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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
PUBLIC WORKS
BOARD IN
SESSION
Heard Reports Of Engineer
Rommel and of Inspec-
.tor Of scikHall.s

The Board of Pubic Works met in
regular session yesterday afternoon
with Mevor Bliss, Chairman Zelius
and Lee Daniel present
The report Sf Resident Engineer
Rommell was received in which he
stated that two new gangs lad been
employed on the sewerage work; that
eight gangs are now at work at pres
ent and that the work will progress
more rapidly in the future.
the resident engineer asked if tie
board wanted him 10 inspect the con-
nections from private dwellings with
the city sewerage system and the
board ordered that the city clerk
should notify all the plumbers that
the connections with the city sewer
age should be made in accordance
with chapter 81 of the code of ordi-
dances of 1902.
Petitions for the placing of the fol
lowing new lights was, on motion,
referred to the mayor for investiga-
ton: Fourteenth and Strong streets.
Fourteenth and Cervantes streets,
Fifteenth and Strong streets, Six
teenth and Strong streets
r. B. Reese then made his report
on the progress of the work on the
new city hall in which he stated that
there has been but little work done
since my last report owing to bad
weather On Tuesday, the 18th, the
contractor had all of the pressed brick
work taken down which l had con-
demned in my last report On We'd
nesday, the 10Th, the brick masons
laid the rough brick on the interior
of the cross walls and this work was
satisfactory"
A communication from A. V. Clubbs
was read asking the permission of
the board for the removal of st. An
thony hospital building from the cor
ner Of Garden and Biylen streets to
the northeast corner of Garden and
which the board granted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
NO INSURANCE
FOR NEGROES
The Increased Death Rate
Among Colored Race
Reason for Refusing
Further Risks.
Special to The journal.

New York, Jan. 2.-The increased
death rate among negroes" is the rea-
son given BIZ the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co. for refusing to accept
more applications for policies from
them. The Company now carries
more than $1,000. 600 worth of risks on
negro policy holders. The new Or
der went into force yesterday but the
agents assert that the reason assign
ed by the company is not the sole one.
The agents say that the negroes, most
of whom have industrial policies with
premiums of from fifteen to thirty-five
cents per week, frequently permit
their policies to lapse, but renew them
after a short time Upon renewals
the agents have made a percentage
that the company would have secured
had the policies not lapsed. After
yesterday all policies held by negroes
that arc allowed to lapse will be can
celled Notwithstanding the fact that
there is a state law prohibiting iRsur-
snce companies from discriminating
against negroes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
WAS
FOUND ON
BEACH
Captain Dixon Reed Saw Re-
mains of Unknown Vic
tim of the Sea:

While on the outside beach yes
terday Captain Dixon Reed found the
skeleton of some unknown victim of
the sea, probably the result of the visit
to this section of the September hur-
ricane
Captain Reed stated that there was
nothing on the beach or around the
bleached remains of the unknown by
which the body could be identified.
Nothing remained but the skeleton
which had been washed upon the
beach and left there by the tide. The
point where the skeleton was found
was some miles from the quarantine
station
The remains, it is believed, were
washed up by the hurricane of Sep
TENDER, but so fartas known no one
was drowned outside the harbor at
that time, and the body could not
have been carried cut by the tide
and then brought around to the point
where it was found 1t is therefore
evident that one more death occurred
during the hurricane than was re-
ported or else the remains are those
Of some sailor who was lost at sea
from some vessel proceeding out from
Pensacola and the body was carried
upon the beach by the tide, where
it remained until it became bleach
ed skeleton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
To
MURDER JAS.
SWEAT
On This Charge Sydney Viii
Hams and Will Brown
Will Be Tried To-Day.

