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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-04-26

General Albert w. Gilchrist, one Of
FlOrida's foremost men, and prOmi-
nently mantioed as candidate for
Governor, IL spending several days at
Tallahassee this week among his host
Of friends and admirers, and we pre-
sumo looking after his political inter-
ests. General Gilchrist Is whoIesoled
prosperous native Floridian and has
warm friends in every section Of the
state.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-04-26

My, what a waking up there will be
in the old red hills Of Tallahassee and
throughout Leon county II that capital
removal question comes up again. But
in all seriousness and after due deliber-
alton, don't you think II the capital Is
ever moved from Tallahassee Live Oak
Is the only candidate in the long list OF
aspirants that stands the ghost Of a
show for landing the prize? "Them's
our sentiments" anyway. Live Oak
Democrat
Quit your foolishness, my brother;
has not the state of Florida now enough
vexatious questions up and in hand to
satisfy all without an effort from any
quarter to pull out questions to create
more RED Hot STUFF? For heav-
ems sake let the capital removal ques-
ton rest for quite awhile, However,
if a new location is decided upon some
time in future years, Live Oaks adj
vantages needs be considered.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-04-26


Hon. 7. A. Jennings. Of Pensacola.
who has for the past several months
been very prominently and favoracly
mentioned for governor, spent several
days in the city this week, and was a
pleasant visitor at this Office Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr., Jennings Is good citizen, capa-
bic and worthy Of being FIorida's chief
executive, but we fear that Mr.. Jen-
nings is not modern politician from
the fact that he made the following re-
mark to US in course of the eonversa-
ton:
II know of nothing to prevent me
from making the race, but at present
It IL too early to make an announce
ment. However, must say that the
newspapers Of FlOdida have been ex-
ceedingly kind to me, and certainly
appreciate the many kind expressions
that they have made from time to time
concerning me for which shall always
feel deeply grateful"
The idea Of prominent citizen feel
ing grateful to newspapersl No. Mr..
Jennings is too far behind the times,
and his remarks show that he has not
read the Governors message. We like
Mr.. jennings, but his expressions won't
do for modern politics, nor will they
compare with the present incumbent
who is always right and never wrong
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The Sun and the True Democrat, of
Tallahassee, it seems, have come to the
conclusion that it doesn t pay to be lam
bastinT each other all the time. Editor
Collins, Of the True Democrat, can say
some pretty harsh things, but he can
say nice things, too, and has said some
of them about the Sun, lately. You
sure can catch more flies with sugar
than with vinegar, every time. Polk
County Record.
Editor Collins always tries to be just
and fair. Mr.. L'Engle has his style of
conduc ting a newspaper. we have our
own, we differ as to men and measures;
but we are trying to be brotherly in the
pri nters line, and Collins can afford to
commend him in his efforts to fulfill the
printing contract faithfully he assumed
when he purchased the stock Of the Capt.
tai Publishing Company. He is doing
all mortal can to turn out the State
printing clean and honestly, thing
that was not known to his predecessor.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-04-26

There are several good men among
the legislators and both houses have
them that would make Florida a good
and acceptable governor, and there are
others, too, who would make excellent
cabinet officers. IL may be, too, they
will be named and announced as caadi-
dates also before the adjournment of
Of the legislature.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-04-26


This movement began IN Arcadia two
years ago, when Charles Driggers un-
der the influence Of liquor. killed bis
father. The result was . large mass
meeting in the Baptist church and >
sermon by the pastor, elder w. D.
Turnkey, who il now pastor Of the Col
lege street church in Dade City. The
question has gathered strength until
now II Is well launched and bids fair 70
pass favorable vote in the present
legislature
Mr.. Turnkey went TO Tallahassee last
week and put the ''joint Senate and
House Resolution" into the hands Of
senator j. H. HUMPHREYS and reprosen.
tative Crawford Senator Humphries'
bill has awakend much discussion and
the issue Is indeed very live one.
The proposition is TO amend See. Of
Art. 10 Of the State constitution 20
that 1t may read az follows:
"The manufacture or sale of intoxi-
eating liquors, either spirituOus, vinous
Of malt, shall be. and the same is here
by forever prohibited in the State Of
Florida.
1t is proposed to submit this amend
ment to the qualified voters Of the whole
state for ratification or rejection at the
next general election. Then will come
the tug OF war" ard the people will
settle the matter
This measure regards the state, rath-
er than the county. as the unit of gov
eminent. 1t does not endanger the
present local option law If it car
ries at the polls, the whole state will be
dry. If it fails, the law remains as it
now is. This seems to be the only logi-
cal way to settle the question. Let the
people say. 1t goes to the very rootof
the matter, and is a referendum in
which the popular vote has full and
free expression. 1t is thoroughly demo-
cratic, and must sooner or later be set
tled.-Dade City Star.
This question is likely to put some
big men in Florida on record, too, for
Temperance, religious and moral ele-
ment OF the good old state of Florida
has good, strong voting power, j thank
you, and the sentiment grows stronger
as the days come and 60.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27

