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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
Day Happily Spent by the
726 Patients at Chat
tahoochee.
MANY DONATIONS RECEIVED AND
GREATLY APPREcIATED-FINE
DINNER SERVED AND DANCE
AND CONCERT ENJOYED AT
NIGHT.
By o, w, C., Yarorouon.

Chattahoochee, Jan las the
| thoughts of all good people are turned
towards their more unfortunate
| brothers at this season it may interest
your readers to know how the Yuletide
was spent by the 726 patients at the
Florida Hospital for the Insane.
In most kinds of business or EN-
ployment Christmas day is one of res;
| from regular labors and the day is
spent either at home with relatives
or in jollification and pleasure Not
so with the employees at an institu
ton of this kind Here Christmas
means added duties both to the staff
and attendants
Many relatives take the opportun-
ity by reduced railroad rates, ETC., 70
visit their loved ores here and the
hospital management always provides
something extra in the way of dinner
and entertainment.
This year the supply of fruits, etc,
was unusually large owing to many
contributions being sent in although
prior to receipt of contributions the
superintendent had already purchased
ample supplies for an excellent din
ner and the considerable quantities
of fruit sent from various sources will
be distributed from day to day, while
it lasts.
Although, as stated above, a great
deal of extra work is necessary on
Christmas day, yet no one grumbles
as the very evident enjoyment of the
patients is ample repayment.
The dinner this year did not differ
greatly from those served on similar
occasions previously and consisted Of
the following:
Roast Stuffed. Turkey Spanish Gravey.
Roast Pork. Apple Sauce.
Steamed Sweet Potatoes
Steamed Sweet Rice with Raisins
Hot German Rolls. Ginger Bread.
Coffee and Coffee Cake.
Fruit Cake. Chocolate Cake
Apples. Oranges. Nuts, and Candy
In addition to which a special diet
was served in the infirmary wards as
is done daily
In addition to the 726 patients here
there are about lis employees, all OF
whom are, necessarily, boarded by the
state and as it may prove interesting
/ will give you the exact amount Of
the most important part of the Christ
mas ration.
In addition to the list there were
small quantities of other items used
in the preparation Of special diets,
ETC. Except that ordinarily fresh beef
or bacon is used instead of Turkey
and we do not often have fruits or
ceke-the quantities used on Christ
mas did not greatly vary from the
regular daily issue and consisted of the
following
$40 pounds dressed Turkey; 500
pounds pork: 10 bushels. sweet pota-
toes; bushels Irish potatoes; 300
pounds rice: 195 pounds sugar; 100
gallons coffee; $50 eggs; $50 pounds
flour; gallons syrup: 80 pounds but
ter; Is gallons sweet milk; so pounds
raSsins; 35 pounds currants; 90 pounds
citron; as pounds evaporated apples;
barrels fresh apples; $50 pounds va
rious candies; 10 boxes oranges; 300
pounds walnuts, pecans, and peanuts;
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
N. Y. SUPERINTENDENT
OF BANKS RESIGNS

New York, Jan. State Superin-
tendent of Banks f. d. K1fburn resign
ed today. 1t is stated that he is to
become president Of the Fidelity De-
velopment Co. During the term Of
Governor Higgins charges were pre-
ferred against Mr.. Kilburn growing
out of the failure of the German Bank
Of Buffalo and similar crashes, but
they were dismissed. In the recent
gubernatorial campaign Mr.. Hughes
pledged himself to investigate the
banking department and the charges
made against the superintendent and
to take proper action after mis- inyesti-
CATION.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
Resolutions Adopted by the
Chamber of Commerce
Given Opposite
Meaning.
MATTER Is HEREWITH CORRECT.
ED WITH REQUEST THAT
EVERY READER NOTE coRREc.
TON - RESOLUTIONS RE-PUs.
LISHED.

In The Journals report yesterday
morning of the resolutions adopted by
the Chamber of Commerce in reference
to the service which the telegraph
companies of Pensacola have been
rendering, a very gross error occur.
red.
The resolutions referred to the Pos
tai Telegraph Co.'S service as very
satisfactory, but the report had ii
very unsatisfactory" This was an
error on The Journals part, and it
is hereby corrected. The resolutions
as adopted by the Chamber of Com
meTce were as follows:
Unsatisfactory Service.
Pensacola, Fla, Dec. 81, 1906.
To the Officers and Members of The
Chamber of Commerce of Pen
sacOla Fla:
Gentlemen:-Your committee ap
pointed at your last meeting for the
purpose of investigating and reporting
upon the telegraph service of the tel
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
CHRISTMAS AT FLORIDA
HOSPITAL FOR INSANE

