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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
COTTON SPINNERS
TO VISIT SOUTH
BY Associated Press.

Jackson, Miss, Mar. 14.-Secretary
Wood, of the Southern Cotton Asso-
citation, announces that the Interna-
tional Spinners Association will visit
the cotton states next fall to confer
with representatives of the Southern
Cotton Association and Farmers
Union relative to methods for han
ding the crop.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
Retailers are Nov Busy,

New York, March 14s-Buying in
the jobbing market is beAtn:ng more
active as the week progAsses, and
more buyers are arriving 4 the city
each day. The first week. of the
month broke all records in sales put
through as compared with the CORE
spending week in February.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
HOKE SMITH ON
RAILWAY PROBLEM
BY Associated Press.

Cincinnati, Mar 14-At the third
annual dinner of the Cincinnati Re
ceivers and Shippers Association to-
night Governor-elect Hoke Smith, of
Georgia, replying to the toast trans
portation," said the danger of unre-
stricted management of railroad prop
critics and the necessity for govern.
ment control to prevent discrimina.
ton in rates was now urgent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
TREASURY WILL
REDEEM BONDS
ax Aasociafed Prem.

washington, Mar. I4.-Ihe Secre-
tary OF the treasury today instructed
collectors of customs to deposit Gus
toms receipts in national bank deposit
tories and announced that he viii re-
deem, with interest on July i, regis
tered and coupon bonds of 1907 20 the
amount of not exceeding twenty-five
million dollars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
to Enter Presence
of King Peter With the Dead

killing five and wounding twenty. The
strikers Immediately started to the
cemetery with the dead and, passing
parliament and the palace in which
was King Peter, were only prevented
from passing through the buildings
by a force of policemen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
GOVERNMENT NOW
OWNS QUARANTINE
Mississippi Station Purchased and
Maintenance of Others
Provided for.
By Associated Press.

New Orleans, Mar. 1.-THE final
conclusion Of the sale of the state
quarantine station at the mouth of
the Mississippi river to the federal
government for one hundred thousand
dollars, and the agreement of the gov
eminent to maintain four other sta
tons on the Louisiana coast, now
kept by the state, was arranged to-
day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
MET WIFE THROUGH
MATRIMONIAL AID,
Special TO me JournaI-

st. Louis, Mo-, Mar 14-Rudolph
Herold, of Tallahassee, Fla, has Just
been married to a young lady he met
through her advertisement in a matri
monial paper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
{iaI to rhe yiournal

kial to The Journal.
Boston4 Mass, Mar. 1.-THE Hon.
William ]. Bryan arrived here to-day
and will remain some days. He de-
liyered lecture tonight at fremont
Temple and later was entertained by
leading democrats in the state and
city. sx
me lecture at fremont TeM64
was delivered under the auspices of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
No Trust in Ice.

Atlanta, Mar. 14.-At the session
of the Southern Ice Exchange TODAY
1t was agreed not to advocate adj
vanced prices nor, in, view of condi-
tions, agree TO the ides of a trust.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
By Associated Press.

Belgrade Servia, Mar. 14.-After
the non-union workers of the sugar
and leather factories had been escort
ed to the works by the police to-day.
the former were attacked by union
strikers, who were fired on by police.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
DR.. Austin Flint Says that
He Knew Nature and
Quality of Acts.
BROUGHT FORTH BY
A FIFTEEN THOUSAND WORD
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
ASKED HY JERoME-pELMAs
WILL CROSS EXAMINE STATES
EXPERTS VIGOROUSLY.
ay As.ocI.ted preas.