Chatham, Mass.-Unusually blus-
tering spring weather followed Tues
day nights southerly storm of fog and
rain, which was accompanied by a
severe midnight tempest. Since noon
northwest gale has prevailed, with
squalls of rain, clearing at sunset, but
with the gale increasing to a 45-mile
clip.
All the afternoon the big ocean-go-
ing tugs Gettysburg, Carlisle and Swa-
tara of the Reading line and the Saw
age of the Reading line, all bound
to Boston, struggled to pull across
the shoals and up past Chatham. AT
sunset the Reading feet was still
holding on, working very slowly north
ward, as was also schooner yacht,
but the Savage had sought an anchor
age under Bass river with the steam
er C. F. Mayer of the same line.
small steam yacht, apparently
bound for Boston, struggled in vain
to pass north, causing the lifesavins
crews much uneasiness, because at
times it looked as il the venturesome
skipper would send his craft to the
bottom while plunging into the great
waves, but she finally anchored at
sunset close in under Chatham beach.
A lumber-laden three-masted schoon-
er, bound north, was driven back with
loss of maintopmast and with split
sails, and sought refuge under the
beach off the Orleans. station.
The gale subslded in the evening
and will permit the tows and sailing
vessels to resume their voyages in the
morning.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27

New York, N. Y.-Fifteen governors
have accepted the invitation Of the Ma
tional Civic Federation to name dele
gates to attend the national confer
ence on combinations and trusts in
Chicago, May 1881.
The acceptances OF Gov. Hughes of
New York, Gov. Cummins of Iowa, Gov
Folk of Missouri, Gov. Warner OF Mich
igan, Gov. Davidson of Wisconsin and
Gov. Cutler OF Utah have just been re-
ceived.
This conference will discuss: Gov
ernmental power over corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce; the div
ision of power under the constitution
between the nation and the state; pow
er concurrent in nation and state.
"How should the corporation be con-
structed? Should there be national
corporation as well as state; the basis
of capitalization of corporations, their
internal control; provisions looking to
the protection of investors and the
stockholders as well as fair dealing
with the public; distinction between
public service and other corporations.
THE just and practicable limits OF
the restriction and regulation, federal
and state, of combinations in trans
portation, production, distribution and
labor"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
saronets at a saruain.

London--Unlike the titles granted
In some continental countries, those
of the British aristOcracy have always
seemed to rest under a solid founda
ton, based as they have been on royal
DEGREES, patents and precedence, and
carefully enveloped in red tape.
1t developed recently, however, that
there is alloy in the gold Of the
baronetage, for a special department.
al committee has issued a report say
Ing there is no doubt that number
of persons have assumed the title of
baronet either wrongfully or upon the
most doubtful basis. These cases ap-
proximate five or six percent of the
entire baronetage.
The committee recommends legisla-
tive action to create tribunal that
shall prevent the unlawful use of any
title. In the meantime it recommends
in order to avoid frauds, that there
shall be included in the annual publi-
cation of the official roll of baronets
only the names of those who have
been received at court, or who have
been mentioned by that title in some
official document.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27

