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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
STEP IS TAKEN To
SET UP REPUBLIC
THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
BY THE ENUMERATION OF
POPULATION OF CUBA.
POLITICAL COMPLEXION
NOT GREATLY CHANGED
With the Possible Exception of Pinar
del Rio, the Provinces Hold the
Same Views-Number of Foreigners
in Island Estimated at 100000.

Havana, Nov. 25.-With the compile
tion of enumeration of the population
Of Cuba there has been accomplished
the first step in the direction Of the
termination of the American interven-
ton and the re-establishment of the
Cuban republic.
This enumeration was actually an
enforced registration of voters, the de,
termination of the population of this
land being of scant importance conf
pared to that of registering all persons
entitled to the electoral franchise, in
order to insure the purity of the cleo
ton of the next Cuban president.
An estimate by one of the most ac-
complished statisticians in the service
of the provisional government places
the population of the island at two nil
lions, of which about four hundred
thousand are foreigners not entitled to
the franchise.
The indications are that there has
been no great change in the political
complexion of the provinces with the
possible exception of Pinar del Rio,
where the inhence of Pine Guerra, the
military leader of the last uprising, is
very great.
Even to speculate on the outcome of
the next election is futile, owing to the
confusion consequet on the dissensicnS
in the liberal party and the underlined
attitude of the conservatives.
Had the election been held a year
ago there is no doubt that the liberals
would have had an overwhelming VIC
tory and that Alfredo Zayas would
have been president of Cuba.
Now the liberal party is hopelesSly
divided between the followers Of Jose
Miguel Gomez and Zayas, and an eN-
celent opportunity is afforded for con-
servatives to organize and nominate a
leader who will command the respect
OF the country.
Should they obtain the consent OF
such man as Gen. Mario MenCcal TO
run for the presidency there can hard
ly be any doubt that he would attract
great following from the better class
of liberals and would easily be elected.
Gen. Menocal, however, it is be-
lieved, could not be tempted to enter
the presidential arena.
An element that may prove to be OF
prime Importance in the coming cleo
ton is the health of Jose Miguel
Gomez. 1t is reumored that the gen
cral is afflicted with dangerous all
ment which may compel his retirement
from the field.
Coincident with the completion OF
the enumeration is that Of the elector-
ate law, ON which the committee OF
which Col. Crowder is the head has
been working for months.
1t waits only the approval OF Gov.
Magoon before being promulgated,
so that If tranquility is main,
tanned nothing stands in the way Of
carrying ont the present programme OF
| the government, which Is to hold the
municipal elections in May or June
and the presidential election in the fol-
lowing December, thus paving the way
for the inauguration of the president
in May and the withdrawal of the
| American troops in July.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

He who can read easily and under
standingly possesses the key to all hu-
man knowledge. If he reads with i'm
agination alert, his mind will be
progressive IIo will become more
and more selfreiant, and will become
self-COntidcnt as he realizes the
strength of his imaginative powers.
He will each day become more valu-
able to himself and to his employer,
because he is alert and receptive, and
because imagination will permeate all
his ideals, his thoughts and his activ,
ities. The man with imagination is
equal to all emergencies, for when one
way of accomplishing a desired re.
of another, says the New York World.
The imaginative gift broadens the out,
the artist, the student, and the philos-
opher, the development of the imag,
inative faculty is of the greatest value,
but to the worker in the business or
mechanical world it's value is little
less. The man who has imaginative
strength never can be downed, for
when one of his schemes has failed
he always has another ready, and will
persist until he achieves success.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
The Back Yard.

