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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Emhankmsnt Washed Out.

Natchez, Miss. Feb. A report
reached here Thursday morning that
the Texas and Pacific railroad en-
bankment az BOuger, La. on which
several levee contractors with large
outfits worked last summer and filled
has been washed out. The news
was not unexpected. as the embank-
ment had Just been completed when
the high water came down the river
Bouger is down in Concorda Parish
La. and the water Is backing up In
that parish. and the gauge at this
porI at o'clock in the morning stood
az ass feet.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02

toney Jerome announced that coun-
sci for the people and the defense had
decided to excuse from further service
on the jury Messrs David s. Walker
and Louis Haas. No cause was as
signed for their excusing. Mr.. Walk
er Is the son OF John Brisben Walker
and MIR. Haas would be excused
had been rife and there was but 1T
tie surprise in the court room when
the decision OF the attorneys was an
nounced.
The excuse Of the two Jurors. max
ing II necessary TO I'll three places
in the trial panel completely upset the
theory that the case might progress
Thursday 10 the opening address OF
the prosecution.
Both OF the released jurymen seem.
ed taken by surprise at the proceed
ings and quickly left the court house.
Oscar A. Pink. grain salesman.
46 years old. was chosen as a Juror
in the Thaw case. lie Is the tenth
man now In the box.
Wilbur +. Steele. a manufacturer (.
co years old, wa schosen early Thurs
day afternoon. lie is the eleventh
Juror now In the box.
A new panel has been ordered In
the Thaw case.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Total esp.ndItur. for Education

New York. Feb. 1t Is esti-
mated that the 'o,al expenditure for
all forms OF education in this coun
Try. public and private. in the year
1905. reached the sum Of 1875. 1896 %
lT3. This amount includes lG per
cent OF all expenditures for govern
mental purposes in this country. ma
tional. STATE and local. The state
ment was made by Elmore r. Brown
commissioner Of education. in an ad
dress at Cooper Union.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
viii Visit Paris.
Edward

London, Feb. king Edward
and Queen Alexandra are going 10
spend a week In Paris before the
opening OF parliament. Their ma
jesties start February 2. returning
probably February 9. The king will
be the guest OF Sir Francis l.. BERTHE
at the British embassy while the
queen will stay with the Earl and
Countess de Grey. who have resi-
dence in the French capital. There
had been no pervious hint OF the trip.
which Is described Officially as pure
ly personal and private. II is, how
ever. recalled that the previous Wis
its of King Edward 10 Paris have been
followed by the strengthening OF the
Anglo French understanding and the
general impression Is that the inter-
views which will doubtless occur be-
tween the king and President Fall
lieries, which assist In the extension
OF the understanding which some be-
lieve will ultimately result In an
Anglo French military convention.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Government MAY
DIG PANAMA CANAL
Administration May Not Lst
Work by Contract.
DECISION LEFT WITH ROOSEVELT
All Bids 10 % Work by Contract
May Be Rejected ana the Task &c
Put In the Hands Of Engineer Ste.
vens.

Washington. Feb. lit Is stu
possible that the admnistra ion may
determine 20 dig the Panama cana.
placing the work In the hands Of Chief
Engineer Stevens instead OF having
il done under contract. The final
decision will rest with the president
and the secretary Of war, and will de-
pend on their opinion as 10 whether
the administration is justified In ac-
ceptinG the bid to DO it by contract.
II was pointed out on high author
ity dat the government has not
promised 10 accept the bids of W. J.
Oliver. who has been given an op-
portunitN TO associate himself with
two other contractors TO 30 the work
at his bid OF ga per cent. The pres
ideut and Score AIRY Taft feel that
the question ~ cost IS not the one
thing alone 20 be considered, aud that
they would be justified in declining 10
enter into = contract o dig The canal
II they felt that the government in
,ercsts would Oe best subserved by
not doing so.
The following statement was made
public a. the white house by Secretary
Loeb:
Reports In he papers seem 70
indicate a belief that the canal con-
tract has been conditionally awarded
10 MIR. ,OIiyeE- This Is not so. No
decision has been made even that the
contract will he awarded 10 any Of
the bidders. Mr. divers bid was
so hopelessly defective that It could
not be even considered. and time was
given him 10 complete & In a shape
that will enable II ~ receive consider
alton. n II Is puJ into shape II viii
he considered, together with the BID
already made by the Gillespie Near
thur combination. which may itself
De altered. and then which ever bid,
afte rthc most careful examination,
seems most advantageous NAV De TAX
en-. or both bids rejected and Tho 81
nal he constructed under the direct su-
peryiSion OF the government. In such
case, the government would, wher-
ever Il chose, use contractors simply
as agents The real object in contract
ing the work. and the prime consid-
Grafton will be The ability and fitness
shown in a variety Of directions BY
the men making the bid The pres.-
den; and he commission would not
even consider a bid 81 merely one or
TWO men. The work Is alerady goini
well. Over half 4 million cubic
yards were taken out Of the Culeora
cut in January. and the amount being
taken out j. steadily increasing.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Purchase Coal Lands.