New York, Mar. 14.-Answering de-
lenses hypothetical question and the
states hypothetical question, DR.. Aus
tin Flint. in rebuttal at the Thaw trial
today, replied that he believed Thaw
positively did know the nature
and quality of his acts. DR.. Flint is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
HEAVY LOSS AT
CONVICT FARM
ay Aseoclated press

Jackson, Miss, Mar. 14-FIre start
ed by incendiaries burned the stock
barn at the Oakley convict farm.
with forty-one horses and quantity
of feed The loss is fifteen thousand
dollars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
LOUISVILLE STREET
CAR STRIKE SETTLED
IN FAVOR OF THE MEN
BY Associated Press.

y FssocIdteu TESS.
Louisville, March 14.-By a
unanimous vote eight hundred
of the striking employees of the
Louisville Railway Company
decided to accept the terms
agreed on by their officers.
All strikers win return to
full service on the .city and
suburban lines tozaorrow.
The agreement provides for
an increase in wages
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
Sensational Decline in Many
of the Principal
Stocks.
ADMINISTRATION
IS RESPONSIBLE
Weakness Due to Presidents
Attitude Toward the
Railroads.
NEW Low RECORD FOR YEAR
AND OTHER YEARS RECORDED
ON NEW YORK STOCK Ex-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
GOVERNMENT RELIEF CAME
AFTER THE CLOSE.
Nv Associated Press.

New York, Mar. i4.-f the result
Of clique action, untold millions may
be counted as profits; if from natural
action of the market. the clearing
house will demonstrate; but the days
results on the stock exchange
amounted to the most sensational OF
years and Appropriated a panic and
prices melted away IN volumes of
one and two points between bids.
The worst period was shortly be-
fore the closing session. although a
violent downfall occurred between
twelve and one O'Clock. New low
records for the year and other years
were recorded. and In the midst OF
a grand slaughter of prices. money
rose to twenty-five per cent under
calls for collateral and Nsafeties-'
While this fnaelstrom prevailed ON
the floor committee Of the clearing
house association called around U. p.
and found all associated banks in
good shape. Word came from Wash
ington that Cortslyou was ready to.
give relief and later It came But the
net result Of the day registered vast
Declines
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15
In PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, Mar. 1.-THE Phila-
delphia Stock Exchange today record
ed the same violent break in prices
as at New York.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-15

AmaigamateQ dropped IL o-fs
Smelling is Is; St Paul Is Ia; Great
Northern, ~; New York Central,
6: Missouri Pacific, IA; Northern
Pacific, s: Union Pacific, 20 "a;
Steel preferred 4. and SO 1t went
down the list. The total trading
amounted to two million seven hun
dred and nineteen thousand shares.
The announcement of government re-
lief came after the closing.
Other than a general bearish feel
ing, the aloofness of lambs and high
money nothing accounts for the mar
kets weakness except the nervous
ness of market traders as to the at
titude of the national administration
toward railroads. A factor is also
said to be report from prominent
banker who returned from Washing
ton today, from an interview with
the president. who says the execu-
tive will not change his attitude
toward the railroads.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22

object and those who do not to the
pictures that get on display. Mai.
Sylvester found it so hard to stee:
clear of trouble between the multi
plicity of opinions that he would lose
the whole responsibility.
What motive may have actuated the
move in the government printing of.
fice is Unknown, but the fact remains
that recently the order was promul-
gated, and a man went through the de-
partment removing pictures, mirrors
and all other attempts at decorations
from the walls.
In the course of his work came a
large picture of the president, and the
men in the room, who had watched
his iconoclastic progress with dis
pleasure. waited eagerly to see what
he would do. The man paused, and
some one asked if he intended 70 re-
move the picture. He replied that he
didn't think he would at that particu.
lar time, and passed on, gathering up
truck load of other articles.
The picture of the president rested
in solitary glory for three days, while
in some place about the building there
were held councils of war to decide if
it should come down.
The ayes won the conference. and
the destroyer of amateur attempts at
decorative art came and took it down.
carrying it away to oblivion.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22