Plymouth, Mass.-Wednesday after
noon nine hand-line men Of the fish
Ing schooner Alice V. Gleason, Capt.
Adolph Amiro, came near death by
drowning, and only by mere chance
were they rescued.
They came in in the morning for
fresh bait and as the cookie piCkers had
not sufficient bait for them the whole
crew numbering II men, went out in
two boats for the numerous flats to
gather them. one boat went out to
Dicks fiat, the other two miles distant
to Whites fiat.
The tide was out and the men pulled
their boat up as far as they thought
necessary on Dicks fiat and went to
work gathering cookies. They did not
take notice of the strong wind which
was blowing from the southeast and
of the rising tide, and the first they
knew one of their number looked up
for the boat and was horror stricken to
find that the tide had come up and
hoated it off and the strong wind was
taking it rapidly away from them.
They shouted as loud as they could
but they could not make any one on
shore take notice and then they pulled
off their coats and shirts and waved
them frantically above their heads,
The water was fast covering the
fats and rising on their bodies and the
cold wind was piercing them, and with
the ice cold water they could not
stand up much longer.
The boat had drifted across Goose
point channel to another fiat and was
rolling over and over by the force OF
the wind and sea.
One Of the fishermen, Amande MUSE,
said to the others: well, boys, | may
as well drown one way as another;
will swim for the boat"
The water then was above their
waists, and he kicked OFF his shoes and
plunged into the channel and after a
great struggle reached the boat, climb
ed into it and fell exhausted in the
water in the boat.
James Bagnell had in the meantime
seen the signals from shore and he
telephoned Capt d. H. Craig of the tug
Mary Arnold, which lay at the wharf
with steam up. 1t did not take many
minutes for the tug to get under way
and full head of steam was put on. 1t
was an exciting run.
The eight men left on the fiat were
having a hard time holding on, as the
water was now to their armpits, and
the only way they could hold up was
by all clinging together. The tug
reached them in time and took them on
board and then picked up MUSE, who
lay helpless in the dory.
The men were taken to the schooner
where MUSE was put in bunk and
restoratives given him. The other
men were chilled through, but speedily
revived and were very grateful for their
rescue.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
Killed bv His Old Sweetheart.

Oil City, Penn -Thaddeus S. Ross,
35 years old, clerk in the postottice
was shot and instantly killed Wednes-
day by Miss Isabelle Stroup, 2S for
mer sweetheart, who Immediately shot
herself through the heart. Both were
of prominent families.
The shooting took place in the office
of DR.. George w. Magee, where Miss
Stroup had called Ross by telephone
while he was dining at his home. DR..
Magee was absent from his office, and
knew nothing of the tragedy until he
returned and the two bodies partly
prevented the Office door being opened.
Miss Stroup was employed in hos
pital in Bradford and arrived here at
noon. She went directly to the ply
scian's office, from which place she
called Ross.
Three shots were fired at Ross, two
entering the forehead and one the
heart.
Ross was to have been married al
night to Miss Drusilla Sampsell. She
is prostrated.
Ross was a veteran of the Spanish
American war and served with the
regular army in the Philippines at Its
close
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
Glnom in Gotham.

New York, N. Y.---The explosion OF
an enormous electric generator in the
lighting plant of the New York Edl-
son company at F'ifty-eighth street and
First avenue caused to fall on New
York's most brilliantly lighted district
the other night almost the darkness
of the tomb.
At about $50 o'clock the explosion
occurred, followed by fire in the great
lighting plant, and although the fire.
men responded promptly, the water
they threw into the building seemed on
ly TO feed the flames on the insulation
of the great mass OF wires inside the
building
Finally connection was made with
the IL other generators in the building
and emergency connections with other
plats In the city and the service re-
established,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
President Of Miners, Union III

Chicago.-JOhn Mitchell, president
of the United mine workers of Amer
lea, who arrived last week, Is dam
gerously i'll at the residence OF Frank
Schell.
The labor leaders journey to Wash
ington will have to be postponed until
an operation can be performed to re-
lieve strangulated hernia.
DR.. w. w. McCleary has been in
constant attendance at the patients
bedside for several days. He expects
to peSorm the operation early next
week 1lat will conquer the malady
from which Mr.. Mitchell is suffering.
Mrs. Mitchell is on her way from
Spring Valley, Ill.
'If the operation is successful" said
DR.. McCleary, "Mr. Mitchell ought to
recover completely"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
FRIDAY,

FRIDAY, April 10, 1907.
Mrs. Annie Dickinson, charged with
completely in murder Of her husband,
ordered discharged by court at Houl-
ton, Me, at conclusion OF prosecutions
testimony; case goes on with testi-
mony of Jack Roberts, the remaining
and principal defendant.
Col. Bryan warmly received at Hart
ford.
District attorneys Office takes up in
vestigation of what is believed to be
an effort by a policeman to influence
q member of the Thaw jury
Maine strike breakers turned hack
by Boston teamsters' union officials.
TWO killed in fire in laundry at
Montreal
Benedict Gimbel of Gimbel Bros of
Philadelphia, department store owners,
under arrest in New York on charges
Of improper conduct and attempting
TO bribe police.
= Diver Ewing of Boston terribly man
gled by dynamite, dies in Portland hos
pital.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
NAVY YARD FIRE.
Threatening Blaze at Portsmouth
Stopped After Desperate Fight.