On the charge of conspiracy to
murder James Sweat, the young man
who was shot from ambush near Mus
cogee five years ago, two negroes are
to be tried to-day. They are Sydney
Williams and Will Brown, the former
arrested at Muscogee a Gay previous
to the death of another negro in
Mississippi wanted upon the same
charge, and the latter arrested in
GUlfport a short time ago.
The trial will be a preliminary one
before the county judge and large
number of witnesses have been sum
moned from Muscogee and the sur
rounding territory, and it is expected
that there will possibly be some devel-
opnnents that will prove of interest in
this murder case which has so long
been shrouded in mystery.
Williams who was arrested at Mus
cogee has never left that place so far
as known since the murder, but when
arrested he was working in the mill
with a big revolver concealed in his
bosom. The other man has been work
ing in Mississippi for some years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
Congressman Livingston and
Harvie Jordan Ask For
Order Against the
Organization.
NOLONGER A
SPOT MARKET
Exchange Simply Maintain
ed for the Purpose of
Gambling in Staple.
CLAIMED THAT OFFICIAL DAILY
QUOTATIONS OF THE Elk.
CHANGE SENT DAILY THROUGH
THE MAILS, ARE FRAUDULENT
AND DO NOT REPRESENT Ac:
TUAL VALUE OF GRADES QUOT
ED.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Charging fraud
against the officers and members of
the New York Cotton Exchange and
requesting that fraud order be is
sued against them, Congressman Liv-
ingston. of Georgia, and Harvie Jor-
dan. of Atlanta, the latter president
OF the Southern Cotton Association,
filed papers in the case.
The charges include statements
that New York City is no longer a
spot market; that the cotton exchange
is purely gambling exchange and
that the grades of cotton tenderable
under the rules of the exchange on
contract are not fit for commercial
spinning and are only used to depress
prices of the spinable grades in the
south; that the official dairy quota
lions of the exchange sent through
the United States mails are fraudu-
lent in that they do not represent the
actual value of spot cotton but are
from s. to 81. 80 per bale less than the
value OF spinnabIe grades: that for
the last four months of 1906 there
were delivered from New York only
ten IlOuSdHQ anu UdlCo VI
spot cotton out of eight millions from
other markets and that of the present
stock only one hundred and fourteen
thousand bales are in New York,
seventy thousand of which is unspin-
nable.
The postmaster general is asked to
cause an investigation and is also ask
ed to compare the quotations of New
Orleans and other exchanges, and the
existing differences there and New
York between future" and contract
grades.
Along with the formal charges
many letters and affidayits were sub
mitted, and Representative Livings-
ton urged prompt action. Mr.. Cortel-
you said that charges would be given
attention by the department
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
SAVED TWO BOYS
FROM WATERY
CRAVE
Boat Overturned in Bayou
and Occupants were in
Water When Rescuer

By the timely arrival of John Kane,
of the launch Rover, two boys, one
the son of Mr.. Fowler residing at
Little Bayou and the other the son
of Judge Thos. Mccullough, deceased,
were saved from a watery grave Tues
day afternoon.
The two boys were rowing in Lit
tie Bayou in racing boat or shell
and were near the middle oil the bayou
when the boat capsized, throwing
both in the water They screamed for
help, but there was no one near ex-
cept Kane, who runs the launch Row
er for the county, and at the time
had barge in tow. AS soon as he
saw the plight Of the boys he cut the
tow line and made for the young
men, reaching them when their heads
were barely above water. They were
clinging to the capsized shell, and the
latter was under water and not suffi-
cient to support their weight.
Both were taken aboard the launch
and although they suffered some from
their stay in the cold water had re-
covered from the shock when landed
ashore.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
Prominent Man Seriously
Wounded at La Grange, Ga.

Hill, who has surrendered and is in
jail, is a son of Solicitor General C..
d. Hill and a grandson of former
United States senator. Hill is a law
yer and is prominent in society and
politics.
DR. Ridley is a son of DR. z. NJ Rid
ley chief surgeon of the Atlanta and
West Point railroad and is twenty
three years of age
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
Containers of Food Products
Must Bear Formula of
the Contents.
PENALTY FOR
FAILURE HEAVY
Recent Enactment of Con.
gress Will Be Far-Reach-
ing in Its Effects.
LAW APPLIES ONLY TO ARTICLES
OF INTERSTATE COMMERCE
AND DOES NOT AFFECT FOOD
PRODUCTS MADE AND SOLD I'M
ANY ONE STATE EXCLUSIVELY.

