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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-25
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD
STATEMENT.

will be found a statement Of the re-
ceipts and disbursements OF the Inter-
nal Improvement Board Of Florida for
the past two years. This statement,
,Chie not itemized, is the first that has
been made public concerning the money
spent by this board during that time
and will prove interesting 70 the tax
payers Of Florida.
"Thcrc are several amounts listed in
this statement that seem 70 Us TO be-
far IN excess Of what they should right
fully have been but ne do not care IT,
enter into q discussion Of these matters
until we have bcrore u AN 0em'zed
gtaicD, at OF these amounts, and the
pcrsona ~ whom these moneys have
been paid.
The Journal Will cndcayor 90 get
these iic0i.rd si0tcmC1,is, and "a, soon
as we do we shall publish them, or 80
much of them as we think are necessary
for investigation, and at that time Will
probably have something to say about
them
"The Journal Us glad to note that
Governor Broward has come out
aquarcIy in favor oil publicity IN these
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would be forthcoming, and the Journal
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W. ol,,ny r.urod,cn the ror,going
fran rho p.r.,rola JournaI b,cause Of
us admirable tone and IT'S ,usistancc
,,nor IA. ,ulIi,utinn of y detailed
Jco,,cd M, j,,gcpt brgore il undertakes
Tho tosk or criticism and comment
/ Tho, IL rr,.isol, m, ,t,itudc of the
Tr,o democrat Anv d.sio,ntcd and
nar,i,., diycns.,o, or tho ,IIpg,d farts
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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-25

Now that Judge Carter has resigned,
the FlOridian suggests 10 the Governor
that he appoint Hon. j. Emmett Wolfe
ON the First Circuit and Mr.. NJ Angus
tus Brown, Of this city, as the Cover
nor's Private Secretary Jacksonville
Floridian,
A suggestion that may be adopted,
coming M il does, even from Editor
Albert Williamson, AZ the suggestion
strikes close 20 home and in line with
the Governors more than likely incli-
nation and desires.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-25

Four good rm(mules for sale cheap.
A7-4t w. HI BOND, LloyG, Fla.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-25

The Live Oak Democrat thinks W IL.
Watson, of Mariana, has the inside
track for the appointment to fill the UNI
expired term of Judge Francis Is. Car
ter of the frat circuit, resigned. las
most Of the lawyers throughout the
circuit have endorsed him for the
blace." Perhaps, but j. Emmett Wolfe
is tho Governors private secretary, re-
member. Times. Union Short Talks
And, again, it must be- remembered
that eX.sherifr and ,.qx- Private Sccrc-
tary Brown, one is,thc fQ"iiB. must hc
provided place: that there are some
complications about that convict i'm
spectors job, many claiming 1t has
been promised to them, while othcri
are seeking il on the political inAucnc,
they can carry with them for the mp
pointmcnt. II Mr.. Wolfe gets tn,
iudgoship, perhaps Mr. Brown will gel
back his old "sit, It is all game oI
Cheap John politics, however, and ",
will probably soc what will come out o
IL all,
"What has become Of the druinag,
project 20 asks the Lakeland Sun. III
work still going on? Wchaye number
Of people ask US what is doing and a
there is 30 little public information
about this matter of the peoples bust
ness, we are unable 20 answer the PEG
pie about the peoples business. >
The peoples business" is nobody
business. 1T Is the policy at TauahaH
ace, apparently, 10 involve all publ
operations in cloud OF mystery. WhR
everybody wishes 10 know Is informa
ton that the State officers will not Civ
out, unless the law explicitly require
them 10 do 80. A good daily newspH
per at Tallahassee with an inquisitiy
editor would be useful 10 the rest Of tn
State. The True Democrat should b
issued six times q week. U MO
Short Take. Had the proprietor 9
the True Democrat the means TO max
II 10, Il would be. We are doing th
best We can under al the circumstance
and are gratihed and pleased, ~ It u
10 ace some good results.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-25

.uBLrsHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-01-25

Mention The True Democrat.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

by good fortune, as Mr.. Corey was
said to be. Mr.. White lived for SO
years with the wife of his youth. To.
gether they had planned and worked
to build up the foundations of his
millions. After they had grown old
and rich together they found that love
had flown out through the window
as the millions came pouring in at the
door. Mr.. White left home and Mrs.
White sued for divorce There was
no public scandal in the case, but it
certainly was enough to make Cupid
weep. He likes to see the white
haired man and wife going down the
hin of life hand in hand Having
borne the burden of the day together.
they should reconcile themselves to
the calm and peace of the evening.
w. J. Lemp, the millionaire brewer
Of st Louis. also had trouble which
resulted in his separation from tho
beautiful Mrs Lemp, known in st.
Louis as the "lavendar lady on &C.
count Of the prevailing color scheme
of her many beautiful gowns.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

of my girl friend in Woodlawn We'd
nesday night | came back up town
in the morning | had about ten dol
lars when | left home-it was my
Christmas money-and | wanted to
come up town and see what was
displayed in the windows and | want
ed to buy some things for the folks.
| had good time, | thought If
put on boys clothes nobody would
know me-"
And was that the only reason you
left home, Dorothy?" some one in the
party asked
The eyes of the little girl filed with
tears and she shaded her face with
her hands, refusing to answer.
Il understand that Dorothy is of a
most romantic nature and great
reader of fiction" said Mr.. Kenyon.
one of the amateur sleuths. 1T is said
that the child has a penchant for act
ing, and has expressed the intention
of going upon the stage. Relatives
say that she has been in the habit Of
amusing herself by donning her ia
Tiers clothes and Disgusting herself
for the purpose of surprising her lit
tie friends"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

greater distress TO Cupid. tho deity
Of all true lovers. IL would seem that
the CLEAN of suddenly acquired mil
lions, as seen through the smoky at
mosphere OF Pittsburg, is sufficient to
blind the eyes Of love.
William f. Corey was ruined by Mr..
Carnegie, so Mr.. Corey's uncle Is re-
ported to have said. This was be-
cause Mr.. Carnegie put Mr.. Corey in
the way of becoming rich. The head
Of the great steel trust, looking for
pleasure and thrills" in the byways
Of life, found only unhappiness. AS
the familiar saying goes, he couldn't
stand prosperity" All the world is
familiar with the story of Mr. Corey's
spectacular rise in the world Of fl
nance and OF the alleged escapades
which caused his wife to leave him.
She obtained a divorce last summer
after living in the state of Nevada
long enough to acquire citizenship
under the liberal laws OF that state.
In her bill she charged her husband
with desertion, but it generally was
understood that the family happiness
was wrecked by Mr.. Corey's public at
tentions TO Mabelle Gilman, an act
ross
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
Air OF Fes,ivity In Courtroom.

While Cupid weeps at the sight of
divorce court that Is more than the
complainant does. one Chicago dI.
vorco lawyer says that there Is n no
ticoablc air OF fcstylty In the court
room when cases are being heard
The average woman who appeals to
the courts for release manifosts no
sense OF sorrow or humiliation 1t
n a business proposition with her
She sues her husband Tor his cruelty
or descrton and tells the story to the
court IN business like way The
uniformed stranger strolling into
the courtroom, easily might think the
dispute was over grocery bin or a
ruined gown, rather than a ruined
life The law says she may have a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

Chippewa Falls, Wished by Mus.
tard Hardy and Charlie Kasoureck.
mighty hunters, all he male iuhabit-
ants of Sadott and vicinity started
out to eNterminate all the wolves and
bears in the ueighborhood The wom
en-. in their gayest dresses, turned out
70 cheer them on For six hours the
hunters hunted in vain Then scouts
reported tracks They led TO a clump
OF brush into which the hunters were
about TO fire when Farmer Charles
Green rushed UP. yelling
Hold on hens my old Rje Fanay i
tracks
That ended the hunt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
YOUNG GIRL FOUND
POSING AS A BOY.