Nashville. Tenn. Feb. the
Southern Timber Land and Mineral
company Of Nashville. which Is head.
cd by Ex-Governor Mcmillan, Z"
Tennessee. Ia, purchased from the
C0nt.uenra, Realty company. OF Win.
chester. Ky, 80 900 acres OF coAl
and timber lands in Breathitt, knot'
and Perry counties, Kentucky, at .
cost OF one million dollars. Ihe
land involved In the deal lies pria.
cipally on the proposed extension o.
the Lexington and Eastern raHNosn.
and is the richest land In Goa! AAi
timber In the mountains OF eas' =
Kentucky. Saw mills will be erecsA
In the coal lands opened at once
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Interest in Murder Trial.

Rlverdale. y. H., Feb. Inter
est In the trial of DR.. James "
Simpson. accused OF numbering his
faiher-in law. BARLEY T. Homer. is
a. a high pitch because Of the fact
that the wife and mother-in- Law of
the accused man were expected 10
take the stand and tell their story of
the tragedy. DR.. Simpsons only
relative 10 come 10 him in his time
o; need has been his sister. Mrs
Bowman of Virginia. She has been
az ais side con .~0'Iv while the tria,
he-s been IS.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Lillian Russell Show Attached

Macon. Ga Feb. because the
business manager Of Lillian Russelrs
play, The Butterfly" at first refused
20 pay S. for a carriage ordered in ad
vance OF the arrival Of the play. pro-
ceedings were instituted by the
Mitchell Riley livery stable and the
property OF the play was attached.
During the early par; OF the perform
ance a bailiff stationed himself outside
the ONCE OF the opera house The
money was finally paid The carriage
went 70 - wrong depot az orders,
and hence be kick on payment.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Exports Of Manufacturers.

Washington, Feb. According %
statement issued by the bureau OF
statistics Of the department OF COM
niece and labor the exports 81 manu-
features from the United States in the
year just ended aggregated s5Is. 600. e
900. and formed IL per cent Of the
lotal exports The exports To Ell
rope aggregated in value S3lS, 5"3 ,ol7
North America SlS2 .l2l. no. Asia
SIS $50 25l South America sG4 32S. =
900. Ocsanica S29 III 707 and Afri-
ca sl2 .S21. ass.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
YOUNG WIFE KILLED
BY ANGRY HUSBAND
After Numbering Wife Man Then
Shoes Infant.
WIFE SHOT WITH BABY IN ARMS
Lilies TSen Fired Charge Into Baby
as u Lay by Its Dead Mother-Ths
Tragedy Occurred on the Porch OF
the Lilies Home.