The Pure Food law, enacted by the
last congress, went into effect January
LIST, and the manufacturer or shipper
OF goods from one state to another
who fails TO label the goods properly
stating what is contained in the can,
package or bottle, will be severely
punished
The new law covers canned goods,
syrup, pickles, drugs, etc, and in fact
everything that is manufactured for
food and is wide reaching in its eff
feet, especially upon some of the man,
ufacturers of patent medicines. Disc
tillieries also come in for their share,
as they must label their whiskey, and
the breweries their beer, each stat
ing the amount of alcohol and such
othe- substances as may be contained
in the product. Those who eat can
ned goods hereafter can see by the
label what they are eating, and those
who take patent medicines can also
find out of what the medicine is made.
The law does not cover the sale Of
goods manufactured in the state and
not shipped to an adjoining state, but
simply applies to interstate com.
merce Goods now on hand must be
marked ION hand January l." so that
inspectors in visiting the places where
such goods as come under the law
are kept may see that they were not
shipped into the city after the date
the law became effective.
Some of those who are in the habit
of consuming patent medicines will
be surprised that some of the tonics
which have been received here dur
ing the past day or two contain a
label stating that they contain GER
tain percentage of alcohol, morphine
Dr. cocaine. In one instance a RENE
iy received here stated that it con-
tanned 16 per cent of alchohol.
Those who eat canned goods will
also have the satisfaction of knowing
hat they are not consuming animal
1esh which is not usually consumed
)y humans, and if they see fit to par
axe of poisonous compounds will do
70 with full knowledge of the fact.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
Hon. William B. Sheppard
Announces Candidacy for
Another Term.
TERM OF PRESENT APPOINT
MENT EXPIRES DURING FEB
RUARY-MR. SHEPPARD SEcUR-
ED MUCH PROM INEN z
THROUGH SUCCESSFUL HAN
DllNG OF THE RECENT PEoN-
AGE CASES.

Hon. William B. Sheppard, United
States District Attorney for the
Northern District of Florida, who has
held that position for the past four
years, yesterday stated to Journal
representative that he would be a
candidate for re-appointment at the
hands of the president. This state
ment was made when the subject was
preached in the Office of the district
attorney yesterday afternoon and he
was asked whether or not he would
come out as candidate for reap
pointment.
The term of Office of Mr.. Sheppard
expires during the first portion of next
month, and it is expected that shortly
afterwards, or possibly before that
date the president will announce his
choice for the position. So far as
known the present incumbent has no
opposition for re-appointment, and
unless some opposition developes be-
tween now and the date that his term
of Office expires he will be one of
the Florida Republicans to go into
Office without a fight.
Mr.. Sheppard has been in public
service for the past fourteen years,
ten of these years being spent in APP
where he held various posi-
tons, including that or collector of
customs. He was q resident of that
city. when appoints TO an tYfe posif ton
Of United States district attorney,
made vacant by the death of Hon.
John Eagan, who mad held the Office
for long period Of years.
Since ne has held the position Mr..
Sheppard has devoted his entire time
and attention to the duties of the Of
ice, and his excellent work in the
Of the peonage cases
brought him into prominence not only
n this district, but also in other Sec
tons of the state and in Washington,
and should there be opposition to his
his friends believe that
It will take an exceptionally strong
to receive the appoint
nent over his head, but they do not
any opposition.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
CAUSE OF THE
COAL FAMINE
ax Associated Pres.

Washington, Jan. 2.-lnterstate
Commerce Commissioner Lane in his
report of the investigation of the coal
famine in North Dakota, filed with the
full commission to-day, says the prin-
ciple cause was such an abundance
Of west bound traffic at the head Of
the lakes that cars were not avail
able owing to the congested condition
of the terminal That there is a
shortage trust" was not proven. Lane
saws, but positively evidenc of an
agreement to maintain prices and to
boycott was secured.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
SHIPMENTS OF
FLORIDA FRUITS
Special to The journal.

of sixty per cent of the Florida citrus
fruit has been shipped for the season
and eighty per cent of the orange
crop has been forwarded to northern
markets. The shipments of fruit have
been very heavy since the season
opened. Pineapples are now being
shipped to New York In large quanti-
ties via the Clyde Line and celery
which is now ripening will be for
warded in large quantities at the end
of this month.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
TTIIRTY-THREE KILLED
IN ROCK ISLAND WRECK
Bodies of Nearly all of the Victims Were Burned to Ashes
Accident Due to Collision of Passenger Trains
In Cut Near holland, Kas

The other white man was a tramp
>iding the baggage car of the north
bound train
Most of the injuries were caused
by the action of the emergency brakes
throwing people from their seats or
berths. One passenger claims he
saWs5a woman and baby burned in the
chair car, but this is discredited. All
in the chair and other cars, save the
negro porter, were taken out.
John Lynes, operator at Volland,
says the stop signal was displayed for
No. %, the southbound train, but was
disregarded. He fed but was arrest
ed later at Alma, ten miles away.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
NARROW ESCAPE
Of A LITTLE
GIRL
Hack Driver Ran Over the
Wheel Owned by Little
Doris Jeanette.