4 SERIES of misfortunes involving
81 d1smissals, designations and
deaths in the great executive depart
ments in Washington often develops
what is known as the ''hoodoo desk"
A desk comes under suspicion after a
dismissal or two from the service or
after several transfers or resigna-
tons, and if there should occur sever.
al deaths among the occupants of the
desk in the course of a year or two
1t Is designated as the hoodooed desk
and no one in that room cares to do
clerical work at it. In a room filled
with clerks, the hoodoo desk is east.
ly recognized, for it is most generally
occupied with the surplus books and
general litter of the daily routine
work.
The desk may remain unoccupied
sometimes for months, until some new
clerk comes into the room and is as.
signed to it, provided there is no
other vacant desk in the room. Blu.
reau officials generally avoid assign.
ing new clerk to the hoodoo desk,
if it can be done. In fact the desk
Is apt to remain without an occupant
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22
ART STRICTLY BARRED IN
GOVERNMENT PRINTSHOP
F there are those in the government

there are those in the government
printing Office who are vain, or
those who have been leaning toward
the artistic, they must confine their
admiration of what their mirrors por-
tray to the sacred confines of their
homes-or the corner bar. Also no
more will they be permitted to cover
up patches of somberness on the walls
of the government printing office with
decorative pictures or calendars.
Even the pictures of President
Roosevelt are not exempt from the
attacks of the art censor, although a
likeness of the executive stayed lone
somely on the walls of the bindery for
three days while the censor consid-
cred the propriety of including it with
in the category of pictures" or dec
OratiOns."
Maj. Sylvester recently asked DO
lice regulation permitting him to pro-
hibit the display of all pictures on the
billboards in the district Close in.
vestigation developed the fact that it
was not because of any aversion to
art on the part of the head of the po-
lice department., but because he
wished to rid himself of the onerous
responsibility of saying what should
and what should not go on the bill
boards
Under the present regulations he is
the court of last appeal for those who
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22
Round About New York
Gossip of People and Thing.
in the Great Metropolis
GOTHAM THE MECCA FOR
BECCARS AND INlPOSTORS
NEW YORK.--Since the mendicancy

NEW YORK.--Since the mendicancy
" squad was abandoned by Police
Commissioner Bingham less than a
year ago, practically throwing New
York wide open to beggars, the streets
swarm with impostors of every type
and nationality, who ply their profess
sion almost uninterruptedly. The
mendicants impede traffic on the busy
thoroughfares night and day and SIM
ply laugh at the unspecialized police
efforts against them.
One rather surprising feature of the
mendicancy problem in Gotham is
that the largest number of beggars
arrested are native-born Americans.
According to James Forbes, executive
officer of the committee of mendi-
cancy, more than 1000 beggars were
arrested in Manhattan during the
past year. OF this number almost 500
were native-born Americans. The sta
tlst1cs for the year before show the
same large percentage of American
born "panhandlers." No reason has
been exactly ascribed for this large
number of American-born mendicants.
but the condition is probably due in a
large measure to the "wanderlust" In
the blood of the young American.
There are many classes of pan.
handlers or "plingers," as they pre-.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22

fer to be called, in this town and the
graft is easy for all of them. A good
Hopper" which in the vernacular of
the mendicant is beggar who sits
on the sidewalk and is either Grip
pie or pseudo-cripple, can take in
easily a dollar an hour on one of the
good streets in the uptown section. A
clever beggar who works Broadway,
which in the vernacular of the mendi-
cant is ''plinging the main stem,'
makes swell living out of his hard
luck stories, while some of the big
panhandlers on Fifth avenue and
Broadway sometimes get as much as
five dollars at a touch. In the Bowery
and at the. Battery the "plingers"
usually let the pedestrians down
easily with a dime touch They are
the small fry of the business and ask
only for the price of a drink or bed
or few pennies to get bite to eat.
Another class of beggars are those
who work in the residential districts
and pose as former policemen, fire.
men, sailors and soldiers, with large
families on their hands, and usually
some ailment which renders them I'm.
fitted for work. Still another class
keeps a close watch on the newspa-
pers and takes advantage of deaths
or marriages in families.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22
GOVERNMENT employees
SHUN "HOODOO DESKS"

