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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-27
MAY Blame
MExICANS
SUSPICION LURKING THAT THEY
SHOT UP
TiNory FAyoRs SOLDIERS.

Drift OF Senator Forakers Gresham
ination Indicates he IL Building
Case Against Mesicans Residing il
and About Brownsvilie-wihite Ser
sesns Tessities Shooting II Night
Common. 4 4
WASHINGTON, Feb. The sus-
pscion appears TO be lurking In the
minds Of some members OF the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs that,
after All, 4 may. have been d gang Of
Mexicans. and not American soldiers.
who shot up the town OF Brownsville.
Tex 1,he drift OF many Of the sues!
tons Of Senator, Foraker. IN his cross.
examination of ormer soldiers indi--
Gates that he is building up a case
along this line
Many soldiers have testified 6thay
thought the shooting was done by cit:
tzens OF the town or By the aaexicans
and there has been much detailed ties.
!timony 10 show how easy it was for
these 'sreasersr to obtain old shells.
etc, and even CASTOR military mi
forms. Senator Foraker has asked
many questions concerning the Mexi.
can soldiers stationed across the Rio
Grande. at Matamoros, and as to the
character OF their guns and ammunt.
ton.
+ IL. ~ -. ll ~ ~
Whether this affair, before 1t Is done
with, will lead to an international. com.
plication, remains TO be, seen. 1t has
not been intimated that the Mexican
soldiers had anything to do with the
shooting. but that the Mexicans living
in and about Brownsville were able to
procure ammunition from the Mexican
soldiers, and the tendency throughout
the hearing has been to show that
Mexicaiis, instead Of soldiers, shot up
the town.
White Soldier TestiHes.
The testimony adduced yesterday
was still sfnrther favorable to the sol
diers. sergt Francis L. Altman
twhite), of the Hospital Corps. was
the first witness. His statement be-
fore Inspector General Darlington was
put in evidence. and he was cros.ex.
amined upon 1t by Senator Foraker.
He said shooting at night was COM
mon in Brownsville, and that the citi.
zens had had trouble with the white
soldiers.
Altman had been in Brownsville for;
two years. He heard two shots conn!
ing from the direction Of the quarter;
masters corral. which might have
come from the country road beyond
where witnesses have testified the
first firing was heard. II sounded like
automatic pistols Witness told OIL
two women coming to the hospital
during tile shooting and asking to be
allowed to sleep there. SO they would
be safe. One of the women said the
people OF Brownsville We're shooting
up the town.
Altman's Testimony before Gen. Gar.
lington, which went in the record,
showed that he had said there were
two women who sought refuge in the
and that both vera colored.
One was the wife OF soldier. and AIT.
man said before Gen. Darlington that
she was drunk and historical. She
said the whites were trying to kill all
The colofed people. The sergeant Of
he guard took them away.
White Troops Had Trouble.
Altman told of trouble between the
citizens and white soldiers at the op.
$500
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-27
Three Fined for DRUNKENNESS.

Mike Bradley was a plain drunk
that was fined six dollars. Mike was
a polite prisoner and had the cash.
Louis Berry was another plain drunk
that was fined six dollars.
Mike Kenick was fined six dollars
orsbetng drunk.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-27
RonIey's BOYS.

The Wheeling News of February il,
has the following notice: "a thor
onshly enjoyable entertainment was
given Saturday evening by the Roney's
Boys Concert Company. The boys
are Master Garyln Power, first so.
prano; Master Glen Sherwood, second
soprano; Master Walter Allen, first
alto; Master ernest Huyck, second
alto, and Master Walter Llenke. cor.
net and second alto. The boys are
under the personal management of
Henry B. Roney. aud the manner Id
which they are trained reflects infinite
credit on their Instructor. A particut
larly fine impression was made by
Master Garvin Power, who possesses
an unusually fine soprano voice, and
the programme was highly 'appreciat.
ed by the large audience present. At
the Normal tonight b
49, = - ----------- e.
AT this season of the year the can
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-27

An aitiele relative to the alleged
plans Of the B. and o. to cut Its pas.
senger service to meet the require
ments occasioned by the passage Of
the two cent fare bill is going the
rounds, each town inserting It's own
name IN the closing paragraph as fol;
lows:
II the service is cut down, 1t Is not
known lust how much
will suffer. It is believed, however
that no local trains will be cut OF as
nearly every train running into.
is a money.maker.
i each train that runs into all the
towns and cities Of West Virginia Is
fnoneHmaker and will mot be affect
ed by tho two cent fare law. who has
any right to kick?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-27