crying for you all day" said Mr.. Van
Schaick.
At the mention of her little sis
ter the child ceased to struggle. Her
head sank upon the shoulder OF her
captor and she gave way to hysterical
weeping Sympathizers gathered
about her. and after awhile she be-
came calm Telephone communica-
ton was had with her relatives, and
while awaiting the arrival of the
girls uncle efforts were made to get
the youthful truant and masquerader
to tell something about her expert
ence since she left home.
Il first cut my hair shorter myself
it was not long to begin with
Wednesday afternoon in a room OF
the home of girl friend in Wood
lawn. | do not know the number just
now" said the girl. To-day | got
barber to slick it up a little better
[ bought the knickerbockers, the
sweater and the cap in a State street
department store. | slept at the home
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
DONS kNICkERBOCkERS AND
GOES SHOPPING AT CHICAGO.
HAD STAGE ASPIRATIONS
EIeven-Year.Old Truant Causes Ex-
element by Her Mysterious Dis
appearance-Is Detected by
Amateur Sleuths.

Chicago.-Dorothy Eastman the IL
year-old child whose mysterious dis
appearance from the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Eastman, GILT
Kimbark avenue, aroused the society
section of woodlawn and caused a
flutter in the Hyde Park police de-
partment, was found under circum-
stances as dramatic as were ever pen
ned by fiction writers or portrayed
upon the stage.
Attired in a natty knickerbocker suit
of gray and wearing scarlet flannel
sweater and gray cap pushed BACK
jauntily upon her shorn locks, the lit
tie blonde runaway walked airily into
the Hampden restaurant, on State
street at $50 o'clock and ordered
dinner with all the nonchalance of a
fin de steele youth. Sitting at an ad-
joining table to the one to which the
masquerader was shown were two
men who had been tracing her for
hours. They were Harrison Van
Schaick and f. ID. Kenyon, friends of
the father of the girl and of her uncle,
John Drake, who had been making
frantic efforts to discover a trace of
the truant since shortly after the hour
that she had dropped out of sight.
Kenyon and Van Shack, the latter
knowing little Dorothy Eastman by
sight, turned amateur detective to
aid their friend Drake, and they beat
out the police. But so completely
changed was the appearance of the
girl by her adoption of male garb and
the cutting of her hair that Mr., Van
Schaick was not altogether certain
for half an hour as he watched her
at her meal that she was in fact Dor
othy.
AS the boy arose from the table and
approached the cashiers desk with
a check presented by the waiter Mr..
Van Schaick stepped forward and
blocked the door leading to the street.
The apparent lad with smile and
a pleasant remark to the young wom-
an at the cashiers desk paid the sum
demanded and then started to leave
the restaurant Then Detective Van
Setback reached down, and taking the
surprised child in his arms said:
Dorothy, wait a moment. Uncle John
will soon be here
With a Shrek which startled the
diners who thronged the cafe, the
child struggled to free herself, crying
out: Let me go, Release me at
once ! don't know YOU"
But you are Dorothy Eastman. and
| am your friend" assured Mr.. Van
Schaick as he gently restrained the
frantic girl.
Il am not Dorothy Eastman Let
me go; oh, let me go'" walled the lit
tie girl, as she tried vainly to reach
the door.
Dorothy, | know you, and | want
you to wait until your Uncle John
Drake gets here, and he will take you
home Your little sister has been
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

Chicago. Surely New Years day
must have been the saddcst that Gu
Did ever has spent. When the little
god balances his books for 1906 he
will be compelled TO sit down and
weep, for the list of the matrimonial
wrecks Of the year shows an awful
number of disasters, There have
been enough domestic jars to shake
the continent worse than the earth
quake shook San Francisco II they all
had occurred at one instant The
tears that have been shed would make
salty sea If they could be collected
In the desert basin of Sahara
Indeed, It has been a bad year for
Cupid. Divorces have been more
numerous than in any other twelve
months since marriage became an in
stitution. Princes, dukes, counts,
statesmen magnates, and miIlionaires,
butchers, doctors, grocers, lawyers,
and Iaborers have come to grief In
their love affairs
In the good old days people married.
and lived happily ever after" Now
tho problem OF the novel begins in
stead of ending at the altar. People
yet married and then get divorced
Chicago still leads the world in di-
vorCe population. and perhaps In the
facility with which divorce is grant,
ed due cause being shown. The hear
ing OF testimony and the granting Of
a decree In default cases in this city
takes only few minutes, and the
average length OF time consumed Is
estimated at ten minutes by people
who study divorce methods That
is why the local courts are known as
divorce mills" They work with the
speed Of a steam buzz saw as they 90
through the knots Of matrlmouy. Your
lawyer files the papers, your case
SIS called and burrrr-you are DIT
yCrCcd
It is the women who keep the buzz
saw wording in the divorce mills in
Chicago Four out of five suits are
brought by the wives The men are
r'naner than the women, perhaps,
or else the husbands are more willing
20 tough II out without appeals to the
court
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
Drops on Deer; Kills II.

