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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
BOERS WILL
NOT BUY It
Edward To Get No Cullina1
Diamond from Them,
They Protest.
By Associated Press.

Johannesburg, Aug. 19.-The gov
eminent endorsement of Premier
Botha's proposition to present the
great Cullipap diamond to King Ed
ward is bitterly resented by the
Beers They declare they are not
willing to tax themselves in order to
buy a gem worth millions from the
diamond trust The Beers say that
if the trust wants the king to have
the stone for the royal crown the
trust itself ought to present it to his
majesty. The Beers declare they are
unwilling to pay the price for the
stone in order to prove their loyalty
to the king.
The trust, they say, has been con-
cocting the scheme to have the
Transvaal government buy the stone
because it was unable to sell 1t to
any American millionaire.
The opposition party leaders de-
clare the country is burdened with
debt and will fight the proposal to
the bitter end The situation will
embarrass the king, and it is prob
able, in view of the bitterness of the
opposition, the king Will intimate to
Botha that the gift would be unac-
ceptable.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
BY Associated Press.

Cincinnati, O., Aug. 19.-Claiming
that her boy husband had been stolen
by his parents and was bsing Kept
locked up at their home, Mrs. Celeste
Rakostraw, 16 years old, came down
to Cincinnati from Detroit to rescue
her spouse and appealed to the po-
lice to help her
She looked hardly more than child
when she entered police headquarters,
but the plumes on her picture hat
dotted her determination of purpose
when she told her story. Her home is
in Detroit, and she and Rakestraw
were both members of Johnny Rays
company, ''Schoolboys and School
girls last season.
"Rakestraw is Is years old and
small like me. but he is awfully
sweet We were married in Windsor,
Canada. On May s. His folks never
had any use for me. They moved
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20

Officers Kelly, milford and Sanders
made up d raiding party Sunday after
noon and descended upon a party of
white men shooting craps on the rail-
road wharf Nine of the players were
to escape The nine furnished bond
for their appearance in police court
yesterday morning, when they wre
fined SIS and costs. Several other crap
games were broken up by the police
On Sunday and Sunday night. Twenty
men. white and colored. were roped
in before the day was done.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Gatherings Sunday and Yes
terday Afternoons in
the Big Te55.
MILTON LADIES TELL " OF THE
SANTA ROSA cAmpA :, AAc
ENCOURAGE THE AEs OF
PENSACOLA FOR THE - ut.

The Ladies Auxiliary to tn 8 Pro-
hibition League was temporari~ or
ganized at a meeting of the ladies OF
Escambia county held Sunday after
noon at the big tent on Eighth avenue,
and stiN further strengthened IN
numbers by a stin more enthusiastic
meeting held at the same place yes
terday afternoon. A permanent or
ganization has not yet been effected,
but will he at the next regular meet
ing. which will be held in few days.
The meeting yesterday afternoon
brought out a large number or ladleS
from all parts of the county, and sew
eral from Milton and Santa Rosa
county, which recently voted dry, and
many fine speeches were made and
much enthusiasm aroused. The ladies'
agreed that when the time came for
action they would fight to the last
hour for the cause of prohibition, ana
the meeting adjourned at a late hour
with the expectancy Of another meet
ing in q few days to perfect the or
ganiZation-
Mrs. E. L. Noble of this city pre-
sided over the meetings on Sunday
and yesterday, also serving as secre-
tary
What was pronounced the most
stirring address of the afternoon
was delivered by Mrs. W. w. Clark,
of Milton. This iady's husband was
one of the prime movers of the prohi-
bition agitation in Santa Rosa coun-
ty. and he had a strong helper in his
wife Mrs. Clark spoke at length, re-
lating what had been done in Santa
Rosa county, and how it had been ac-
comphshed, adding that the same
thing could and would be done in Es-
Gambia county at the proper time,
which was right now. She urged her
hearers to rally valiantly to the
cause She was literally applauded.
Speeches were also delivered by
Miss Bessie Ellis, Miss Sadie Barry
and Mrs W. T. Ellison, all of Milton,
each of whom had been identified in
the Santa Rosa county fight. These
ladies assisted at the meeting Sun
day and also yesterday.
Short talks on the general plans
of the work by the ladies were deliv-
cred by Mrs. l.. z. Mobiles, Mrs Nc
Reynolds, Miss Olga White and many
others.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
SMITH USES LASH
ON THE SENATORS
Yesterdays Tdmes-Democrat G