Little Doris Jeanette had a narrow
escape yesterday afternoon from
serious injury by being run over by a
public hack near the corner of Pala
fox and Zarragossa streets, and only
saved herself by jumping from her
bicycle The latter was badly shat
tered by the horses attached to the
vehicle. Jas. Lewdy, colored, driver
of the carriage was arrested
According to statements of specta-
tors and the little girl, who was with
d friend, she was riding east on Ear
ragossa street towards Palafox, in
tending to turn into that street, when
the carriage driven by LewGy came
down PalafoX street at a fast pace
and suddenly turned into Zarragossa
street
The little girl, who is about twelve
years of age, saw that unless she
jumped and left her wheel that she
would be run down, as the hack was
only a few yards distant and coming
at a high rate of speed, so she jump
ed from the wheel and escaped with
out injury The hoofs of the horses
struck the wheel before the driver
brought them to a stop, and the BIZ
cycle was badly smashed.
Fred Humphreys, who was near
and who was an eye witness, arrest
eG the negro and escorted him to the
police station, where he was docket
ed ON the charge of fast and reck-
less driving.
The little girl then told her story
of how the accident occurred to Mar
shall Frank. and she will appear at
a Witness in the recorders court this
morning, when the negro will be tried.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
ORGANIZE TO HUNT
WOLVES IN CANADA

Kingston, Ont, Jan. Evolves are
becoming so numerous all over the
province that bands of men ar organ
lied 70 hunt them To-day upwards of
seven hundred men collected at Owen
Sound to hunt larke pack of wolves
which are causing great destruction
in the district
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
BIZ AssoeIated Press.

Topeka, Kan, Jan 1.-Two white
men, a negro porter and about thirty
Mexican laborers were killed and
fifty-fiye persons injured in a col
lision between two passenger trains
en- the Chicago, Rock Island and Pa
cific Railroad four miles west of Vol
land, Kan, this morning. The wreck
occurred on a curve in 3 cut
The Mexicans with white boss
were riding in the smoker, which
caught fire and burned so quickly
that the rescuers saved but seven.
The others were burned to ashes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
PRESIDENT HUBBARD
RESENTS THE CHARGES

New York. Jan 2-Walter J. Hub
bard, president of the New York Cot
ton Exchange, has asked Postmaster
General Cortelyou for copies of the
charges made against the exchange
upon which the request is based to
deny il the use of the United States
mails. He calls the charges 'unwar-
rantable attacks" and deplores such
assaults upon a chartered institution,
thirty-fiye years old. and with mem
<bership of unquestioned integrity. He
is proud of the past and present of
the organization
Mr. Hubbard says, They will pro-
tect themselves and Indignantly pro-
test against the calumny calculated
for their injury"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
THE HOURS OF LABOR IN
COTTON MILLS REDUCED
Special to The Journal.

Charleston. S. c.. Jan. 2.-The cam
paign against child labor is having
its effect in the cotton mills in this
state for it is now estimated that
more than two-thirds of the spindIes
have agreed to reduce the working
hours from sixty-six to sixty-four
hours a week and to sixty-two hours
in 1905 1t has also been announced
that the hours in 1910 will be sixty
but the scale of wages VIII not be al
tered.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
CONFIDENCE IN
HARVIE JORDAN
RY Associated Press.

Atlanta, Jan. PAT the annual
meeting of the Georgia division of
the Southern Cotton Association to-
day, NJ. L. Johnson was reelected
president, Rev. G. A Nunnally, vice
president, and John d. Walker, treas
urer- The secretary is to be selected.
1t was recommended that establish
ed warehouses be amply financed for
the protection of distressed cotton. A
resolution of confidence in President
Harvie Jordan, of the national asso-
citation was passed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
TERRIFIC RAINS
AT HOT SPRINGS
BY Associated Press.

Hot Springs, Ark, Jan. 1.-The
heaviest rain ever recorded occurred
here last night and today, and flood
ed Central avenue, the central thor
oughfare, six feet deep, filed cellars,
and caused loss to merchandise and
buildings of seventy-five thousand dol
lars. Three dwellings were destroy
ed. twenty railroad bridges washed
out and much other property damag-
ed. There will be no trains in or out
of the city until the water subsidies
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
RUSHING
TO NEW GOLD FIELDS
Special 20 The Journal.

