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Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
Revenue aIll Ended.

Frankfort. Ky. March S.-The long
night over the revenue bill. ended In
the house passing the bill by a vote
n sc 10 -. II will now go to the
senate. where its fate is rs yet unde.
cided The house did not accept the
bill as recommended by the committee
Of the whole. bu' added several I'm.
portant amendments. the most impor.
tant one relating Ia bank tax assess
ment The amendment as finally In.
CorpOratcd In the bill provides that
the Ci', and county assessor must as
sess The shares ~ stock ~ the banks
IN his county or city for city and coun-
~ taNatioa. but the state board ~
va'ug'ipn must assess the bank shares
for the state etaNation.
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
Engineers Close Call.

Macon. Ga. March Eugene
Burke. a night engineer at the water
station. . miles north Of the city. vas
shot from ambush as he went To his
dury. in Il deep ravinc adjacent TO DC.
mulgcc park. and only short distance
from the pumping station. The hall
came from a rife. and was fired at
long range. hu' II pierced a derby hat
worn by the cngino p II was dusk
and the aSsai,ant escaped without be-.
ing recognized. Another attempt was
made on this spo, - Nil Burke s'v
eral NIGHTS ago unior similar circum.
stances n, saws hc lid not know that
hc had ar enemy, and Is greatly eNer.
cisol Ohccrs arc working on the
Cae0
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
CHOCOLATE WAS POISONED.
Two Seriously ~ A. a Result os Ar.
senie Poisoning.

Marion. Ind. March 5.-Mrs Mary
l. Cartwright. 4 physician. and Miss
Ehna Humes, a guest Of Mrs. Cart.
wright. are seriously Ill from arsenic
poisoning administered In candy.
which was sent To Mrs Cartwright
through the mail. The candy was
Chocolate. and chemists have found
large quantities OF arsenic In nearly
every piece.
Mrs. Cartwright received the candy
q few days ago. but did not cai Il un.
I'll later. I, was sent In a halfpound
box. containing a small American flag
and picture ~ George Washington
The address was In a feminine hand.
and Mrs. Cartwright said she thought
II was from friend. who had sent 4;
as a Washington Birthday present and
she did not suspect that II contained
poison. She gave some 81 the Can.
cy In Miss Humcs and in a short time
both became III with cramps
Antidotes were quickly administered
and II Is thought their lives will be
saved
Mrs. Cartwright said that she knew
m" enemy who planned tn kill her;
that II Is a woman. and that evidence
will be- obtained sufficient TO issue a
warrant
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
VIII Hold Reform censers~es.

New York. March 5.-That the COM
mercial bodies of the country are gen.
orally aroused to the need of reform
IN tl.e United States consular service
IL Indicated. n - said, BY the re-
sponses now coming TO headquarters
here to the call for the national con
sular reform convention. To be held
sular reform convention. n be held
ia Washington on March L. and 10.
President whitman. Of the Mere. 49,
association. has already appointed del
egates.
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
RoWBOAT GAPSIzES;
THREE ARE DROWNED
Fourth Man Will Die OF Injui les
Sustained.
THE FIVE MEN WERE SEEMING
Waves from the Virginia. the Largest
Steamer on the Ohio River, Cap
Sizes . Rowboat at Mingo, O.. with
Fatal Results.

Steubcuville. o., March 5.-Waves
from the Virginia. the rg'st steam
cr on the Ohio river service. capsized
a small ruwboat al Mingo Saturday.
The occupants of the boat. Joseph
Zerbc, agent for the Belmont Brewing
company: GregOry Maui, a broker. and
Gehhart Springer, a briChlaycr. were
drowned. while George vischnish. a
saloonkecper. will die from injuries re-
0cived.
The men were out in the river sein.
ing and did not apprehend any dan
ger from the Oncoming steamer.
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06

Washington. March 5.--Coicnet Lav-
ingston and senator Clay went 70 tho
" hite House and presented % tho
president the memorial of the Wheel
or memorial committee relative % tho
proposed visit OF q delegation % en-
tend to President Roosevelt an invt
tation to be present upon that 0cear
sion. President Roosevelt told tho
Georgtans that Il will be absolutely
Impossible for him To leave Washing
ton to attend the reunion and memo
rial exercises and discountenanced the
suggestion Of q delegation coming 10
extend the formal invitation.
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06

Elkirs " Va, March An oil
pine Tree tiai few would have ever
notiCod second time was The means
OF saving Gpzcu ur NOR" passenger
IN thc wreck IN the Coal and Coke
railway near Shady side When the
train went over the bank the smoker
and baggage car toppIed over and
over into 'he river. The downward
progress ~ the ladies' coach was stop
ped by the tree. L. fee, from the river
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
Aaree on eank Project.