Since the above editorial was writ
ten and put in type, the board OF health
has reported that the poisoning OF
the Boyce family was not caused from
wood alcohol, as the following dis.
patch dated at Parkersburg shows.
"The board of healthsof Writ coun.
ty has completed its investigation OF
the cause of the four deaths at Pales.
tine on Saturday and Sunday in the
family Of E. s, Boyce, and has found
that the wholesale poisoning was not
due to wood alcohol. as WINS at first
suspected, but to poisoning from eat
ing kraut. AS a. test which would sat.
isfy the most skeptlcal that the deaths
We're not due to poisoning from wood
alcohol, several members of the board
drank some Of the alcohol which was
found at the Boyce home without caus.
ing the Ieast sickness, and which PROV.
ed to be grain alcohol. The suspicion
which existed on Monday that foul
play might have entered the tragedy
has been entirely allayed."
II the finding Of the board of health
is true, the man who is responsible
for the stories sent out concerning
the affair ought to be punished Sc.
verely, il there is any law covering
the case. 1t is due the character OF
the dead father that he be exonerat.
ed. Now, the questions arise. did the
father drink of the grain alcohol and
give 1t to the children and did the
mother touch neithor the alcohol nor
the krant! Again, do eight months
Old babies in Writ county eat iuaut?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-27
twenty Minutes e clean Gun.

Temple Thornton. formerly a corpor
al of Company D. was called to cor
roborate testimony given by nun
BIER of his former comrades, He ses
timated that twenty minutes was the
shortest time in which a gun could be
cleaned If shot only once. He was ask.
ed by Senator Foraker IL he had ever
seen a commissioned officer clean q
rife. he witness had not, and Sen.
ator Foraker said: 4
1--WE are told that one Of or gen.
erals can clean gun in two minutes
81 work for him the rest OF my life
If he can do 1t in two minutes, or
five minutes, or ten minutes. = replied
the witness. 'If he cleans gun in
ten minutes, he breaks the record
Senator Foraker smiled, and said
to Senator Scott:
"1'll give $1,000 to charity II the gen.
eral mean can clean gun in ten
minutes. l doubt whether he could
clean a gun in an hour"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-27

Mr.. Ellis Goedecke went TO Wells
vile, \. " yesterday, on a business
trip.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
State Closes i'm the Hay
wood Case: Defense
to be Opened Monday

Senator Borah for the state argued
HaywoOd's connection had been indie
pendently shown, and that Orchard S
testimony had been corrobOrated by
Independent circumstances and evil
dence, and submitted a general argu-
ment of the existence of a general
conspiracy, in which Haywood was a
participant He declared take which
trail you will, it always leads
back to Denver" In San Francisco.
Orchard is sustained by party whom
we contend is a member of this con-
spiracy, and how, We have shown not
as Harry Orchard or Thomas Hogan.
but as Jack Dempsey and Harry
Green, money was sent him by Petit
bone, who committed forgery in
doing so
Mr.. Borah contended that the fact
of being in Alaska. when really in
pursuit of former Governor Steunen-
berg, was A circumstance. independ-
ent of Orchards testimony. that con-
nected Haywood with the crime
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
BY Associated Press.

Boise, Idaho, June 21.-When the
state closed its case in the Hay
wood trial today, the defense
made an unsuccessful effort to have
Inc court direct the jury to acquit
Haywood on the grounds the state
had not proved its charGis. but Judge
Wood ruled the defense must meet
with evidence the case the state had
presented and Haywood's counsel will
make an opening statement and pre-
sent the first testimony on Monday.
The prosecution introduced wit
nesses today to corroborate previous
evidence and then rested the case.
The motion to acquit was argued
by Attorney Richardson, and was
based on the Idaho statute. forbidding
conviction on uncorrOborated testt-
mony of an accomplice, quoting many
authorities that there must be con
vincing confederation, independent of
accOmpliceS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
NEW SEATS
ARE He RE
Pews of the Sacred Heart
Church to Be Placed in
Position.

It will De very pleasing 10 the Nom
pef5 81 the congregation of tho nov
sacred Heart church, which was re
Gently erected at the corner NJ
seventh avenue and jackson stree
70 learn that new peWs have arrived
10 De used in place of those NOW. in
use. The new seats. which are vary,
preItE III design. Will he placed in no.
SIloh at once, thus adding very much
10 the appearance of the interior {
me church, which is not yet quite
The ladies lawn party. held for rwo
days, the 18th and 18th. scored q e,,c
cess, having cleared something over
three hundred dollars. This is ev-
,eedingly gratifying. since the entnr.
alnment was given for the purDose
u paving for improvements ON tho
Interior of the church.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
They Will Discuss Tobacco
Growingy in This Part
of the State.
WILL DEVOTE THEIR TIME TO
TELLING WHY ESCAMBIA is a
GOOD TOBACCO SECTION. AND
HOW THE CROP SHOULD BE
HANDLED FOR PROFIT.