until radical changes in the person
mel of the Office cause it's reputation
to be forgotten.
Perhaps the most conspicuous case
of hoodoo desk in any one of the
Washington executive departments
was that in which a succession of
misfortunes came to private secretar-
les of one of the assistant secretaries.
Several deaths and other misfortunes
made the place dreaded.
But there are other hoodoos in
Washington. Some years ago door,
keepers post in the war department
building came under the ban and was
source of considerable annoyance
to officials
At this particular door the first mis-
fortune was death, the second dis
missal; the third holder of the post
lost his wife by death and finally fell
and broke limb, and the fourth ap-
pointee in succession lost child and
then resigned. This resignation kept
the place vacant for time, as no one
could be induced to take it. The place
had to be filed by calling on the civil
service commission for some one from
the outside.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22
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AZ RS. MARSHALL FIELD of Chica
M go and George w. Vanderbilt OF
New York are the two latest of the
multimillionaires of the country who
plah to add private residences to the
architecture of Washington, thereby
assisting to make the city the CAPT
tai of society as we'll as the political
capital of the nation.
A real estate dealer has sold to q
local lawyer two half squares OF
ground fronting on New Hampshire
avenue, Seventeenth and S streets in
the northwest section, where the pa.
latial homes of multimillionaires are
springing up like mushrooms. The
lawyer is said to be the agent for
Mrs. Field and Mr.. Vanderbilt.
The property consists of IL lots,
with an aggregate area of nearly 80.
900 square feet, and the consideration
is understood to have been more than
4115, 900. 55 z...
Mrs. Field t1s been in Washington
greet part of the present season.
and 1t has been known she was desfr.
GUS Of obtaining property upon which
Ito build q home here. Several brok.
|ers have offered her various pieces.oi
/ property. and the announcement that
she had about decided q the llsy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22

ice of railroad employees than any 9th
er pending legislation. Ship subsidy
died hard in the last hours. The other
two measures became laws as the ses-
sion closed.
The immigration bill, one of the
measures brought over from the long
session, was completed under the spur
of President Roosevelt that he might
meet the Acknowledgements situation
by giving the administration control
of coolie importation through pass
ports. The bill further restricts the
admission of aliens to the country.
A bill was passed for the establish
ment of an agricultural bank in the
Philippine islands. The free alco-
hol law of last session was modified
that farmers may distill the waste
products of the farm to be denatured
and used in the arts and sciences.
The right of appeal in criminal
cases was granted the government,
a measure intended to strengthen the
antitrust legislation by affording a
means whereby the supreme court
may pass on the constitutionality and
construction of such laws.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22
HOME VS.. THE CITY
THAT is WHAT. THE sHoME-TRADE
PROBLEM AMOUNTS 70. 4
WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON
If You Are Sending Your Dollars to
the mai'.onder Houses You Are
Battling against the
Home Town.
copyrighted, bysAlfred c. Clark.)

copyrighted, hyAlfred c. Clark)
A far seeing, provident business
man Will not pursue a policy which
Is subversive of his best interests.
He will not destroy his own house,
neither will he jeopardize his bust
ness. He will observe the golden
rule, not only in theory, but in prac-
tlce, and its practical observation was
never more needed than at the pres
emit time. Men dream about the
Golden Age" and yet, ofttimes pur-
sue policy which renders the dawn
Of that age an impossibility.
Within the horizon of every coun-
try resident there exists an evil which
Is yearly assuming greater proper
tons. We refer to the mail order
business which last year amounted
in money sent to Chicago alone to
$500 100000. Two hundred million
dollars diverted from it's legitimate
channel. Two hundred million dol
lars sent out to enrich those who
were not needy, while those at home
sorely in need of support were passed
by coldly; the local trade was i'm
poverlshed just to that extent. This
golden trade reviving stream should
have remained within it's own chan
mel, thus enriching it's own soil, and
causing desert places to bloom and
blossom.
Many unemployed would have been
engaged at living wages, households
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22

p ANKERS and business men who
- appear to be familiar with the af-
fairs of the Standard Oil company
are not inclined to believe that John
d. Rockefeller's fortune has dwindled
to a paltry $250,Oo0,0O0 or $3o0,0o0,-
900. Ten years ago Mr.. Rockefeller's
wealth was estimated at several hun
dred million dollars by conservative
interests in close touch with the
Standard Oil company.
The statement recently issued to
the effect that Mr.. Rockefeller's in
come was never more than $20,0OO,-
900 a year does not harmonic with
the announcement that he is worth
less than $500, 100000
Assuming that his income in the
last ten years has been at the rate of
$2O,O0O,O00 a year, and in this con-
nection it can be said that Standard
OIL dividends from 1900 to 1908 were
much larger than they have been in
the last few years, Mr.: Rockefeller's
income in the period in question was
close to $200,000,000. This does not
include accrued interest.
In brief, Mr.. Rockefeller's income
from 1897 to 1906 inclusive was al
most equal to his present fortune,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22
FORTUNE OF STANDARD
OIL KING NOT DWINDLlNG