MeIDOurne. Jan. Z.-PfOSpect0rS are
rushing to Tarnaguala where some
large gold nuggets were recently
found. The rush eclipses that of the
famous Bendigo scramble in 1S47 and
it is said that the new finding beats
any discovery yet made in this coun-
try. Two nuggets weighing respect
lively 967 and S32 ounces are on view
here
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
Tracts of Texas Lands Said.

Houston, Tex. Jan Over 2O0. Goo
acres of land were sold by public auc-
ton yesterday. The purchasers have
forty years to pay for the land which
is situated in the Western part of the
state. Large tracts of land still re-
main for occupancy in this state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
TRAIN ROBBER
is CAPTURED
BY Associated Press.

Roanoke. Va, jan 2--The fugitive
who on Sunday night held up and rob-
bed the passengers of a Seaboard Air
Line train at Lacrosse, Va, was cap
tured tonight and fully identified by
the conductor. AS yet his name is
unknown.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
BLACKBURN SAYS
NOTE is FORGERY
BY Associated Press.

Raleigh, N. c., Jan. I'm reply TO
Governor Glenn's demand for his ar
rest on the charge of libel, Congress-
man Blackburn today stated that the
publication of the contest of the cleo
ton of Hacket, containing refec-
ton on the governor without his au-
thOrity, was forgery. Blackburn says
the genuine notice contained no re-
Elections.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
INVESTIGATING
THE B. & 0. WRECK
BY Associated Press.

washington, Jan. 2.-InvestigatiOn
to fix the responsibility for the wreck
on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad was
begun by cOrOner's jury today The
witnesses were three officials of the
road, none of whom gave any reason
for the wreck The inquest will oc-
cupy most of the week Fifty wit
nesses have been summoned. None
of the crews were examined today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
BY Associated Press.

La Grange, Jan. 2.-zDr. F. NJ. Rid
ley, Jr, was shot twice and serious
ly wounded by Harvey Hill, of At
lanta, at the home of c. B. Ridley an
uncle of the wounded man, where the
marriage of Miss Ellie Ridley had just
been celebrated The trouble Is said
to he a personal matter about which
nothing is yet known. The wounds
are considered fatal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
SeaIskins Cheaper.

London, Jan. AT hamshons sales
to-day sealskins fetched s22 while up
wards of seven THOUSAND sold for SIS
All the skins were Imported from
Japan. The Hudson Bal Company are
still holding their sto.k in reserve.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
ANNUAL PASS
RESTRICTIONS
Nv AssocIsted Press.

Grand Forks. n. Da-, Jan 2.-On an
uual masses issued TO members Of the
legislature and others by the North
prn Pacific and Great Northern Rail.
loads Is the following provision;
This pass is only good for trips
wholly within the state and not Tor
kny portion of an interstate trip; nor
tan baggage be checked or sleeping
ear reservation made for an inter
state trip"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
FAVOR A MINIMUM
PRICE FOR COTTON
Nv Associates Press.

Alexandria, La, Jan AT the
meeting of the Louisiana branch of
day resolutions we're adopted favOring
the fixing OF minimum price for cot
ton and that cotton seed oil be given
more attention by the general asso-
citation The work of President Jor-
dan was commended
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
NORWEGIAN BARK
A TOTAL WRECK
BY Associates Press.

Darien. Ga. jan 2EThe Norwe-
gian bark Memboard, of Grumstadt.
went ashore on Wolf Island beach
yesterday and is toSal wreck The
crew was landed safelI. The loss is
not known
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
WAGES INCREASED ON
FLORIDA EAST COAST
BY Associated Press,

St. Augustine, Jan. 2.@GeneraI
Manager PARROT. of the Florida East
Coast railroad. announced to-day an
advance OF seven per cent in the
wages of all employees, effective
January !.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-03
POISONED BREAD
SENT TO JEWS
By Associated Press.

/. Chicago, Jan, -Four men, said
to be members of the bakers union
have been arrested charged with put
ting acid and iodoform on hundreds OF
loaves of bread distributed to Jewish
residents. In the pockets Of the men
were found bottles of carbolic acid
and packages of iodoform-