Camp Bailey, Pa.-Peter Rinder.
necht is still talking of his narrow
escape from an iEfuriated deer, which
he finally killed in an unusual man,
ner.
While the other members of the
camp We're away on a long drive, Pete,
finding things slow in camp, decided
to do a little hunting on his own hook
Back OF the Hinkle farm he jumped
a large buck and fired a shot which
made a flesh wound The angry deer,
lowering its prongs, made for Pete, who
dropped his rifle and climbed the near
est tree
The deer paved at the tree, snort.
ing with rage. and Pete thought it
fine joke until night began to draw
near with the buck still on guard.
Pete yelled for help, bur his cries
only echoed through the rayines. 1t
was very cold and the hunter found
that it would not be long until he
would have TO release his hold on the
branchea and fall TO the ground
4 desperate plan was determined
upon Pete weighs close to $50 pounds
and when the buck, walking around
the tree was directly beneath him
the hunter doubled himself up like
ball and dropped.
He landed right on the bucks back
breaking its spinal column and Grip
ping II so that the work Of killing Il
with his hunting knife was easy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
a good vito, II what he says Ee true.

a good vito, II what he says te true.
Or II his wife was good, as she de-
clares She was, then the aged New
York senator was not wise enough to
keep her. He is not the first man
marked by Cupid, however, as being
unable 10 live up TO his own epigrams.
When the separation Of the Platts
occurred few months ago Mrs PlaE
defied her husband, Notwithstanding
the charges he made, and threatened
to bring suit against him. She In
sisted that he should give her a share
Of his riches, She is quoted as say
ing: He bought my beauty; now let
him pay for it." If the senator did
not pay in money, at least he paid In
sorrow and humiliation and loss OF
dlgnity-paid to the last farthing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
Love Leaves After Many Years.

II is small wonder that Senator Plat
declared In one of his latest inter
views that his life as he had lived it
was not worth the living" and that
If ne had the years back he would
spend them differently. Rich and
powerful as he is he finds nothing in
his old age to compensate him for the
disrupted home.
w. j. White, the chewing gum mag
nate of Cleveland, Was the central
figure in one of the domestic wrecks
of the year, Perhaps he was spoiled
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

grave charges against Mrs IIartie
and her CoaChman and counter
charges on the part of the wife that
she was the victim of conspiracy,
in which her husband-the man she
had loved and with whom she had
lived-sought to blast her reputation
by hired and perjured testimony. This
was one of the most notorious domes
tic tragedies ever aired in any court
of any land 1t was worse even than
the Tagagrt case Alone it was enough
to make the year memorable in the
matter of divorce.
In contrast with this the trouble Of
Mrs Charles T, Yerkes and Wilson
Miner were almost farccal Mr.
Ycrkes, the traction magnatc, died
in New York in December last under
circumstances that called the atten-
ton Of the whole world to his widow
Although they had not been living to-
gcther tremendously during the later
years of his life, Mrs. Ierkos declared
that her husband had never ceased
10 love her and that she was devoted
70 his memory
Yet within a month ii was an
uouucod that Mrs lerkes had mar
ried Wilson Miner At first the pub
lie refused to believe it, Miner was
not 30 and the widow Of Nerkos was
moro than so He was gay young
soldier of fortune, and people only
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

when it was frigid and there was a
furry of snow, were given the cold
shiyers as they saw pretty young
woman make a dash out OF bath.
house dressed in bathing suit, and
make for the ocean Oh a run She
plunged into the icy water and re.
NAMED there 10 or % minutes.
An effort was made 10 ascertain
the batherS identity but she evidently
had expected there might be some
curious enough to want 70 know who
she was and therefore she had fixed
the Keeper Of the bathhousa, She
VAS about - years old,
The girl started of on brisk walk
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
YOUNG WOMAN BATTLES
IN THE CHILLY SURF
Pretty Girl StartIes Promenaders at
Atlantic City by Plunge In
Icy Ocean.