Algcciras. Spain. March j-The del
egatcs OF the powers have pGaCiicail!
agreed on the text ~ the Moroccan
bank project The organization - To
b the stat" hank ~ Morocco. II will
be chartered for forty years. and have
a capital ~ s. """, ,""" In gold. divided
into parts equal to tho number of the
powers participating in the confer
cuce Each power directly or thruVoh
a hank nr group ~ banks, shal have
the II-ht 10 -ulScrih" To r. part Of
The c,n"a' Tn" powers viii q -l-
u.'c director .. 49,, tauk and nrr
l-l . potion - Co., 'lp,"".. ih.
a1ot, t...... give tsr Tasted
S'..,- .'. '. . ta-''oirat" 3. go.
or-.i..a.... @. I'D. '.rh
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
horse and auc.Y Are Found.

Dayton. O.. March THE police
hav" recovered a horse and buggy
stolen by hank burglars at West Car
rollton to make their escape from that
town after cracking the safe in the
post"fiCr NrrDClycorinc is supposed
10 have b"'n used Only 81 In coin
and 81 worth ~ stamn- were taken
\ sii.ilar Job was pulled IN at the
West 'Ir~, ','on rostnfflcc wear ago.
and tho 'up.y was valued at nearly
Sl.rnp ! search vas made here in
VAN T. o., BURGLARS a. they desert
- t'pjr t- }'rc aai are supposed Ia
be- in hiding
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
MInister 10 Killed By Q Car.

Nashville. March 5.--Rsv. w. II.
strickland. pastor OF the Spruce street
Northern Methodist Episcopal church.
of this city. was run down and killed
by q street car early Saturday morn
ing. Dr. Strickland attempted %
cross the track In front OF q rapidly
mo. ing car. he was dragged several
yards and horribly mangled. his body
being almost cut In two. Dr. strick-
land was a native of Wayne county.
this state. and was ~ years old. He
was q prominent divine Of the North
crn Methodist church.
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, III lESDAY, MARCH Is, 1906

the charred bodies OF several negroes
taken from the ruins OF small tene-
ments which were In the wake of the
frm. Before others OF these hud
died about bonfires kindled with the
debris OF their former homes. Others
sat clustered together and wondered
how many more will be found among
the dead.
The property loss cannot be safely
estimated for reports are In confic,
II Is safe 10 estimate the figure az or
around a million. The larges, single
loss vii probably fall on the Never.
Nevill Hardware company. Tn. I'm.
stitu'ion Is IN a totally collapsed con.
dltion. The building il n brick hcap
The Meridian Fertilizer company', =,
loss is almos' total T. was this build
Ing thar me storm first struck In its
mad frr', going then in nor'hcrlv
direction. ~" wind wound it, WAY
through nCcrp settlCm'n' Little il
known of the loss ~ lifr there. The
property loss VIII not be- great
The power station VAS Sisited, and
while the tall chimney escaped the
fury OF the wind. yet other parts of The
plant were 90 demolished IL IL stated
that IL may be- ten days before II IL
possible to rC-os;aOlish its lighting IA
Critics.
90
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06

South Rend. Ind. March 5-The
s"'. h.;r.ss % Mr-. Maria Corsa who
died IN New York ~ starvation al.
though tho carpets ~ her mansion
wrr" lined with trade dollars and So.
curi'ios. has been found In Mrs Re
hoCCa LAGER. aged 60 years. ~ South
Bend The h'rcr Is niece Of the &C
centric woman. aui she comes into
ro- ,..ipn . m estate worth $50.
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
EloUed with Brothers wife.

Lima. o.. March 3. Having eioped
with his brothers wife from q Wis.
consin town week ago. Clyde Parker
met the two on the street here and
severely assaulted his kinsman. Frank.
The woman tainted and all three were
placed under arrest. The deserted
husband. with his sister. has been
tracing Mrs Parker. hut both were
surprised 20 learn that her companion
was their own brother.
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
Aeeeots oiIIette's Resignation.