Tragedy Occurred on the Porch OF
the Lilies Home.
waycross, Ga. Feb. 1.-The most
horrible crime this section has ever
had to record was the killing OF Mrs
Lilies aud the probably fatal shooting
of the I-months-old child by her hus-
band. n. T.. Lilies. The shoe Ing
occurred just after dark al the lIl-
les place on Eaton street, In 'he cen
ter OF the residence section OF the
city.
There vas no eyewitness TO the
killing. but the evidence before the
coroner's jury Is 20 the effect that l.il-
les placed a double barreled shotgun
n the left side Of his wife's face and
pulled the trigger. Mrs. Lilies had
her babe in her arms at the time.
and as she fell the babe was dropped.
The second barrel OF the gun Lilies
fred into the babe as II lay ON the
floor tearing itslefl arm of.
Lilies. according 10 the evidence Of
another family. who occupies part OF
the house In which he resides. has
often beaten his wife during the past
few weeks. and more than once has
threatened 20 Kill her and the babe.
Lilies came home drunk and locked
his wife up in a room, telling her tina
neither she or the babe would leave
the house alive. Shortly after he went
10 sleep. when Mrs. Lilies escaped
with her baby, going to the home OF
her uncle. Henry Arlington, ON Jane
street. She told him her husband
had threatened 20 Kill her, bal later
in the day Mr.. Arlington thought he
had settled that trouble by Mr.. Lilies
promising 20 agree to allow his wife
10 60 To her former home. near the
town Of Moul,rle.
Later Mrs. Lilies walked with her
husband up town. He stopped In 4
restaurant and secured his shotgun
and the two returned home together.
II was Immediately after they entered
the front porch OF their home that the
shooting occurred.
Mrs. Lilies was lying on the porch
with the side ~ her head blown away
and the baby was on the floor near
by with it's arm shot on The pow
der had blackened the wound. and
her hat was set on fire. The second
shot went through the baby's arm and
then through The floor. Lilies was
/ standing near the head of his wife's
body when arrested. and did not seem
10 he very much worried over the mat
ter. He said that he dropped his
gun and that the shooting was an
accident lie was not drunk when
arrested. but seemed 10 be recover
ing from his drunk OF the morning
The coroner's jury is in session. but
up 10 late hour no verdict had been
returned.
Mrs. Lilies was a daughter ~ Mr. a..
Johnson. who resides near Moultrie
and vas a granddaughter OF Mr.. Tom
Redding, prominent man Of that
section. She was a young woman
almost girl. and nelghbOrs say has
been good wife. II IS stated that
Lilies has been a habitual drinker
OF Juice" a substitute for whisky .
which Is sold here, and was drunk
or that CoucOCf!On
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Prohjhit Sale ~ Cocaine .

New York. Feb. 1.-The board O
health has added a section To the san
itsry code prohibiting the sale OF o.
caIne alone or in combination wiz
other substances AZ retail. ey 40
person IN the city OF New fork'
cept on prescription OF physieas'
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Steamer Fire Grows Nor. Serious.

Norfolk. Va. Feb. Reports
from Newport News 10 which point
the British steamer Inkula, bound for
Galveston 20 Liverpool, with a car
90 Of cotton and corn. was towed al.
ter putting back here LAST week with
FIRE in her cargo. are TO the effect
that the fire in the lnkula hold No. |
has grown more serious and the pros-
Pects are that the hold viii have 20
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
u.rhic, Of Not Guilty

Plttsburg. Feb. Tile jury !"
the case Of Lieutenant Ralpa W. W
~ and Private John Dowd, L. >. A.
charged with he murder OF WI
II. Crowley. citizen. have resssee
q vsrdict Of not guilty.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
Amhassaaor cr.el Visits BOO,

Washington. Feb. l.-Seaor En-
rique Crssl. the neW Mexican ambas-
saAor. has paid a formal ylsit 10 Sec
rs1axy Root.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-02
10 MORE JURORS
] have Been EXCUSED
Reason Is Given For the
Courts Action.
brnEa DELAY IN rHAw TRIAL

~ Conferences With Counsel on
Mr. sides, Judge Fitzgerald Ex-
ICED Two Jurors, Leaving Only
<1lns Men In the Box.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
NEWS OF WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST IN
THE VARIOUS TOWNS.
ENFORCE DYNAMITE RULE
representative of Explosive Bureau,
Maintained by Railroads, Visits
Ashland on Tour of Inspection
Much Cash Is Saved,

Ashland.-C. A. Newell, a represent
alive of the bureau of explosives of
the American Railway association.
which has its headquarters in New
York, has been in the city. Mr..
Newelrs home and headquarters are
in Chicago, and his duties are to in
Spect the shipment of explosives, such
as dynamite, nitroglycerin, gunpow-
der, etc. He has been spending sew
eral days at the Atlantic Dynamite
company's plant at Barksdale. 1t is
not generally known that the railways
of the country during the last year
have instituted new bureau, which
attends only to the shipment of dam
gerous freight The new bureau,
which has only been in existence for
the last year. has saved the railroads
thousands of dollars damages. In
former years it was customary to take
for shipment any kind of dangerous
freight if the high price of freight
rates for them would be met by the
manufacturers, but they are now pro-
tecting themselves by seeing to it,
that not one package of dynamite or
other dangerous freight is shipped un-
tess the rules are lived up to.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Advises Farmers to Advertise.