Yesterdays Times-Democrat CNew
Orleans) says:
There were $1,000 in the Lyric
Theatre at popular prices, the tenn
perature must have been away over
one hundred-and-someth in every
part of the playhouse, and immediate
~ after the final fall of the curtain
there were volleys of cleaning soda
water bottles flashing across the gal
1ery from side to side in a manner
that for some Ave minutes suggested
a mortality that was appalling to con-
template Nobody fired a shot, but
the spectators in the lower part of
the house, who had splendid view
of the thrilling slzirmish, were evil
IDENTIFY of opinion that there would
be something doing in that line very
shortly, and they scrambled for sIch
cover as the side galleries and upper
boxes promised to afford, like the
most experienced veterans Of riots
and street brawls
Grecian Start.
AS a matter of fact nobody took
the play seriously, but it seems that
some of the negroes took the heat
and the price of cooling drinks very
seriously, while the Greeks, one Of
whom had been awarded the pop and
candy concession, bitterly resented it
when in lieu OF payment for a bottle
of pop negro struck the little Greek
who had sold it to him a heavy blow
on the head with the empty bottle.
This was just at the fall of the final
curtain, and the negro soon learned
to his sorrow that he had started
something" 1t was a sure enough
race war. The whites took the Bur
gundy street end of the peanut gal
Iery, while the negroes massed in the
Rampant street end, and in a twink
ling there was broad zone of empty
seats running down the upper and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Whipped by Husband for
OffenSiVeneSS to a Woman

up the fares Mr.. Lowrey asked him
If he was the auditor who went up
Friday, TO which the auditor said: II
have no apologies to make for any
thing / said or did" When the train
reached Meridian, Mr.. LOwTey saw
Chief Clerk Winter, of Superinten-
dent Pigford's office, ana told him of
the auditors conduct. They then
went in search of the auditor, and up
on finding him, Mr.. Lowrey, after
few words. knocked him down.
The auditor. whose name Is not
given, will be discharged. Mr.. Winter
said. as such conduct on the part OF
an employe of the road would not be
tolerated by Superintendent Pigford
Mr.. Lowrey states that he VIII enter
suit against the Mobile and Ohio 10
damages.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Hotel Sold by
Mrs. Bowen After = Years
MANAGEMENT to ChiCagOan

By the elimination yesterday OF a
deal which has been pending for sew
eral days, the Southern Hotel on East
Garden street, for the past two years
under the able management of Mrs.
F. l.. Bowen, is now under the man
agement of Fred Hewitt, capitalist
of Chicago, who arrived in the city
yesterday to assume charge. The
Southern Hotel has ranked among
the best hotels in the city for the past
four years, and is especially popular
among the travelling men, who will
be especially interested in knowing
of the charge in management.
Mr.. Hewitt became interested in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
THE BANANA
PLANTS SET
Further Great Improvement
Made III Appearance of
the Plaza.

The banana trees recently ordered
by the city for the beautifying of the
Plaza, have arrived and been set out,
and are a great addition to the many
plants and foliaged trees now orna-
menting that pretty square. The work
recently started on the Plaza is Eear-
ly completed, and a complete trans
formation has taken place. The
grounds are now to be kept in the
best possible condition at all sea-
sons Of the year, and next summer
more improvements will be made by
the city council and others of those
interested in making Pensacola the
most beautiful city in West Florida
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
TR|BESMEN
SCATTERED
Galloping Moors Shelled on
Drude's Left Flank BY
Artillery.
Rv Associated Press.