Congressman William Il. Lamar, &C
companied by r. W. Rowe, a govern
ment tobacco expert connected with
the department of agriculture, reach
ed the city last night and registered
at the Escambia. Today both will
deliver addresses at the armory hall
commencing at II O'Clock, and the
public is cordially invited to be pres
ent and hear the two gentlemen on
the subject of tobacco culture in
Florida.
Mr.. Lamar stated last night that
tobacco culture is interesting many
in this state, owing to the success at.
tanned in certain sections, and he had
requested the presence of Mr.. Rowe
On this occasion TO also address those
interested upon the subject
Mr. Rowe is stationed at TaIlahas.
see to overlook and supervise the cul.
ture Of tobacco in middle Florida
The addresses promise to be both in.
teresting and instructive.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
Liquor Men Expect Strong
Sentiment for Prohibition
i'm National Conventions

the presidential conventions of 1908,
speakers declaring that growth Of the
crusade against liquor will force the
party leaders to recognize the neces
Sity of placing some platform doc
trine" dealing with the subject before
the people at the coming election
These officers were elected: Presi-
dent, George +. Diertle, Cincinnati;
first vice president, William NJ Muir
ply, Chicago; second vice president
f. V. DOugherty. Philadelphia treas
urer, Ephriam Bryce, Philadelphia:
secretary. David StaUber. Cincinnati.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
ARE APPLYING
FOR PENSIONS
Many Escarnbia Residents
Will Be Benefited by
New Act.

IN many residents of Escambia county,
WIN De Denehciaries under the neT,
pension law, passed by the last laois-
/ idture' and since it has become KNOW
ma DlIhk forms for pension ann.
S%IIJnS mad been received by CjerI-
I 1IcIlIian, the latter and Denr,tI,
Hartsfeld have been busy aDswe Ti-,s
questions and filling out the an,,ii -
tionS for those who are eligible fo -,
the pension rolls. Already -
Der nave been received and viii
DC forwarded to the Pension Rosr5 ~
soon as the County Comroissio1ors,
pass upon them as required bv Law,
Under the old pension law not man.
OF the residents OF Escambfa conn.,,
were eligible, as it required 2 raej.
1ence OF many years, while the nras-
9hI law requires a residence of onI1
ten years in Florida. '-iiy
from present indications the non
9Ioh rolls OF this county will ba
q edtiy increased and amounts rang.
ng from 500 TO $3.50 per year re.
,elyed by many Veterans and widows
If Veterans
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
SUICIDE D
TWO SIERS
Their Grandma ALLEGES
That the GiNere
Badly Ire
BV 1sSOciate-

Chicago. June Ely of En-
ma PonteUs. 10 yearSTas taken
from the lake in Lintark last
night, and her elder Slara. TWO
years older. is missins parents
of the children think the girls
fell into the water. aT1he Other
was dOwned in a herd TO save
her sister
Mrs. Patrick Pontehdmother
of the girls, told the learlv To-
day that she believethev had
committed suicide behey had
been ill-treated.
Both girls had gonesoIn Park
after school. and werSeen by
Clarence. a twin BIRD Clara.
near the high bridge
. Charles POnteUs. this a ma
chinisU. The mother.wo girls
and the boy died fOJRgo. and
the father married ent wife
EwO years ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
NO ADVANCE IN
WAGES IN THE
SHEET TIN LINE
eY Associated 7rs.s

Plttsours, Pa, June 21.-There vii
Ue no ADVANCE IN wages in the sheet
ana TN mills OF the country this yeaI
ana no strike will follow the refusal
VI man uIacturers 10 cOncede the in
crease Of from to Is per cent Do
manded al the annual convention ~
the Amalgamated Association in To
Iedo. Negotiations for the adonrion
OF this scale have been carried on ali
the week in this city between ren~e.
SentatiVes of the Amalgamated Asco.
cIatlon OF Iron and Steel and Tin
workers and the officers of the Arar.
lean Sheet and Tin Plate Comnany
ana as a result of the conference las
year scale Will again obtain
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
A VALUATION
OF MILLIONS
Taft Considering a Claim
by Jesuits Based on
Philippine Land.
BY Associated Press,