Paris is a city noted everywhere for
beauty, not merely of architecture, but
of nature, and the art which good
taste is able to evolve from nature.
Particularly is it known for the beau
Sy of it's trees and flowers and parks.
The chief gardener of the city of Paris
has been spending two months vaca-
tion in the United States, studying
American methods in developing city
parks and gardens. He found much
to praise, but had nothing but con-
demnation for the American city back
yard. In New York, particularly, he
found the back yards incredibly ugly
and neglected-no grass, no trees, no
vines, no flowers. The criticism would
hold good of almost any American
city, but the matter is one which
young landscape architects are be-
ginning seriously to consider. One
such in Boston, says the Youths
Companion, is making a special study
of the problem of converting a few
square yards of brick pavement into a
little secluded bower of greenery,
where the family can have restful
hour or pleasant me@l in surround
ings far more attractive than the aver
age roof-garden affords. Manufacture
ers interested in this young mans
work have produced special pieces Of
garden furniture, of cement and terra
Gotta. A New Yorker has recently
told, in print, Of the curiosity he felt
at the wording of an advertisement of
some apartments to rent. One of the
attractions mentioned was the outlook
on real trees and back yards which
were gardens. Later conversation
with the agent disclosed the fact that
the modest attempt at beauty which
the windows commanded was real
asset. 1t raised the rentable value Of
the property.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
WAS OFFERED BRIBE
eoMPERs TELLS FEDERATION OF
ATTEMPT TO CORRUPT HIM.
HIS STORY is VERIFIED
Purported Agent of Manufacturers
Association Offered Immunity and
Money If He Would 5etray
Labor.

Norfolk, Va.-A great sensation was
created in the American Federation
of Labor Wednesday afternoon by
President Gompers in his speech re-
plying to the attacks upon him and
other officers of the federation by the
Manufacturers association, when he
told of an alleged attempt to bribe
him at the Victoria hotel New York,
in October by young newspaper man
giving his name as Charles Branden-
burg.
President Gompers said the man de-
clared that he represented the Ma
tional Manufacturers association, and
was prepared to offer him immunity
from all exposure and make him f1nan-
cially secure for the remainder Of his
life if he would sign a certain paper
and otherwise aid in the exposure
of the other leaders in the American
Federation of Labor with a view to
virtually destroying the influence OF
organized labor"
Verfies His Statement.
The paper, President Gompers said,
was to purport to have been signed
when he (Gompers) was ill in 1895.
This paper, Mr.. Gompers said, he had
preserved, and while deathlike still
ness prevailed in the convention Presi-
dent Gompers drew forth the original
document and read it. Mr.. Gompers
during his recital of the alleged at
tempt at bribery called upon different
delegates present, who were with him
at times at interviews with Branden
burg, to verify his statements. This
the delegates, rising in their seats,
did.
At the close of President GOmpers'
speech there was a great demonstra'
ton, even Victor L. Berger, of Milwau'
kee, the socialistic opponent of Mr.
Gompers, declaring that although he
| had at convention after convention bit
| terly opposed the reelection of Presi
| dent Gompers, he will be the one this
year to move to make his election
unanimous, with a vote of confidence
not only to President Gompers but
also to the other officials of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor.
This" declared Mr.. Berger, "is the
answer of the socialists to the Manu-
facturers' association"
Brandenburg's Side of 1t.
New York Broughton Branden
burg, president of the National In
stitute of immigration. and a mag
azine writer, said Wednesday night
that he was the man referred
to by President Gompers. He EN-
phatically denied that he had attempt
ed to bribe Gompers. He also stated
that he had no connection with the
National Manufacturers association
and that his dealings with Gompers
were solely in the interests of a pub
lication which he represented. He
| himself, he said had been the intend
ed victim of a plot that failed. He de
clared that Gompers' statement was
an effort to forestall the effect Of what
he knew was about to be published.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
BULLET ENTERED CAR
ImperiIina the Life of Speaker Card
we'll, of the Virginia House.

Richmond, Va, Nov. 25.-Leaving
Richmond for Ashland, William D..
Cardwell, of Hanover, speaker of tie
last house of delegates, and several
other passengers on one Of the big
electric cars had a narrow escape from
serious injury. The car was passing
over the viaduct at Clay street when u
rife bullet crashed through one Of the
windows, smashing the glass and pass
ing between the heads of Captain Card
well and q Hanover farmer. No one
was hurt, but the passengers were
much excited.
Not long ago Mrs. Claude A. Swan
son, wife OF the governor of Virginia,
had a narrow escape when a bullet
crashed through a Southern Railway
Pullman as the train was nearing Rich
mOnd.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
RUM ROUTED IN ALABAMA.
Remarkable Scenes When Senate
Passes Prohibition Bill.