Casa Blanca, Aug. ly.-SharpshOot-
eTs and light cavalry, at O'Clock to-
day. engaged groups OF galloping
Moors on General Drude's western
flank, supported by guns of the cruis-
er Gloire, and after two hours the
Moors scattered and disappeared.
Meantime, tn eFrench shore artil-
Iery shelIed bodies of horsemen fur
Their south. aud routed them.
1t is believed at French headquar-
tiers that the attack was a reconnais-
sance. and that the main body of
the trfbesmen were concealed behind
a distant ridge
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20

houses, all of whom quit, except three
and the issuing of a number of con
hicting statements by officials of the
telegraph companies and those of the
union, both sides claiming to have
the strike won.
The telegraph companies had an in
creased number of men working, and
larger number were on the Board
of Trade than since the beginning of
the strike. Many messenger BOYS
have returned today. All efforts of
outside parties toward adjustment OF
the strike are abandoned. and the
contest apparently has settled down
to a waiting game
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
SMALL SAYS THE
VICTORY IS WON
BY Associated Press

Chicago, Aug. 19.-The strikers
seem united on the proposition that
neither Western Union nor Postal
will make any overtures for peace
for some time to come. The COM
pany officials say there can be only
one end to the strike-uncondition
surrender by the union men.
We have already won the strike, !"
said international President S. J.
Small, in an address to the Chicago
Federation Of Labor. but it will be
necessary to fight 60 or 80 days
longer"
International Secretary Russell told
the federation that in a week or ten
days the strike would be ended, as
81 per cent. of the commercial teleg-
raphers of the entire country and
Canada are out
Arrangements have been made to
open a camp at Desplaines for the
strikers. 1t will be called Camp
Stick According to the strike Of
ficials 20 per cent. of the strikers
are unmarried. All who can will be
urged to stop at the camp. Food and
shelter will be given until the strike
is ended.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Young Husband Kidnapped
by His Directing Parents

down to Cincinnati two weeks ago.
Bobby came down here a few days
ago. He only had $40 and so he
couldn't take me, but said he would
send for me. He wrote me that his
folks wouldn't let him see me any
more, so l just picked up and came
down here.
We met Friday nighC and he put
me at a hotel Yesterday he left and
1 have not been able 20 see him
since / went to the fat about
o'clock and his mother met me and
said she would throw me down sairs
if l came after Bobby again. She said
she had him locked in and wouldn't
let him out for any one"
Mrs. Rakestraw said she would get
a habeaS corpus for her husband if
necessary. She also appealed to the
humane society which promised TO
send an officer to see if they could
get her husband back.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20