81 Louis, June 31.-Secretary of
War Taft arrived to-day from Kan
sas City en- route to Washington. Dur
ing his stay of two hours, Festus ].
Wade was in conference with him rel
atlve to the dispute between the Phil
lpplne government and the Jesuit
fathers concerning the ownership of
SS,OOO,OOO worth of property in the
Philippine Islands. Mr.. Wade. who is
president of the Mercantile Trust
Company. represents Archbishop
Harty of Manila in endeavoring to Sc
cure settlement of the dispute. Sec
rotary Taft stated after his confer
ence with Mr.. Wade that he would not
render a decision until after his re-
turn to Washington
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
Friday Half Holiday i'm
Pensacola More General
Than i'm Any Past Years

The Friday half-holiday in Pensa-
cola is more general this season than
ever before. and many classes of bust
ness are adopting the holiday each
week. In addition to the retail dry
goods stores and barber shops, yester-
day witnessed the closing of the meat
markets and machine shops.
The former reached an agreement
several days since, and yesterday
morning the proprietors of the ma
tchine shops and founderieS came TO
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
AT LUNCH WITH
THE PRESIDENT
BY Associated Press.

Oyster Bay, June 21-President
Roosevelts first luncheon guests this
season at Sycamore Hill included the
French Ambassador and Madame
Jousserand, Herbert Knox Smith,
commissioner of corporations, and As
slstant Attorney General Alfred w.
Cooley, who has just returned from
an extensive southern trip, investigat-
ing the records of several federal Off
GERS under the department of justice,
against whom charges have been
made. Until action in each case is,
by the department.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
BY Associated Press.

Atlantic City, \. J., June Elm
lection of anti-Salcon sentiments into
the platforms of both the great
parties in the next national campaign
was predicted at last nights sessions
of the National Wholesale Liquor
Dealers Association convention in
this city.
A call was made for the federation
of the liquor interests in the United
States, not only 10 meet the present
sweep of prohibition agitation. but to
prepare to check the movement in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
Unexpected in East.

New York, June 21.-Deputy Presi.
-aens'S- J--keercnhsrhp OF the-sros>-
graghers' Union said today that there
would be no strike of the telegraphers
nlSan Francisco. He said that when
President Small made the statement
in San Francisco last night that a
strike would be declared today, the
union president had not been in
formed that a settlement of the diff
culties had been arranged through
the Offices of Commissioner of Labor
NeiH.
II did not send the report of the
settlement to President Small until
midnight last night" said Mr.. Koenen-
kamp today. and when he made the
statement that there would be a
strike in New York, to be followed by
a series in other cities, he had not
received my report"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
FIVE MEN KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
q Associated Pr.s.

naples, June PA most aDsIIinq
automobile accident occurred ar c.
naIIo, about ten miles distant fron,
naples. yesterday. five men heinz
allied Inc motor car. which was %
ing al high rate Of speed. ran into
q IoCk and was demolished. Among
member of the Italian nobi1ItI- -
related TO the Spanish ROYAL 5o,7- GU
on account of whose death tho ar Juse'
crazy OF the whole of lower Italy viii
be in mourninc- lay VIII
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
MARTIAL LAW
OVER RUSSIA
Program to Head Off Great
Agrarlan Disorders
Promptly.
JUDICIAL PROCESS SET ASIDE
BY PROCLAMATION OF CAR
WHENEVER ADMINISTRATIVE
MEASURES ARE DEEMED RET
TER FOR PUBLIC PEACE.
By Associated Press


! 81 petersburg, June 2I-Au fmna.
IIdI uhase has been issued to the gov
/ erhorS or the provinces of ArchanaaI
| -NoVSorOd, OlnetZ. PskOy. Rvazan
omolensk, Tver and YarosIav accord
ing them special powers, empowering
them to suspend newspapers. disDerse
meetings., Danish undesirable person :
ana take other measures for the
maintenance of public security nv al.
AIHISLTduVe process. without having
IeSorIed TO the courts, and to infIict
punishment up TO three months i'm
pIISohment and $500 fine. These prov
InceS include practically all those
parts or Russia where some form Of
martial law had not already been No
CANNED. The administrative poWers
of the governors correspond witb
those given under a state of "re-en-
forced security"
To Head Off Asrarians.
Inc step was taken to head off
Agrarlan disorders, the possibility of
"HIch, II is believed, greatly increased
the determination of the social demo- |
Gratis, social revOlutiOnfsts and Nom. |
Ders OF the group of toll to issue a /
Joint manifesto to the nation. urging /
cratic regim net to- 10 +aGeept the ..aristo-
na,,- l,t:e contemplated by me I
defend hD
ued OL popular representation ~
oice- The decision to Issue tbo
G on proclamation was taken durine
ne, , night. and the text is now bnin@
irafted H'" DelnS
Activity of Police.
ne national socialists. or social
eloIutlonlsts, have decided to isena
separate proclamation on simi1ar I
neS; ne delegates of the Orpaniya E
on nave for several days been vainTv '
ndeaVoring to hold conferancn ~ '
l. petersburg The police are Close {
on thelr trail, and have made Il
arrests and house searches e
oohs railroad officials and emnJovps 81
several prominent leaders any 81
any or the smaller fry have bann "
Pun p,u5e Inc railroad men cOntem.
80, -, uecldrlnS general strike. but Ie
ey are awaiting a more favoro bLI 81
pOrtunity. WI e'oie e2
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
BILLINGS IS
CROWDED WITH
HOME SEEKERS
BY Ak.ocIatea Rress.