Madison.-Prof. G. G. Humphrey Of
the animal husbandry department at
the college of agriculture of the Uni
versity of Madison, in an article on
Agricultural Advertising" in the Stu
dent Farmer, suggests that farmers
make the farm "a respectable place of
business and one which will invite
patronage. The farm should be chris
tened with suitable name, and It's
stock and produce marketed under the
name of the farm as well as the name
of the proprietor. The stock and
produce should have a specific trade
mark to distinguish it in name as well
as quality, and to induce buyers to
become permanent customers"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05

Appleton.-Fate needed the wish Of
Fred Nabbefeldt and spared his life
until he had completed % years as
bridge tender in Appleton. Nabbe-
feldt, during the last few months, had
often expressed the desire to live to
the close of navigation. He left his
post according to governmental orders
and going to his home dropped dead
of heart failure, less than an hour
later. Nabbefeldt was the oldest
bridge tender both in years and in
point of service on the Fox river.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
piscrepancy Reported Large.

Chippewa Falls. 1t was learned
here that President Charles w.
Gardner, of the State Bank of Au-
burn, has begun proceedings against
the property of John w. Gray, the alb
sent cashier of the bank. 1t is said
that the banks books show discrep-
ancy of $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Thieves Carry Awav a safe.

Superior-Burglars removed the
500-pound safe from the office of the
Independent Laundry company on the
main business street, towed it into
the company's rig at the back door,
drove to a secluded spot near the bay
and broke it open with sledge. They
got about $500 in currency and $50 in
cashiers checks
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
To Move to KeMaunee.

Kewaunee.-The manufacturers OF
cheese boxes and whey pumps, who
have been engaged in business at Rio
Creek, and up to short time ago in
Franklin, have come into possession
of the John M. Bergman manufacture
ing plant and lumber yards in Kewau-
nee and will remove their plant to this
CITY
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Can Limit Speed of Trains.

Madison.-In affirming the tudg-
ment of the lower court in the case OF
William Crane of Weyauwega against
the Wisconsin Central Railroad COM
pany, the supreme court declared con-
stitutional the old statute limiting the
speed cf trains in cities and villages
to six miles an hour
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Death Of Wisconsin Lecturer.

Kenosha.-Mrs. Anna r. Sheldon,
wife Of S. L. Sheldon of Madison, and
q woman widely known throughout
Wisconsin as a traveller and writer,
died suddenly at the old Edward Balm
homestead in this city. She was 70
years old.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Snatches Purse.

Green Bay.-While walking on Main
street an unknown man snatched
parse containing about $50 from Mrs.
Fred Tonne. Witnesses chased the
thief, but were unable to capture him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Doc Survives Hardships.

Jefferson.-A large greyhound be-
longing to Thomas Clark was found in
an old abandoned well. The dog had
been there foy over two weeks with
out food or drink, as the well rs dry.
He is apparently well. The dog had
gnawed and partly eaten several
loose boards at the bottom of the
we'll
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Must Stand Another Trial.

Mauston.-The jury which tried
Thomas Ryan on the charge of
killing Edward M. Taylor in the old
canning factory at New Lisbon, found
him not gnilty. Ryan was Immediately
rearrested charged with shooting Mar
shall Wonderly at the same time Tay-
Tor was killed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Shot in the Stomach.

Appleton.-Jacob Lohn, aged 10
years, while cleaning gun that he
didn't think was loaded" accidentally
discharged the weapon, receiving the
charge from the choke barrel in his
abdomen His injuries are considered
DANGEROUS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Left Manv Descendants.

Grantsburg.-Peter A. Anderson, a
pioneer and the first member Of the
Burnett county board, died, leaving Y
lineal descendants,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-05
Wants Improvement i'm the
Ocean Mail Service.