Washington. March 5.-The presi-
dent has decided 10 accept the resig.
nation Of Major Charles Gillette. engi'
neer corps. United States army, and
the secretary ~ war accoriingiy has
written Major Gillette a letter accept
ing hi r..i-na'iuu Major Gillette
few days ago WAS appointed super
intcnd"n, 81 The Philadelphia filtration
plAnt
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
Aced Powder Maker Dead.

YOUNGSTOWN. -. March John Fa-
gan, aged =. f.r fwoniy.five years
n powder ua rr a. the works ~ the
ohio Powder company a. Dpughton.
is al of pneumonia During the
TIM b." vi. employed there The pow
der work has" ro1" MP ~ hast a half
dnlcn times. but be- ESCAPED all inju.
riC4
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
Life Loss win Reach fco.

New Orleans. March "a special
from MERRIAM says tat Wailc much
confusion prevails ana q allied Ii,
of casualties are SUI unobtaiEa' .e,
the loss of liir Ia the storm will, II l.
believed. reach loo with dIu5c tiat
number inquired The tcl, .sapalc s.. p.
vIce cut Il M,rl.,idn IL still ,ugsu..'.I,.
Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-06
MERIDIAN SWEPT BY
A TERRIFIC CYCLONE
Left Death And Destruction In
Its Waks.
REscUERs WORKED AL NIGHT
Number OF Lives That Were Lost and
the Extent Of Property Damage Has
Not Vet Been Asesrtained--Storm
Came Suddenly.