Montgomery, Ala.-Unprecedented
scenes were enacted in the senate
chamber of the historical capitol OF
Alabama Tuesday when the statutory
prohibition bill was passed. Women
and children thronged the corridor
and gallery and even usurped the
sanctity of the floor itself, pushing the
senators from their seats and giving
vent to their enthusiasm by shouts
and cheers that echoed and reechoed
through the building.
Senators who opposed the bill were
Kissed down when they arose to
speak against the measure.
The statutory prohibition bill which
was passed was in the nature of a
compromise between the antis and
Drohibitionists. The antis, seeing the
handwriting on the wall, agreed to
give up the fight provided the time
was extended to January l, 1909,
when the sale of whisky will be for
hidden in the state of Alabama. This
amendment will be sent to the house
and will be concurred in without a
fight
Gov. Conner will approve the bill
and it is understood that movement
has already been started by the state
w. G. T. u. to make the signing OF
the bill very formal occasion.
Mobile, Ala.-An indication of the
wrath of the home rulers" over the
prohibition policy of the Democratic
party in the state is shown by the fol
lowing telegram that was sent tC
State Senator Hamburger by M. ]
McDermott, president of the Bank oI
Mobile:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

Not long ago, the Youths Com.
panion, in an article on English
historical pageants, made the sugges-
tion that something of a similar kind
might well form a part of anniversary
celebrations in this country Since
then something of the sort has taken
place. The observance of "Ohio day"
by the town of Rutland, Mass, was
made intensely interesting, and also
historically valuable, by a pageant in
which men. women and children were
dressed as were the pioneers of Gen.
Rufus Putnam's band, and drawn by
sloW-mOVing oxen hitched to prairie
schOOnerS." More lately still the ap-
proval by Lord Tennyson Of a pageant
with scenes taken from his fathers
poems, as celebration of the hun
dredth anniversary of the poets birth,
has led to the suggestion on this side
Of the water that the coming Whittier
centenary be marked by pageant Of
scenes from the Quaker poets verse.
The simplicity and historic character
of much of Whittier's poetry would
make this easy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
WILLIAM R. HEARST HELD
IEW YORK EDITOR BOUND OVER
TO GRAND JURY.
Justice Wyatt Takes Action-crimlnal
Libel Charge Made by
ChanIer.

New York. - Justice Wyatt in
he court of special sessions Thurs
lay held w. R. Hearst for the grand
Jury on a charge of criminal libel pre-
erred by William Astor Chanler. S.
). Carvalho gave bail for Mr.. Hearst.
The amount of the bond was fixed
1T $500, the usual sum required in
misdemeanor cases. Mr.. CarvalhO is
he general manager of Mr.. Hearsts
New York newspapers.
Both Mr.. Hearst and his bondsmaO
we're in court when Justice Wyatt
handed down his decision. They re-
paired to the Office of District Attorney
Jerome while the bail bond was being
prepared. 1t was later approved by
Justice Wyatt and Mr.. Hearst and his
attorneys drove away in the big red
automobile which had brought them
o the criminal courts building.
The charge against Mr.. Hearst grew
out of a publication in the New York
Evening Journal concerning the case
IF Raymond Hitchcock, the actor. Mr..
Chanler's name was mentioned in con-
nection with the article. Several
hearings were had before Justice
Wyatt, during which Mr.. Chanler posi-
lively denied that he had ever been at
Hitchcock's house when little girls
we're there. His counsel claimed that
the publication had been made for the
purpose of injuring politically Lieut..
Gov. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, a bro
ther of the complainant against
Mr.. Hearst.
This was denied by Mr.. Hearsts at,
torneys, who made the counter claim
in court that Mr.. Chanler's proceed.
ings against Mr.. Hearst were taken
in the hope of hurting the chances OF
the independence League ticket in the
last county election.
The grand jury, it is said, has al
ready undertaken an investigation OF
the charge against Mr.. Hearst, and a
score or more of witnesses have been
summoned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
WANT FORAKER FOR PRESIDENT
Committees of Ohio League o. Repub
Ican Clubs Endorse Him.