Atlantic City. n J.-Board-walk
promenaders in the vicinity of Con.
ncCticut avenue the other morning,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

down the esplanade when she emerged
from the bathhouse, and finally disap,
peared in an auction shop just below
New York avenue
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
Troubles Of Heiresses and Titles.

I roubIes OF Helresses and Titles.
When the countess finally left her
husband, people on both sides of the
Atlantic said It served him right The
matter Of separation has been set
tied, but the count still is clamorIng
for money millions OF ito pay his
debts Perhaps in the final dispose.
ton Of the case he will receive an
allowance even greater than the ALI
mony of Mrs o. H. T. Belmont, who
draws S25000O year from her former
husband, w. X Vanderbilt Count
Castellanc is said 20 have cost $l5,-
0OO 600 when the Gould family first
bought his title and 1t probably will
take as much more for them to be rid
of their bad bargain
The domestic wreck Of tn Marlbor-
oughs was more of a surprise to the
world There had been rumors OF
disagrccments. but these We're not
thought TO be serious. The duke OF
Marlborough, like the count de Cas-
tcllaue. was not able TO understand
the character Of American girls They
might be attracted by title, but they
would not submit to tho indisCretions
it IS mild word of their hus-
bands II was said at the time Miss
Consuclu Vanderbilt married the duke
that she had made the best bargain
of any American girl that ever
bought a foreign lordling, but her
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

dtorcc. and She proposes 70 set IT.
Thht Is slL II her husband has a
good position or q bit Of property, She
asks for almouy The struggle for
some form of maintenance sometimes
becomes strenuous, showing thai the
woman regrets the loss Of the -uan
who has been her support raAer more
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19

Coachman Figures in Many Cases.
The Hartie case of Pittsburg made
tie whole country gasp. 1t involved
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-19
SAD YEAR FOR CUPID
WAS ONE JUST PAST
DOMESTIC JARS FREQUENT AND SEVERE
Matrimonial Wrecks Almost Beyond Counting Haze
Syetvn the Shores of LHe-- West Far Ahead of the
East in the Number of Diuo,ces That Have
Been Asked For and Granted

| than tho loss Of the man who has
been her husband
All this Is like a comic opera, but 1t
makes Cupid weep He has been tell
ing the world for thousands Of years
that marriage is a sacred institution,
and now he first discovers that 1t is
a joke
The proportion Of divorces to mar.
riagcs in New York is one in four,
In Chicago it is one in nine; in San
Francisco it is one in four The
further west you 90 the more fire.
quent are divorces. The decree sepa-
ration has hitched its Wa gon to the
star Of empire. Kansas City, Los An
gcles, and Seattle ere as bad as San
Francisco, in each Of these cities there
being one divorce TO every four mar
riages The statistics for Sioux Falls
are kept locked up in reporter proof
vault
The most notable case of tho year.
perhaps was the international tragedy
of the Castellanes. For years the
world had witnessed the extraya-
gances and indiscretions OF Count
Boni and wondered how much longer
the poor countess would endure them
for the sake of her children. Ameri-
can sympathy, almost without excep-
ton, has been with Anna Gould, for
however much Jay Gould, the rail-
road magnate, may have been dis
trusted, his daughters always were
popular Count Castellane was RI
diculous joke to people who took life
lightly and an exaggerated villain to
those who took it seriously
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-12-04
Y. P. ]. WINS HOKORS.

Most visitors to the jamestown
Exposition will recall the striking
exhibit made there by the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. They will
not, therefore, be surprised to learn
that this Institution has been award
ed by the Exposition authorities.
first, diploma of a gold medal for
Equipment and Instruction in
Technical Education," second, a
diploma of a gold medal for
Method of Producing, Transport
ing, and Distributing Pure Milk"
and third, a DIPLOMA of a gold
medal for Method and Illustration
of instruction in Dairying and
Economic Entomology"