Pensacola several weeks ago, through
a Chicago capitalist who owns ex-
tensive interests in this section or
the state. He Is an experienced hotel
man, and already has in mind several
i'm provements. which he will make at
once in both the front and rear Of the
hotel He Will shortly be joined by
his wife, who is also experienced in
the hotel business, and they intend
plane.
Mrs F. L. Bowen, who retires from
the management of the hotel, has not
as yet decided upon her future work,
but for the present will remain in
the city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Strenuous Last Hours With
Upper House of Georgia
Assembly.
GOVERNOR LOBBIED ACTIVELY
AND SAVED THE DAY FOR ONE
OF HIS PET MEASURES-HE Is
BITTERLY ARRAIGNED BY
SOME.
SnecIaI TO The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 19.-AlmOst in a
riot the general assembly of Georgia
adjourned at o'clock Sunday morn
ing, after being in continuous session
nearly twenty hours. The riotous
scenes were due to the hard fight it
was necessary to make to put through
measures which Governor Hoke Smith
had promised the people in his cam
paign last year, and to the presence
of the governor in the lObbys in the
interest of his measure. The gov
ernor was forced to work in this way
or the legislature would have ad-
journed without enactipg any of the
reform legislation that he had prom
ised.
The Hardest Fight.
The hardest fight was over the bill
increasing the powers OF the Railroad
Commission and giving the governor
the right to appoint two new commis-
sioners, thus making its membership
five instead of three. At present the
commission is hostile to Governor
Smith He has only one man on it,
but he will control it under the meas.
ure which he forced through.
This five-member provision provoked
the riot. The house Endorsed the pro-
vision but it was defeated in the sen
ate at 3 o'clock this morning Friends
of the provision moved reconsidera-
ton and Governor Smith got so busy
of the provision moved reconsidera-
alton was ordered and the provision
saved by a vote of % to q.
Then the storm broke and senators
began to denounce the governor for
lobbying.
Attacking Governor Smith, Senator
Hays said:
Il have seen members who were
against this increase button-heled
around this building all night. 1t is
a disgrace to the state"
Bitter Critics
Senator F1ynt said: IF the railroads
had done what has been done on this
floor within the last few minutes a
cry would have gone up which would
have been undying. This vote shows
that Senators who, ten minutes ago,
voted against the increase have been
changed. l would resign my seat In
the senate before I would be whipped
into line by the lash of the governor"
SeQatOr Hays was especially bite D
saying: In the years 1 have serve,.
the state as a legislator l have not
seen the agents of railroad OF any
other corporation act as L have seen
the agents of the governor act in this
capitol tonight, and I wish to say that
were l governor of Georgia, and had
preached against lobbying on every
hilltop in the state, l would not be
the first to deserve the name"
Governor Smith secured the pas
sage Of only two Of his reform meas
ures, the disfranchisement bill and
the bill Strengthening the Railroad
Commission. The prohibition bill
which was passed was not one of the
governors measures. The governor
failed to secure bills against lobbyists
ond free passes. Anti-lobbying and
anti-pass bills passed both houses,
but failed because the house and SEN
ate could not agree.
The governor also failed to get
through his bill putting an income tax
Of 1 per cent. on gross receipts of
railroads and other public service cor
porationS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
By Associated Press.

Meridian, Miss. August 19.-Ser-
geant Lowrey, of the police depart
ment, severely punished train audi
tor of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad
in the local passenger station yester-
day for using insulting language, he
charged, to his wife. Mrs. Lowry
boarded train No. on Friday with
ner 10-year-old son, for whom she
had failed to get a ticket. When the
auditor took up the fares he instruct
ed Mrs Lowrey never to get on that
train again without ticket, and 1t is
said used insulting language. Mrs.
Lowrey informed her husband and he
went TO Marion and accompanied her
home on the train on which was the
same auditor When he came to take
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
BY
UNITED STATES
For Permanent Court at the
Hague Meets With Per
manent Approval.

The Hague, Aug. 19.-The Ameri-
can proposal for the establishment of
a permanent court al the Hague,
with judges whose terms OF appoint
ment cover twelve years, is growing
IN favor Besides the eight great
powers having one representative
each, every nation represented at The
Hague will be fairly represented at
the court The project says:
I'VE must insist that no distinc-
ton be made between the states of
Europe and those of the American
continent possessing approximately
the same qualifications regarding
population. industries and commerce.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
LADIES MEET AND TALK
OVER PROHIBITION PLANS
pop BOTTLE BATTLE IN 4
NEW ORLEANS THEATRE
AND SOME BLOOD SPILLED
Negro Striking Greek Lad in Quarrel Over the Price
of Cooling Drink Start Hot Time in the Old
Town and Precipitat Brief Panic.

back gallery which extended down to
the board PARTITION, which sep
arates it from the balcony, or
first gallery, in which the prices
are somewhat higher, and in which
women are nearly as numerous as
men.
Women tainted.
There was some little overflow of
the tide of battle from the real
scene of hostfl1tfes down into this
neutral territory, but as far as could
be learned nobody was hurt except in
the peanut gallery, though the women
were fainting not only in the balcony
but in the orchestra chairs.
This was not at all surprising, for
it was a grewsOme sight to see the
young savages of these white and
at each other at a range of not more
than twenty-five feet at most. The
whole house was brilliantly lighted
at the time and in the dazzling glare
of electric lights the long glass bot
ties looked like cleaning bolts of fire
as they fed thick and fast from side
to side across the gallery between the
forces maSsed at each end of 1t.
Meanwhile there was a Babel or
voices and from out Of the midst of
all this rang the command: Fire at
them" evidently from some belliger-
ent who thought the time for cunning
had arrived. This, however, was mis-
understood, and many catching at the
single word fire" started an alarm
which quickly became panic, and
then there were shrieks and wild
scramib1es for the exits.
Some Seek Shelter.
1t was extremely fortunate that
much of the center of the lower
floor Of the auditorium had been
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20