Columbus, O.-United States .Sena,
tor Joseph Benson Foraker, of Ohio,
was endorsed Wednesday for both re-
election to the senate and the Repub'
lican nomination for president, at a
joint meeting of the executive and ad
visory committees of the Ohio League
of Republican clubs.
The committees also declared that
they had no sympathy whatever with
the proposition that has been ad
vanced that Senator Foraker be
eliminated and retired from public life
because he was not able to agree with
President Roosevelt as to the rate bill
or joint statehood for New Mexico and
Arizona, or about the Brownsville
matter"
The action of the joint committees
at once brought out challenge from
A. I. Vorys, manager of the Taft presi
dental canvass, for popular primary
to determine the choice of the Ohio
Republicans Of a candidate for presi
dent
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

Leeds, England.-The woman suf-
fragists Friday virtually compelled
Herbert Gladstone, secretary of state
for home affairs, to abandon his at
tempt to address meeting here. The
Interruptions from the 'suffragettes"
became so persistent that Mr.. Glad
stone declared he would no longer
struggle against such tactics. One of
the suffragists thereuNon tried to take
possession of the meeting While she
was speaking free fight broke out
between the men and women of the
audience.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
FIGHT DESPITE GOV. cUMMINs.
Militia Captain May Be Punished for
Not Stopping Mill.

Des Moines, Ia-Adjt Gen. Thrift
of the Iowa National guards will or
der an immediate investigation OF
the conduct of Capt. Kulp of Daven.
port, who was ordered late Thursday
afternoon by Gov. Cummins to as.
semble his men of company B, Fifty.
fourth regiment, under arms and stop
the prize fight scheduled for that
night.
1t is the impression of Adjt Gen.
Thrift that the fight at Davenport was
a prize fight and in clear violation of
the law, and that under the strict or.
ders issued by the governor to Capt
Kulp, the militia should have stopped
it.
The fight took place but no decision
was made, though Mcfarland easily
defeated Herman.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Reliably Informed.

'It must be lovely to be a success
full playwright" she said. looking ad
miringly at him, isn't ,it?"
"It is" said ne, trying not to SEEM
proud.
Il understand" she went on softly
''that you had play last winter that
ran for one consecutive night. Was.
that true?"
"Yes," said he. frowning slightly.
"And I have been told" she con-,
tinued, that seven of your plays will
be produced this winter"
"Who told you that?" he asked, his;
face all smiles again.
"You did," she said.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
BOROUGH BANK MEN INDICTED.
President, Cashier and Controlling
Stakeholder in the Tolls.

New York.-The Kings county grand
Jury, which is investigating the recent
management of the suspended Bor,
Ough bank of Brooklyn, returned in
dictments Thursday charging larceny
and other offenses against Howard
MAXWELL, who was president of the in
5titutiOn when its doors were closed !;
Arthur D. Campbell, the deposed
cashier, and William Cow, director
who holds a controlling share of the
banks stock.
The three men were arrested and
arraigned. All pleaded not guilty and
were held for a hearing. Campbell
and Cow each furnished $4,000 bail
NaXwell was unable to secure the
10000 bond required of him and went
70 jail for the night
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Maidstone Adhered.

Spencer, ~ c., Nov. 25.-Leon, a
young son Of Frank A. Brown, OF
Spencer. was bitten by mad dog at
Mt. Pleasant, where the lad was visit
ing his grandparents. He was brougCC
tC Spencer at Cnce and a maidstone,
owned by Mrs. H. F. Dorset, of Lex.
ington was applied to the wounds.
The stone adhered for several hours
and relieved the swollen flesh on the
limb The child, it is believed, will re.
cover
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

Santos-Dumont again comes to the
front in attempts to solve the problem
of aerial navigation. He has a
machine which he calls the hydro
plane, by which he is confident he can
make successful flights, and he has
put up wager to that effect. That
may show the inventors confidence
But the man who can mount in the
air and fly at will, in any direction and
for as long a time and distance as he
may choose, will not be obliged to
make bets to convince the public.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
HURT INSPECTING TRACKS.
Nebraska Railway Commissioner and
Clerk in Bad Accident.