Billings, Mont, June 21-Home-
seekers are fiocking into this city in
anticipation of the drawing for lands
In the Huntley irrigation project on
June 20. Yesterday more than 1000
homeseekers arrived. The hotels and
rooming houses are crowded to over
lowing, and the newcomers are being
forced to erect tents. Secretary of
the Interior JarIas r. Garfield will
proDaSly oversee the drawing. He
VIII ne accompanied to Billings by a
number officials from the reclama.
ton ser the forestry and land
ONCE ID penta
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22

an understanding that during the
summer season the employees should
be given a halliday for rest and recre-
alton, and no work done except in 4
case of emergency
As but few persons visit the city
on Friday afternoons, since many
places are closed, it is probable that
other lines of trade will soon com
mence closing, for but little business
is now transacted of d Friday after
noon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
Rv Asso-iaLc6 Press.

Washington, June 21.-The formal
announcement by ViscOunt Hayahi,
the Japanese minister for foreign at
fairs. in a Toxic dispatch published
to-day, that Ambassador AOn is &C be
retained at Washington, is regareI
here as clearly establishing the act
that the present Japanese minisTy,
headed by Marquis SaiOnjf has as
sured itself of the support of bth
the UniOnist and Conservative par.es
in its present attitude toward AIDr-
lea. For a time there was some ddbt
in Washington, even in the minds of
the officials at the Japanese embassy,
as to the power behind the denmd
of Count Okuma for the Substitution
for AGki at Washington, of Z ''gtrOS
man, by which term was mean
japanese committed in advance 70 he
policy of demanding for Japanse
from America full rights of citi2n-
ship, or residence, and of immifa-
tiOn
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
ASSASSIN OF A
COMMANDMENT TRIED
By Associated Press

Sevastopol, June 21-The assassin
of Colonel Guessekoffsky, the assist
ant harbor commandment of Sevasto-
pol, who was murdered here June 10,
has been condemned to death He
was tried by a regular courtmartial.
but procedure was as expeditions as
that of the abolished drumhead court
martial. The mutineerS of the bat
ueships Sinope and Tria Sviatitea
will be tried in July.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
To MEET IN
NEW ORLEANS
. Governors and Others are to
Discuss Immigrants and
Conditions.
RV Associated Press.

New Orleans, June 21.-AuguSt 2S
was to-day named for the Southern
States Immigration Conference here
20 investigate numerous reports OF
European immigrants being mistreat-
ed in the south. All southern gov
errors, senator's, congressman and
Immigrant and railroad officials are
Invited.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
AMERICAN SENDER
YACHTS FOR EUROPE
By Associated Press.

Marblehead, Mass, June 21.-The
American squadron of sender yachts
going to Germany and Spain this
year include Spokane I. owned by
Vice-CommOdore Lewis Clarke of the
Eastern Yacht Club; Chwink VIII
owned by F. G. McComber. Jr., Corin-
THAN Yacht Club; and-aI-..la1nhenll-
-s1.1e9s f.r ur-es I - ----@s : -lnHteT'
Marblehead Club.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
Golf CHAMPION Smith

Hoy Loke, Eng. June 2l-In tho
tnlrd round Of the professional oort
nam plonshIp today, Alec Smith. the
American champion. turned a -,
OF 81, making lis total 253 o- q
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-06-22
REMAINS IN
THE UNITED STATES
Japanese lingo Outweighed
by Conservative Trade
Considerations.

CABINET WAS ABOUT TO GIVE
WAY TO A POPULAR OuTERY,
AS SHOWN BY THE PAPERS,
STEPPED IN AND GAVE, ITS IN
FLUENCE TO CONTINUANCE
OF THE STATUS QUO.