II call your especial attention to the I'M
satisfactory condition of our foreign mail
service, which, because of the lack of
American steamship lines, is now largely
done through foreign lines, and which
particularly so far as South and Central
America are concerned, is done in a man
ner which constitutes a serious barrier
to the extensions of our commerce.
1.-The time has come, in my judgment
to set to work seriously to make our
ocean mail service correspond more
closely with our recent commercial and
political development A beginning was
made by the ocean mail act of March ;
1891, but even at that time the act was
known to be inadequate in various mar
ticulars. Since that time events have
moved rapidly in our history We have
acquired Hawaii, the Philippines and
lesser islands in the Pacific We are
steadily prosecuting the great work of
uniting at the Isthmus the waters of the
Atlantic and the Pacific. To a greater
extent than seemed probably even
dozen years ago we may look to an
American future on the sea worthy of
the tradition of our past. AS the first
step in that direction, and the step most
feasible at the present time, I recommend
the extension of the ocean mail act of
1884, That act has stood for some years
free from successful criticism of it's prin-
ciple and purpose. 1t was based on theo-
ries of the obligations of a great mari
time nation, undisputed in our own land
and followed by other nations since the
beginning of steam navigation. Briefly
those theories are, that it is the duty of
first-class power so far as practicable
to carry it's ocean mails under its own
flag; that the fast ocean steamships and
their crews, required for such mail serv-
ice, are valuable auxiliaries to the sea
power of nation. Furthermore, the
of such steamships insures
the maintenance in an efficient condition
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-09-27
QUEER ESKIMO CUSTOMS.
Festival for the Dead Is Held Every
Year Before Christmas

Festival for the Dead Is Held Every
Year Before Christmas.
The natives of the Yukon River re-
glon hold festival of the dead eyery
year shortly before Christmas and a
greater festival at intervals of several
years, says the New York Tribune. At
these seasons food, drink and clothes
are provided for the returning ghosts
In the clubhouse Of the village, which
Is Illuminated for the occasion with oil
lamps, Every man or woman who
wishes to honor dead friend sets up
a lamp on stand In front of the place
which the dead one used to occupy in
the clubhouse. These lamps, filled with
seal oil, are kept burning day and
night, until the festival is over. They
are believed to light the shades on
their return to their old home and
back again to the land Of the dead. If
any one fails to put up lamp in the
clubhouse and to keep 1t burning, the
shade whom he or she desires to honor
could not find its way to the place, and
50 would miss the feast.
When a person has been much dis
liked his ghost is sometimes purposely
ignored, and that Is deemed the sever
est punishment that could be inflicted
upon him. After the songs of invita-
tion to the dead have been sung the
givers Of the feast takes small por-
ton Of food from every dish and casts
1t down as an offering to the shades |;
then each pours little water on the
floor so that it runs through the cracks.
In this way they believe that the spir-
itual essence of all the flood and water
Is conveyed to the souls. With songs
and dances. the feast comes to an end
and the ghosts are dismissed to their
own place. The dancers dance, not
only In the clubhouse, but also at the
graves, and on the ice If the dead met
their deaths by drowning.
On the eve of the festival the near
est male relative goes to the grave and
summons the ghost by planting there a
small model of seal spear or a wood
en- dish. according as the dead was a
man or woman. The totems Of the
dead are marked on these implements.
The dead who have none to make offer
ings to them are believed to suffer
great destitutlon. Hence, the Eskimo
fear to die without leaving behind them
some one who will sacrifice to their
spirit, and childless people generally
adopt children, lest their shades be for
| gotten at the festival.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-09-27
Managing the workers.

Managing the workers on farm Is
science in itself. 1t is science that
few have studied sufficiently. Plan
ming out the work SO that 1t may be
done in the best manner and In the
least time is equivalent to a saving in
dollars and cents. Not only should the
work be properly done and at the right
time, but the time between different
pieces Of work should be as small as
possible. Here is point at which
great waste occurs. 1t Is like a man
forgetting something at the store and
having to drive back miles to get it. No
man can properly manage set Of
workers without putting some thought
on 1t. Thinking Is not so easy as 1t
seems. To think in logical manner
requires effort.