Came Suddenly.
Memphis, March a special to the
Comhcrc:alAppcal from Meridian.
Miss, says.
a tornado in the wake ~ which fol
loves death. TIRE and property loss IN
sum not To Be estimated AT this hour.
and confusion descended about D. IL
Friday and plouHhed a pathway from
the southern ~ the eastern suburbs
IL the city.
a, "A m the city was in darkness.
the local guards by campfire patrolled
ar area OF debris and wreckags from
the Meridian Fertilizer company on
the south. to the Meridian cotton mills,
In what Is known as Georgetown, an
eastern suburb VI the city
Tle known dead are.
Ta'riCk MC,,iunis. local freight con.
icC',I Oh Mobile and OniJ, killed III
E.l.r, = restaurant.
NJ, e " SlI -..tun and little grand
daG..',r. allied IL home b! Iali.n- VI
;hc root
John smith. of Selma. engineer on
So .,.n. k,ilyd In E!rircs rcstau.
rant
Nt''iam X Nelson. cN-chiof Uf pn.
It.. t.,I IN Thornton transfer Sta
ii.
I.H,, Officer Tarry, kil!,l in Thorn
-,-.- ;.a'~'. stable.
..I Williams. h.'cl in M,.orI3'.
~, .arawar, store.
-. lutu,Wh r,-.or> au3 whites
i| 90 Gr...,'uvl. co',n mih
~ Gu.a,wn billed in tnc f,rrtllie:
a., ,,..r.c'.
-, injured:
-- Strr,:. clerk Nv Orleans and
Mr., eastern freight depot
". j. Wool.idc, clerk in I, s,aurant,
hurt internally
Frank Woodruff. NJ Admission. Ala.
boo Keeper, NclcrNcyille hardware
company
" \ Gayr,tt. uisht Cl,rh In Cam.
erpa.> restaurant. lcg broken and Sc
r:ou, r.jUr-d oth'rwisc.
Grat, Stone negro, leg broken and
au-t M. rudlly.
Dean. an operator ~ the No
~, and ohio freight depot. hurt IN
t,.i''ly
C.,u.l Charles Elmirc slightly In
jur,
= 80 p N. the clouls bean 'o
gg They came hUrricdly an
hu,,r,l close and black over the cit,
At >, the storm came. II vas c~'i
mated a, being of I minutes duration
During this Inn" reign ~ terror pr
vailed The air was flied with mis-
siles of death IL seems remarkable
that NOR" people did no. meet death.
i rain I'll s;,at!!y for one hail
hour. following the tornado. az /; q
al e.prt % paiiiatl the tenor and aii
IN a., supp. ,,Ion uf m. lnnumcraa..
f1r.> tra' were Sprinring up. VILE
Ncr.G.an na, suffered 'h' great a.
as'cT II ~ y.9r. - -. l. not help
les r,l',,r IN di.tg.,-. except IN
s,m,s.t Will rr. Vs.. h,c luf
l.i' ... property
r-'s.l., F. run ~ 'Ho o't
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n.... COB. ..l 1s- 'oH.!.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
BIG PROFIT IN THREAD,
Little Half-Cent Duty That Might Be
Investigated BY Congress.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
& p. Coats, limited, thread manufac-
turers, with some factories in Scotland
and many in the United States. made a
profit approximately $15,OO0,OOO last year
on $50,000,O00 of capital Fifty-dollar shares
of the company sell in the market at
$677. so.
The duty on thread in spools of 100
yards or less is " cent a spool
All huge profits are by no means due
to the special advantages given by tariff
schedules, but profits like this are due
to something very special in the organiza-
ton of the business, to something that is
worth seeking for and finding and elimi-
mating if possible.
The big profits are not themselves evil,
but the fact that they are collected from
the spools of thread which form part of
the material of so many other industries
and which are used so inevitably in every
home, however poor, is at least a pre-
sumption of evil.
Compared with the Coats company, the
American Thread company. itself a pre-
tentious combination, is but an infant.
But event it, on its par capitalization Of
scme 100000, made about 81, 100000 last
year The Coats figures probably give a
much better idea of the ratio of profits
to actual Investment.
The half a cent a spool duty mani
testify deserves the careful consideration
of Congress when 1t takes up the question
of tariff revision.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
CHILD LABOR IN MILLS.
Twelve Hours at Night for SO Cents
and Mile Walk Home.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
BY working two shifts a day we get
our money for per cent
In these words a silk manufacturer
in the hard coal regions summed up all
of the reasons which result in the bar
barisms of the silk mill night shifts.
Throughout the hard coal field silk
mills ave been set up in every little
town to take advantage of the "cheap
labor" and because children are SO
very cheap and parents so very indif-
ferent the manufacturers work their
mills day and night, and by using the
machinery twice each day they get their
money for per cent"
All night long children stand by the
frames and work-little children who
should be in bed with the sun. In 1902
the Anthracite Strike Commission found
Helen Sissack. a mite of a girl who, for
year, had been working might shifts =
She gave her age as eleven. For twelve
hours she toiled in this mill, then walked
over mile of barren fields to her home
For this labor she received 3 cents an
hour.
A visitor to one of the mills reports
that many of the children on the night
shift have to tie back their skirts to
keep them from catching in the ma
chinery when they lean over.
1t is scarcely two months since the
writer stood at midnight near one of
these silk mills and saw a girl, with
dress to her knees. come out of The
mill and go off into the night with a
gang of coarse men and boys.
The night work is very hard and try
ing.
Said one boy: II used to work in the
mill, but 1 went to a breaker last sum-
mer. The mills all right for a while
but yer back gets sore and yer feet ache,
and then sometimes you get rotetn silk.
Amt so bad when you get good silk, but
when you get rotten silk it's tough"
One chilly morning in the early spring.
when the wind was bowling and the snow
falling thickly, a tiny girl crept toward
the Priceburg mill, on the outskirts of
Scranton. She had nothing over her
fimsy dress except a little shawl, which
served as a covering for her head and
shoulders. 1t was 6:15 and the night shift
was still working; therefore she stood by
the wall of the mill and waited.
How old are your" I asked.
Fourteen"
1t seemed wrong for she was such
little thing.
How long have you been working
here?"
Three years and half.
How old were you when you start
do"
Thirteen"
In the meantime the law has advanced
the age one year. from thirteen to four
teen. If the mite of humanity has aged
only one year in the last three and
half calendar years what will her
progress be by 1909? After serving this
hard apprenticeship of three and half
years her wages were $3.50 a week, but
then she comparatively fortunate.
for the beginners get but 81 a week.
Then 1t was $50 and time for the night
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
"Tom" Reeds Estate.
From the Washington Herald.

From the washington Herald.
This is to record the deed of an honest
man. His name is Augustus G. Paine,
and Thomas Bracket Reed made him ad-
ministrator of his estate. When Mr.. Reed
died in 1902 the approximate value of his
estate was 5000, 900. Last week Mr.. Paine
made an accounting To the widow and
showed her that she was worth $500, 600,
which represents the original investment
holdings of the estate and the profits
from these and other investments made
by Mr. Paine. The greater part of the
estate left by the former Car of the
House was in railroad securities, and MIR.
Paine, as executor had entire charge of
turning these into cash. When asked
about the Reed estate Mr. Paine con-
firmed the report of its size. and added:
1T is true that Mrs. Reed is now in
very comfortable circumstances. What
ever | have done for the estate ! have
done gladly. Mr.. Reed was one of my
greatest friends" Mr.. Paine is not known
in Washington, where friends Of the late
speaker abound by the hundred, but if he
should come here there is no doubt at all
that he would be welcomed by them as an
honest man. Mrs. Reed is now living in
the old family home at Portland Me. Her
only daughter not long ago married d
captain in the army. 1t was thought ;or
a long time that she would marry a prom
inent western member of Congress who
was an idolator of her father.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
Pointed Paraqrapns.