Lincoln, Neb.-Railway Commission.
er Joseph A. William and H. G. Pow
ell, rate expert in the office of the
state commission, were seriously in
jured late Thursday night while max
ing an inspection Of the Missouri Pa
cific tracks near Elmwood. Commis-
sioner Williams was removed to a
hospital. Powell was able to go to his
home.
The men were using a gasoline mo-
tor, and were running at considerable
speed in the darkness when the car
struck an obstacle on the track and
was thrown from the rails.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
LIEUT.. CRAWFORD MISSING.
Admiral Dewey's Secretary Thought
to Have Drowned Himself.

ashington.-Lieut. John W. Craw-
ford, secretary of Admiral Dewey, has
disappeared and it is believed he has
oommtted suicide. Friday Bennett A.
Allen, 1901 Fourth street, friend OF
the missing man, received a special
delivery letter from Lieut.. Crawford
in which it was stated that he had de
termined on suicide and requesting
Mr.. Allen to break the news to Mrs
Crawford as gently as possible. Late
in the evening Lieut.. Crawford's hat
and coat were found on the deck of a
ferry boat plying between Washington
and Alexandria. To financial Difficult.
ties Lieut.. Crawford's resolve to end
his life is attributable, his friends
saw
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Tennis and Temnerament.

In a tennis tournament (more truth
fully than in eonfessionaD are re-
vealed the good and bad qualities of
human nature. The man who loses
gracefully, plays with bad partner
without afterwards alluding to his de-
ficiencies, and honestly admires an OPP
ponent's skill, may be trusted not to
fail in any other trial of life.-London
Black and White.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Sneaker Cannon in a Wreck.

Danville, Ill-Speaker Cannon was
in railroad wreck at Bismarck, ILL.,,
short distance from Danville We'd
nesday. He escaped injury, although
his life was in great danger. Train
No. IA, of the Chicago C Eastern ILL
nois railroad, ran into an open switch.
derailing two cars, in one of which
Mr.. Cannon was riding. The speak
er's car turned squarely across the
track, but fortunately did not over
turn. Beyond being badly shaken up,
none of the passengers or traiamen
was injured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
GEORGE p. Miller a Suicide.

st. Louis. = Physically wrecked
through eXcesses, George P. Miller,
aged 4S years, once a brilliant law
graduate and private secretary to
Samuel ]. Randall Of Pennsylvania,
who was speaker Of the national house
of representatives, swallowed whisky
and morphine in a Pine street board
ing house Thursday night and died
Friday at the City hospital.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense o: smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering II through the mucous surfaces. Such.
articles should never be used except on pfescrip-
uOns from reputable physicians, the damage they
will do ia ten fold TO the good you possibly de-
rive from them. HalfG Catarrh Cure, manufactures
by F. j. Cheney d Co., Toledo. % contains mer-
curry and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls CataTrh Cui'9 he sure you get the.
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made In Toledo.
Ohio, By F. j Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

President Allen of Aurora college
may demonstrate that a diet of pea.
NUS is wholesome and nutritious, but
this will not disprove the generally
accepted proposition that no grade of
peanuts fit to eat is ever used by con-
fectioners in making their peanut
candy,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
FATAL PANIC AT FUNERAL.
One Man Is Killed and Eight Injured
Near York, Pa.

York, Pa-Eli Gross, of lions View,
was probably fatally injured and eight
other persons were hurt in panic in
Quickers church, six miles north OF
this city, Wednesday.
While the funeral Of the victims of
last Saturdays double murder was in
progress report gained currency that
the building was falling. The church
was crowded to it's doors. To aggra-
vate the rumor the heating stove was
pushed over. The congregation i'm.
mediately became frenzied and a
struggle ensued among the people to
escape from the building.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28

1t must make the spirit of Cyrus
Field sore to think that he wasted
all that time and energy on the At
lantic cable, when he could just as
well have telegraphe41 across the
ocean without wires.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-11-28
Yellow Fever Kills Anne

Yellow Fever Kills Americana Woman;
Bridgctown, Islandaof Barbados, B.
w. Mrs Alleyne, wife Of DR.. AL
leyne, surgeon general of the hospital
here, died Friday of yellow fever. She
was taken sick November Is. Mrs.
Alleyne was an American.