Threatening Blaze at Portsmouth
stopped After Desperate Fight.
Kittery, Me-The most disastrous
ire that has occurred at the navy yard
for years was discovered Wednesday
evening shortly before Z by Construc-
Tor Stahl and an alarm was immediate
ly rung in by his son, Vinton Stahl
The fire was in building No. 20, a
four-story brick building, the two up
per stories OF which are occupied as
pattern shop by the department Of
steam engineering, and the two lower
stories as stOrehouse in connection
with the general stores building, The
fire when first discovered in the west
end of the upper story was just break
ing through the roof,
There was a strong northwest wind
at the time and the upper part OF the
building was soon mass of flames.
The navy yard department was slow
in responding to the alarm and the fire
had gained a good headway when the
first stream OF water was turned on
the building.
Among the early arrivals at the scene
OF the fire was Capt. Reese, U. S. N,
captain Of the yard, and he took per-
sonal charge Of the fire, which looked
as though 1t would extend to the ord
nance building and the machine foun-
dry, copper and blacksmith shops Of
the department Of steam engineering,
which were separated on one side from
the burning building by only a mar
row passageway.
To the right of the building within
100 feet Of the burning building was
the general store building in which was
held the Russian-Japanese peace con-
ference. Fortunately the wind was
blowing away from this building. 1t
was soon seen that the fire was get
ting the upper hand Of the yard de-
partment and assistance was summoned
from Portsmouth.
Chief Junkins sent Col. Sise steamer
and hose wagon. The trip was made
in about 30 minutes, but on their ar
rival at the yard there was consider
able delay in getting a location for the
steamer. In spite OF the 10 streams of
water poured into the building, 1t was,
however, some time before the fire was
under control. The fire was confined to
this one building, the two upper stories
of which are a mass of ruins, while
the lower stories were badly gutted.
The building was built in 1868 and
the loss of the building and contents
will be upward of $15O,0O0.
The origin of the fire is a mystery,
but is supposed to have originated
from spontaneous combustion.
During the fire Corp Agnew, U. S.
NJ. c., of the yard fire department, had
his shoulder broken by a ladder, which
fell. About 20 men were employed In
the pattern shop, but the destruction
Of the patterns is likely to affect the
force of men employed in other
branches of the department of steam
engineering.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
MONDAY,
April %. 1907.

Sailors uniform exclusion case TO
be taken to supreme court of Rhode
Island.
Boston Central labor union takes
steps looking to the building of labor
temple.
Alfred Morat killed by train near
New Bedford, Mass.
Man seriously wounded in stabbing
fray on steamer at Newport, r. |.
Maj. Goethals accuses engineer Ste
vens of making inaccurate reports of
progress on canal
William j. Bryan speaks to great
audiences at Springfield and Pittsfield
under auspices of Y. NJ. c. A.
Boy held at Gloversville, N. Y, not
the missing Horace Marvin, Jr,
though closely resembling him.
Counsel for plaintiffs in Eddy re-
ceivership suit give out letter in which
they asked for conferences with Mrs.
Eddy; no reply was received
Whaling bark Greyhound finally
reaches New Bedford.
w. 4. Stead wants to organize Ar
menian league.
Rev. Dr. Aked, formerly of Liver
pool, begins pastorate of Rockefeller's
New York church
President condemned by Chicago la
Dor men for reference TO accused
miners.
Two factions come to blows in a
Portsmouth, O., church and women
faint.
Mrs. William Thaw said to seek
truce with Mrs c. J. Holman, Evelyn
Thaw's mother.
Michigan republicans favor Roose-
welt for next President; democrats
name Bryan,
Loan clerk Of a New York trust
company arrested and admits theft of
$4,000 of railroad bonds.
Snow and cold in Nebraska have
nipped fruit, but have hugely benefit,
ed the winter wheat crop.
Red Cloud, dying Sioux chief, ap.
peals to white man to be good to In,
dians.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
Elu. Cents to cOnex Island.