From the Chicago News.
Nightmares are evidently in the dark
horse class.
OF two evils. choose neither; both viii
come home to roost.
Some people wish you well outwardly
and otherwise inwardly.
It's wise boy who knows enough TO
laugh at his fathers jokes
1t is we'll to investigate an oil well that
won't bear looking into.
Distance lends enchantment to the view
of a friend who is always in need.
Some men are as anxious to get into the
limelight as others are to dodge it.
Many so-called charitable man draws
the line when it comes to buying his wife
new clothes.
A woman seldom listens to a mans eX-
PLANTATION. yet it makes her angry If he
refuses to offer one.
An Ohio man recently made strenuous
effort to drown his sorrow by pushing his
mother-in-law into the river.
If a girl can pass the thirtieth annive9-
sary of her birth without being detected
she begins to look upon the family record
as ancient history
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
1T KILLED THE BILL.
Ready Wit of Legislator Spoiled Effect
of MasterfuI Speech.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
Ready wit in the form of ridicule is
many times more effective in a legislative
body than the most eloquent and carefully
studied speech. The late Hon. Lewis Bar
ker of Bangor, Me-. who from 1850 to 1890
was one of the best known campaign ora
tors in America, was ever ready to turn
any opportunity of this kind to advantage
true incident is told of him, to apprc-
ciate which it is only necessary to realize
that a Maine legislature is composed
chiefly of farmers, and also that it is GUS
tomary in rural districts to plant pump
kins between the rows of corn as they
grow in the field.
In 1866 Mr.. Barker was member of the
Maine senate from Penoboscot county. In
the same senate sat the Hon. A. G. LIE
Broke of Pscataquis county and be-
tween the two lawyers existed a friendly
rivalry. LIE Broke was at one time deeply
interested in the passage of bill which
Mr.. Barker opposed, but for reasons of
his own did not care to speak upon. lie
Broke had prepared masterful speech,
which he delivered and closed with the
usual imprisoned appeal to the farmer,
saying:
Il call on the farmer of Maine for help
in the passage of this bill. And why
should l not appeal to the farmer? What
man on this floor has better right to
claim the earnest and hearty sympathy of
that noble body of men? | may truly say
that | am a farmer myself. My earliest
recolections are filling the SOIL blowing
the fields, hoeing the potatoes, milking the
cows doing the daily chores, and raking
the hay. In fact, Mr.. President and fell
low-senators l may say 1 was brought up
between two rows of corn
As the applause which followed the close
of lie Brokes remarks died away, dis
tinctly audible voice was heard from the
seat of the senator from Penobscot:
"A pumpkin, by Georger'
And lie Broke's bill was utterly lost
from that moment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
The Peacock's Voice.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
She was a very beautiful woman, and
she was very beautifully dressed. Sh
entered Randolph street theatre at last
Saturdays matinee with a woman friend
and handed her seat checks to an usher.
AS she swished and frou-froued down the
aisle, she appeared a personification OF all
that is exquisite.
The usher, the beauty and the friend
arrived at the fourth row from the foot
lights. The usher turned down the seats
and bowed low as he handed back the
checks. The beauty spoke:
rs them seats ourn?" she demanded
shrilly.
The usher did not vince. He bowed
thrice as low as before.
Them seats is yourn," said he
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-16
Young Harriman's Nerve.

From the New York Times
Lakewood, N. because he did not
even vince while the doctor was reducing
a fracture of his left collar bone, Roland
Hartman, the 10-year-old son of r. III.
Hartman, is a hero to his schoolmates at
Pine Lodge school. six miles from here.
Roland Hartman was thrown from his
pony Saturday while out riding with sew
eral of his friends. At a narrow turn Of
the road near the school, he turned out
to make way for a farmers wagon. His
pony stumbled and rolled over into n
ditch carrying his rider with him. Young
Hartman was carried to the school by his
companions
DR.. Charles L. Lindley of this village
was summoned to attend him, and ne
found that with the exception of "A bro
ken collar bone, the boy had escaped Sc
rious injury.