator Blackburn of
Kentucky, for the Senate minority leader
ship, is a turn-down for Senator Bailey
of Texas
1t is needless to say that there is moth
ing In such reports. Senator Bailey, HIM
self, as has heretofore been told in The
Age-Herald was among the first to sug-
gest that Senator Blackburn be made
the minority leader. Senator Bailey and
Senator Blackburn are the wafTnest of
friends The Kentucky senator would not
accept the place tomorrow II he Thought
his colleague from Texas was in any
sense a candidate. Senator Bailey believes
the long and creditable service rendered
by the Kentucky senator entities him to
the place and at the democratic caucus
tomorrow, he will so state and place his
name in nomination.
When Senator Backburn's time ex-
pires, Senator Bailey will be elected to
the Senate minority leadership with the
same unanimity with which Blackburn
now succeeds. Between the Kentuckian
and the Texan there is no rivalry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
AMERICANS AID In
GUATEMALA FIGHT
MEN ENLISTED IN SAN FRANCISCO
ARE ESPECIALLY WELL ARMED
AND MUCH is EXPECTED OF
THEM.

Mexico City. June s.-News from the
Guatemalan revolutionists operating In the
southern part of that republic is that
an American contingent consisting of 100
men. enlisted in San Francisco. are now
included in General Toledos army. These
men. who are especially well armed, came
down on the steamer Empire City. now
composing practically the navy of the
revolutionists, and the first warship ever
employed in any Guatemalan war Much
is expected of the American fighters who
are described as being eager to take part
and hardly to be restrained.
Probably a thousand more men from
Nicaragua enlisted under General To-
ledo.
An American named Hillsey is reported
to be in command of the revolutionary
forces in the northern department of
San Marcos.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
HAS EASY DAY.
Miss May Sutton Takes of Honors In
England.

Liverpool, June S.-The fact that Miss
May Sutton of Pasadena, Cal, was given
a wall<over here in her tie for the semi
fnal round of the woman's singles cham
pionship of the North Counties, robbed
the proceedings today of much of their in
terest The American was to oppose Mrs.
Pinckney of Salisbury, but the latter was
unable to appear. Later Miss Sutton ap-
peared with Mrs. Hilliard in the semi
final round of the ladies' doubles against
Misses Douglas and Thompson. The re-
suit was that Misses Douglas and Thomp-
son qualified for the final, sets to love.
d. r. Rhoades of Boston won his match
against Sampson in the second round Of
the handicap for the Liverpool cup, 6-2,
6-1, when Mr.. Sampson retired. Scores
Mixed doubles, municipalities Sutton
and Mr. Charlton, Is; defeated J. Findlay
and Miss Findlay, SO, 6-1.
Ladies' singles, semi-fnal round-Miss
Sutton a walkover; Miss Pinckney not
contesting.
Ladies' doubles, semi-final round-Misses
Douglas and Thompson defeated Miss SUIT
ton and Mrs. Hlliard, ga, Sd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
BOY CAUSING NO
END OF TROUBLE
Was Left in the Station at
Bonneville, KY,
WAS SENT FROM MEXICO
San Antonio Dispatches Say the chid's
Father Placed Him on the
Train There and Sent
Him North.
WAS SENT FROM MEXICO

New York. June S.-Willis Farris, the
5-year-old boy who was left at Boone
vile. Mo, yesterday morning, who was
supposed to have been kidnapped from
New York. Is the nephew of Mrs. Farris
of Staten Island. according to informa-
tion which Mrs. Farris gave to the police
of this city today.
Mrs. Lizzie Farrs said she was the
Aunt Lizzie" of whom the child told
the Bonneville authorities The boy. she
said is her nephew from Ireland, who had
been living with Mrs. Farrls' daughter
and her husband in Durango, Mex, who
had recently notified Mrs. Farris that
they would send the boy to her. Mrs.
Farris has asked the Bonneville authori-
ties to hold the boy until she can provide
for his return to New York
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
Mcclellan Contadicts Testimony
Of Previous Witnesses
COMMISSIONERS ADJOURN
Inquiry Into Relations of Railroads
With Coal and oil interests VIII
Be Resumed BY the Commits
sion Next Tuesday.