based on the estimate of Frederick
Gates. 1t would seem from Mr.. Gates
statement that John D. Rockefeller
has about two-fifths of his fortune tied
up in Standard Oil and the remaining
three-flfths in other enterprises.
1t is certain that Mr.. Rockefeller
has not reduced his fortune to any
large extent through his many bene-
factions. AS a matter of fact, his
known disbursements in this connec-
ton have been small compared with
his income.
The consensus of opinion is that
Mr.. Rockefeller has transferred
large percentage of his securities to
his son and other members of his
family. If such is the case, the state
ment that Mr.. Rockefeller owns only
20 per cent. of the capital stock of
the Standard Oil company as CON-
pared with the popular estimate of 80
per cent. cannot be disputed.
=. According to friend of Mr.. Rock.
cfeller the latter is not q Speculation
but an investor. For years he has
been placing his income in gilt edge
securities. The space he maintains
with safety deposit companies is said
to be larger than that of any other in
dividual in the world.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22
THE ENTERPRISE.
sr w. f. BANNAFoRD, Publisher.
VIRGINIA. (. MINNESOTA
Another Canal Project.


Another. caanl project is to be mon
toned. Germany in the Keil channel
has waterway by which she can
shift her warships from the North sea
to the Baltic or vice versa at will, and
she Is also developing her interior sys.
tenn. showing she is giving attention
to the needs of peace and commerce
as we'll as those of war and national
defense. High officials in England
have suggested the ACCESSIBILITY of
constructing canal from the Clyde
to the Forth for the use of battleships.
1t appears, says Troy Times, there is
feasible channel of about 80 miles,
and all that is needed is dredging the
bottom, which is of soft sand. 1t Is
asserted that the canal can be so con.
trived that the tides will scour it and
thus prevent it from being filled up
again, wherein a great advantage will
be scored over many other similar
canals, including the Suez, where
there has to be constant fighting to
maintain a proper depth of water.
What England will do is not an.
nounced, but this multiplicity of cana,
undertakings must impress the OBJ
server. The United States is in the
lead in such matters, and it is typica.
of it's spirit that all of the works now
under way are intended primarily for
commerce.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-22

country is the feeder of the city.
This Is only partially true. That doc
trine has been preached till the text
is threadbare. 1t would be much
wiser for men to get new text and
talk and work the country up, then
allow the city, including its mail Or
der Octopus. to work its own prob
lens awhile: This, instead of being
selfishness, would be the finest order
'of common sense A. more marked
feeling of brotherhood :. interest is
sadly needed in the country on this
particular point. 49,.
The rural population complain Of
lack of facilities and conveniences; in
order to obviate this, let 100000, 900
this coming year be disbursed among
country merchants, among the hum
bier storekeepers, then observe what
will follow. The improvements would
be marked. Social conditions would
be greatly ameliorated. A new order
would maintain in the home and over
the broad acres of the farm and best
of all, the social spirit of brotherhood
would be felt as never before.
Listen to these thoughtful words
from Gov. Folk, of Missouri: 1--WE
are proud of our splendid cities, and
we want to increase in wealth and
population, and we also want our
country towns to grow We wish the
city merchants to build up, but also
desire the country merchants to pros
per. I do NOT BELIEVE in the mail
order citizen. If a place is good
enough for man to live in and to
make his money in, it is good enough
for man to SPEND HIS MONEY
IN. Patronize your own town papers,
build them up, and they will build
your town up in increased trade and
greater opportunities
These are the words of wisdom and
foresight from prudent, patriotic
man. AS it is to-day, these words are
expressive of the opposite of what
should be in many country district.
The mail order citizen may think he
is gaining; the truth is he is saving