ST. Petersburg, Aug. 19.-Father
John, of Cronstadt. the famous mir
acle-worker and president OF the Mou-
liks, complains that the faithful are
neglecting him. Up to few years
ago Father John had such firm hold
on the faith of the Russian peasantry
that he was feared even by the car
Gifts of money streamed into MIN
from all parts of the empire. but all
this is changed. Father John Is SCI
dom spoken of now and the gltts
have ceased to come. The holy man
of Cronstadt has aged rapidly In re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Passing of the Power of
Father John, the Russian

cent years and in an interview the
other day said:
II am an old broken man and very
i'll. l have TO live on porridge and
pearl barley soup with tea My sole
remaining pleasure is the daily SER
vice at church, when l forget to tell
my troubles"
The church authorities here re-
joice greatly at the priests downfall.
for he has been a thorn in their sides
ever since his fame went abroad
throughout the land and thereby
made Cronstadt the Mecca of Russia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20

resents forty per cent of the entire
membership of the organization. The
women operators are almost to unit
heartily in sympathy with the strike
for better conditions of their employ
ment. They believe if they approach
Miss Gould with a we'll conceived and
perfectly executed plan of action they
will have their demands granted
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Ru Associated Press.

St. Petersburg, Aug ia reign
of terror again menaces the empire.
Col Schmoelter, governor of Bfelo-
stok and personal friend of the car,
was blown to pieces by bomb, and
the chief of police of Baturn, his
wife and two pedestrians were severe
ly hurt by another bomb. hurled at
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
ONE DEAD AND
OTHERS BETTER
Bv Associated Press;

Surgeon TavIor at Marianao, Cuba, to-
dav reports on the fever situation
there that Robert White died yester-
dav and adds that with the exception
of two serious cases, the other
patients are doing we'll No new
cases have developed in the com
mand.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
IT NOW LOOKS LIKE A LONG
WAITING GAME BY BOTH SIDES
CONDITIONS NORMAL; AT LEAST,
SO CLOWRY AND NALLY ASSERT

ing good service. So far as we are
concerned, the strike is over.
President CloWry of the Western
Union said: "The company's force
of operators is sufficient to handle
traffic with little or no delay. In fact,
normal conditions are restored, and
the telegraph strike is a thing of the
past"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
BY Associated Press

New York, Aug. 19.-GeneraI Man.
a9er Naliy, of the Postal Telegraph
Company, said today that all points
report normal conditions with i'm
proved traffic, and increased forces,
with not a single place in the COM
pany's system where we are not Civ
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
SCHMITZ CUSTER
is SUSTAINED
BY Associated Press.

San Francisco, Aug. 19.-The state
supreme court today rendered a de-
cision in the Mckinney salary case,
sustaining the legality of the remov-
al OF Mayor Schmitz and the appoint
ment of Mayor Taylor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Russian Terrorism REEVES
Fears For the Cars Life

the chief as he was driving through
the street.
Other terrorist attempts on the
lives of prominent officials occurred
in widely separated parts of the en-
pire, indicating a concerted movement
by the revolutionists, which is be-
lieved to include an attempt on the
life of the cZar himself.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
NONTEST SETTLING
INTO WAITING GAME
by Associated Press.

e,r.-.a. 90, H.. Aug. 19.-Striko devel-
Aul - .0S Today comprised the calling
n'N'ainrs in six brokerage
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20

CONTINUED on page Four.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20

Continued on Fourth Paqe-D
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
CIRCULATION RECORD

The Journals Circulation Record by
wears:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Some Seek SheIte'

1t was extremely fortunate that
much of the center of the lower
floor Of the auditorium had been