Albany-By a vote of 81 to the
assembly has passed a bill which is
designed to provide scent rate from
New York to Coney island.
The assembly bill which would au-
thorize the governor to appoint spe-
cial commissions to investigate state
departments was acted upon favor
ably by the assembly committee on
ways and means.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27

Hanover, n. H.-The condition Of
President William ]. Tucker of Dart
mouth college, who has been serious
ly i'll for several weeks, Is now report
ed to show some Improvement, but 1t
ls thought unlikely that he will be
able to resume his regular college du-
ties before next fall
President Tucker is at his resi-
dence here. His executive duties at
the college are being attended to by
Prof. John X. Lord. as acting presl-
dent
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
c.ntral American War Ended.

San Salvador, Central America.-A
treaty of peace between Salvador and
Nicaragua was signed April 23 at Anna
pala by ministers representing each
country. The terms of the treaty are
honorable to both countries,
The conditions proposed by Salvador
were accepted and the demands made
by President Zelaya of Nicaragua for
reparation for Salyador's part in the
recent war between Nicaragua and
Honduras and that there be free in
terchange of commodities between Mic.
aragua and Salvador were rejected.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
4 CONDENSED NEWS
OF THE ENTIRE WEEK

ed with murder of J. Edgar Dickinson
unable to agree at Houlton, Me-, and
at midnight is locked up.
Bryan given splendid reception at
Fan River
c. f. Gondolf, charged with having
missing bonds of New Britain savings
bank, held in $4,000 bail in New
York
Benedict Gimbel, Philadelphia mer.
chant under arrest on serious charg.
es in New York, dies OF self-intiicted
wounds.
Col c. d, Parkhurst includes sham
battle on Oyster Bay in his plan for
coast defenGe and militia exercises in
July.
Chancellor Day of Syracuse Univer-
slty defends tainted money and great
corporations
Alleged head of Italian Camorra so.
ciety TO be sent back to Italy as
criminal immigrant.
Bomb throwing and robbery by ter
rorists at Lodz.
Report of U. S. steamboat inspec.
tors at New London on LarchmOnt
disaster turned back as incomplete.
Steamer berthed at a South Boston
wharf as quarters for strike-breakers.
Herman c. Wiles is sentenced at
Boston to state prison for life
u. S. supreme court decides suicide
does not invalidate life insurance pol.
icy.
DR.. John Carver, said to have II
wives, under arrest in Michigan on
charge of defrauding one OF them out
of $25,000.
Steamships Cymric and Romantic
reach port Of Boston.
Barton, VT, farmer killed by his
horse.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-04-27
Think Marvin BOY was Run over.


Dover, Del,--Through statement
just secured by Detective Frank II.
Lore Of New Jersey from Horace Cald-
well, farmland or Kits Hammock,
the dragnet OF damaging evidence was
drawn closer about Frank Fl. Butler,
who Is locked up in jail here, charged
with the murder OF Horace n, Marvin,
Jr., the four-year-old son of DR.. II. n.
Marvin, who disappeared mysterious
ly from Bay Meadows, the Marvin
farm, on the morning Of March 4.
Butler who was q farmland EN-
ployed by Charles WoOdall, the man
who sold Bay Meadows to DR.. Marvin
was the last person known TO have
seen the Marvin lad. He has just
been arrested. lie had secured job
as deckhand on the steamer John p.
Wilson of the Dover & Philadelphia
navigation company.
After Butler was arrested he was
put through the third degree" by de-
tectives. Butler declared that he
drove alone to the barn beside the
straw stack where the little boy was
last seen playing, and admitted being
there with the boy alone for at least
10 minutes. He said that after load
ing the wagon with wheat screens he
asserts that he drove back to the corn
crib, together with Caldwell, who had
joined him at the barn. On his way
back to the crib he says he saw the
little boy Horace still sitting on the
straw stack.
1t is the belief of the detectives that
Butler accidentally ran over the boy,
and rather than take the dead body
to the house concealed it in sack Of
corks and removed it to the woods,
a mile and half from the Marvin
farm, where he buried it.
Butler will probably be given a
hearing and remanded back to jail
for further examination.