Philadelphia, June Sat the conclusion
of today,s session the interstate commerce
commission suspended its inquiry into the
relations of railroads with coal and OIL
interests, and next Tuesday the invest-
CATION will be resumed IN this city.
Probably the most important feature Of
todays session was the voluntary testi-
mony of ]. C. Mcclellan of Blairsville,
Pa, contradicting the testimony of pre-
vious witnesses who told the commission
that it had been the policy of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company to encourage
its employees to become interested in coal
companies on the lines of the road Mr..
Mcclellan said the impression had gone
out that the practice was sanctioned py
Frank Thompson, a former president OF
the company, now dead, and ne desired
to place on record Mr.. Thompson's policy.
While he was In the employ of the
railroad company Mr.. Mcclellan said he
was offered stock by Capt. Alfred Hicks.
He consulted with President Thompson as
to the propriety of accepting it and Mr..
Thompson advised him to refuse the
stock, telling him his honor and character
were worth more than stock secured in
that manner. Mr.. Mcclellan placed in
evidence letter from President Thomp-
son advislng him not to accept the stock
Troubles as Soft Coal Operator.
Charles McF adden related the story or
his troubles while he was a mine opera
tor In the soft coal field He had two
mines In operation and his car supply
became so meagre that he was compelled
10 rent cars from the Commercial Coal
company in which General Superintendent
Creighton of the Pennsylvania railroad
Is interested. When he applied Tor prl-
vate cars he was told the company was
slis 49, dtsang their use, and he was finally
e6mpelled to make an arrangement by
(which the Commercial Coal company OPP
lerates his mines for one-third of the
profit.
Additional information concerning the
Berwind White company's pier at Har-
SINUS was secured through Max Rieb-
mack comptroller of the Pennsylvania
railroad. He said the pier had been i'm
nroved by the railroad company in 1889
at a cost of $4,000, but that the pay
ment was not made by the coal COM
pany until May of the present year after
the present investigation had been au-
thorized In the meantime the Berwin
company paid no interest on the money.
K Cassatt. son of President Cas-
satt. denied the statement made yes
terday by S. F. Potter, president of the
Donohue Coal and Coke company, that
+he keystone Coke company had been
favored in the distribution of cars. He
also stated that the Keystone company
was not a "Cassatt concern as had been
repeatedly stated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
NEW ORLEANS HAS
AN INVESTIGATION
THE CLAIM is MADE THAT PART
LY DECAYED NUTS, FRUITS AND
OTHER FooDsTuFFs ARE BEING
SOLD IN THE CITY.

New Orleans, June s.-Investisation into
a sale of partly decayed nuts, fruits and
other foodstuffs in an unsanitary condition
by the United States appraisers office
here was begun today by City Health Of
ficer Kohnke. These articles were offered
today at a regular sale OF goods upon
which the duty had not been paid, COM
monty called the "Old Hoss Sale
The articles to which the health officer
objected were marked mo value and sold
for almost nothing" fifty pounds of figs
and nuts bringing Is cents. United States
Appraiser w. P. Luck referred the city
health officer to the United States district
attorney for a ruling, saying that the
law apparently requires such goods to be
offered for sale. The health officer took
measures to prevent their resale by the
shopkeepers and groeers who bought
them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
LADIES INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Machine Strikes Telephone Pole In
jackson, Miss, and Turns Over
Upon Them.

Jackson, Miss. June s.--(Special.) )-Four
prominent society people, George f.
Baner, vice president of the Merchants
bank, Mr.. Reid of Canton. Miss Linn
Council and her guest. Miss Pillow OF
Greenwood. came near being killed in an
automobile accident tonight.
The machine going twenty miles an
hour struck telephone post turned up
side down and burned up before the fire
department arrived.
The young ladies were caught under the
machine and seriously injured. This 10
Jackson's first automobile disaster.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
Father Placed Him on Train.

San Antonio, Tex, June S.-Asa Carston,
who placed the boy Willie Farris aboard
train here last Saturday night In charge
of the conductor bound for Bonneville.
Mo-, arrived here the same day, and both
he and the boy registered at local hotel
as coming from Mexico. While here they
had no callers, but apparently Carston
made no effort to conceal his movements
Shortly after placing the boy aboard the
train, he left for New Orleans.
The story that the child was probably
abducted from New York and held in San
Antonio Is scoffed at by the railroad Of
ficials. The boys name Is Willis Farris
Carstan and his father lives In Torreon.
Mex. Pullman Conductor ]. A. Mckinney
says he Is certain 1t was the boys father
who put him on the train In San Antonio
for when he placed him in care of the
conductor, he kissed the boy good bye
very tenderly and the lad called the man
papa" The conductor says there is no
secrecy about the matter. kilograms
were sent to Torreon, Mex, this morning,
but no answer has yet been received.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
DOES NOT ADVISE
SELLING OF SPOTS
Harvle Jordan Says, However, That
His Position In Favor of Higher
Prices Is Unchanged.

Washington, June S.-President Harvie
Jordan of the Southern Cotton association
today made the following statement:
In view of the present misinterpreta-
tion of my position on prices of spot
cotton which has been given general cir
culatlon in the press during the past few
days. I wish to unqualifiedly deny any
report that l have advised farmers or
others to sell spot cotton for future de-
livery or to deal in cotton futures at all.
My position in favor of higher prices is
unchanged, and will continue so SO long
as present splendid trade conditions last
and no probability of abnormally large
crops being produced"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
Wanted to Adopt Boy.

Kansas City. Mo, June S.-N j. Finney.
superintendent of the Missouri Kansas
and Texas railroad at Sedalia, was appris-
cd today by long distance telephone at his
home of the claim that Willis Farris, the
boy abandoned yesterday at Bonneville. is
the nephew of a Mrs Farris of Staten Is
land. Mr.. Finney said that he had
brought the boy to his home and had in
tended adopting him in case relatives fail
ed to claim the little fellow. Mr.. Finney
said that up to noon today he had de-
ceved no message from any one claiming
the boy and until he did. should keep him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
BRYAN FEVER HAS
SEIZED THEM ALL
Practically Every Democrat in
Washington is in Line
.HEARST'S FRIENDS ARE FEW
John Sharp Williams Denies Report
That He Is to Accept Chair at
the University of
Virginia.
.HEARSTS FRIENDS ARE FEW

Washington, June s.-(Special.)-The
proportions assumed by the Bryan presi-
Dental boom in Washington today is lit
tie less than amazing.
Hardly a democratic member can be
found who is not for the nomination Of
the Nebraskan in 1908. A bare half dozen
or so arc for William Randolph Hearst,
but at this date, two years ahead of the
national convention. Bryan is practically
without opposition and being termed a
harmonizer upon whom all factions can
unite.
The formidability of Hearst, of course,
depends entirely upon the result of the
New York fight this year. II he is beaten
he will be politically dead. Should he
win he will probably have about the same
proportion of strength possessed by him
at the last convention. There is no
ground for the belief that his candidacy
will ever attain more than healthy lungs
can give 1t. If the convention were held
tomorrow Bryan would undoubtedly be
nominated. In the meantime the conven-
tion is two years off, and many things
can happen in that time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
Dies Suddenly In Asylum.

Philadelphia, June S.-Llewellyn Ran
dolph Snowden, prominent Philadel-
phian, died suddenly late last night in
the Friends Asylum for the Insane in
this city under mysterious circumstances.
He was admitted to the asylum yesterday
and appeared respondent. His condition
was not thought to be serious. In the
pockets of Snowden's clothing was found
a quantity of cyanide of potassium. A
few weeks ago Snowden cut his throat
with a razor while 1t was claimed he
was shaving.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
Formerly Lived In Bonneville.

St Louis. June s.-A special to the POST
Dispatch from Bonneville says informa-
tlon has been received concerning the rela-
tlves of little Willis Farris. the child left
at the Missouri, Kansas and Texas sta
tion here, to the effect that there are two
brothers running as engineers out of Tor
reon, Mex, named Peter and Terry Far
ris, who are the boys relatives.
A third brother, James Farris. also an
engineer. was killed in Mexico three or
four years ago, leaving widow and an
infant son, who would now be about D
years old. Mrs. Farris married again at
San Antonio, Tex, and later moved to
New York city. The three Farris brothers
went to Rockport. Mo, twelve miles dis
tant from Bonneville. years ago, leaving
a fourth brother, j. c. Farris. at Rock
port. He was formerly an officer In the
training schools for boys at Bonneville. 1t
is thought probable that little Willis was
sent from San Antonio to Bonneville to
r. J. Farris. who cannot now be located.