SO pounds tomatoes; 10 pounds choc-
oiate, salt, pepper, ETC., etc.
Owing to the many different classes
Of patients and the nature of their
disease 1t was impossible to have a
regular Christmas tree so the fruit,
candy and nuts were distributed IN
der the personal supervision Of tbs
superintendent and his staff. This had
been apportioned and each patient
received six pound paper bag-cont
tanning about half pound each OF
candy and one veZy large or twd
smaller oranges and the same numbet
of apples.
At night, those of the white patients
capable of approaching it, were en-
tertained in the assembly hall with a
dance and pf1onograph recital. One Of
! the donations received this year was
very fine Edison phonograph with
4 doz. records andsit will prove a very
acceptable gift as it furnishes g. never
ending source of pleasure. as scarcely
any mind becomes SO blank that mu-
sic fails to awaken some pleasurable
emotion.
OF course there are a. great many
of the patients whose relatives send
them boxes, either of fruit, cake. etc.
or clothing, and sometimes both, so
they have additional pleasure there
from.
During his term of office Governor
Jennings always presented the pa
tients with 10 or IL boxes of oranges
at Christmas, but this year there
were many contributions, the most of
which were made by the citizens of
Miami through Hon. ]. N. C. Stock
ton and consisted of:
is boxes oranges; 5sbarrels apples;
IS pounds walnuts; % pounds nuts,
(mixedD; so pounds peanuts; 25
pounds smoking tobacco; IS pounds
chewing tobacco and the monograph
and records above mentioned Other
donations have also been made to the
superintendent for the patients but
owing to the slowness of iransporta-
ton in Florida at Christmas a ship
ment of pineapples was made by Hon.
N. r. Johns, of Stuart, Fla, and are
somewhere enroute A barrel of ap-
pies and several boxes of oranges
have also been received since Christ
mas from Tampa and Arcadia, but as
the shippers failed to notify the SUI
IerinteEdert the identity of the con-
tributors is unknown, however all
was very much appreciated and put to
the use intended
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
Deep Water City
Is Generous.

The following clipping is from the
Tampa Tribune of recent date and is
headed NO Squabble:'
When any one says Queen City of
the Gulf Tampa and Pensacola begin
to squabble about which one of them
is meant First news we know some
inconseQuential burg will be disputing
Starke's right to Metropolis of the
F1atwoods." and when it happens
there's going to be trouble right Off
Bradford County Telegraph.
Nov the Tribune will not sQuabble
with anybody or anything, and Tampa
will not, either She is too dignifed.
Our worthy brother of the Telegraph
shouldn't attempt to make fun OF Tam
pa and Pensacola We like Pensa-
cola all right She didn't try to steal
Tampa's title It was one of her
hard-hearted editors. So far as
Stake goes, no town will be foolish
enough to dispute her right to be
called the Metropolis Of the F7atwoods
or F7atheads, or anything else of that
kind.
We presume The Journal man is the
one referred to as being the hard
hearted man who tried to steal Tam
pas title. Just what Queen City"
means we are at a; loss to understand.
We tho1ghtszt first that Queen City"
had reference to deep water, but now
since Tampa has taken offense at our
little paragraph we are sure that it
has no reference to Water
Pensacola does not care to appear
in the light of trying to steal Tampa's
title, if Tampa is entitled to it, and
we are willing that the cigar city shall
be known as the Queen City of the
Gulf" Well be content with the title
King City" or, if you please, the
Deep Water City.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
A GROSS ERROR IN
PRINTING REPORT

egraph companies doing business in
Pensacola, beg to report as follows,
to-wit:
The secretary was directed to in
terview the largest receivers and
senders of kilograms in Pensacola,
with view 70 ascertaining first hand,
exact conditions. This was done, and
from the data obtained by the secfe-
tary, which is submitted herewith
as an appendix TO this report, we beg.
to submit that it was the practically
unanimous sentiment of the patrons
of both the Western Union and Postal
telegraph companies, while there have
been some improvements under the
present manager. the service OF the
Western Union is still very unsatis-
factory, and that the service of ths
Postal is in all essential particulars,
very satisfactory.
The consensus of opinion of large
majority Of patrons interviewed was
that the local manager OF the West
ern Union Company honestly endeav-
ors to render good service, but that
the facilities at his command, both as
to equipment and assistance, are in
adequate to the demands of his Of
fee.
We respectfully recommend that a
copy of this report be sent to the dis
trict superintendent OF the Western
Union Telegraph Co., together with a
resolution requesting said company to
remedy defects in its local service
Immediately.
Respectfully submitted,
GUS EITZEN,
FRANK L. MAYES,
T. A. JENNINGS,
VIC. JONES, Sec.
The Journal trusts that all who read
the report as it appeared in this
paper yesterday morning, will note
this correction.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The Live Oak Democrat SAYS of
the water wagon: Don't forget the
water wagon next Tuesday morning.
1t will cali at your door early and
it will be money in your pocket, health
in your veins, sunshine in your heart
and several other valuable assets, if
you will jump right on and stay
there This same water wagon is one
of the greatest of American institu-
tons. and if you'll stick to it, it will
solve the problem of your transporta-
ton through life in good shape and on
time"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The silver anniversary number of
the Southern Lumberman has Just
been received and is without doubt
the largest lumber paper ever issued.
Three hundred and forty-eight pages
of well written advertisements and
interesting articles make up this
Christmas and anniversary number OF
this popular trade journal and the
edition is credit to the men behind
the enterprise. Mr. Edw B. Mar
tin, formerly of Pensacola, is connect
ed with the Southern Lumberman and
is doing splendid work for them.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The statement of the Tallahassee
True Democrat that there is ample
room for all the departments of the
state government in the capitol build
ing sounds a little queer. and sug-
gests one of two things: Either that
the True Democrat man has not been
around the building much of late
years. or that he is afraid of the CAPT
tai removal bugaboo if the question of
enlarging the building were agitated.
If the departments are crowded for
room they should ask the legislators
for appropriations TO relieve the con-
gestion, and there is no danger of the
capitol removal question coming up
again. The state only last year spent
twenty-five thousand dollars 10 build 4
governors mansion and the legislature
should, and doubtless viii. provide
more room for the department
officers if it is needed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
Soapy Man.

Some sort OF a professor has dis
covered that man is made largely of
soap. Hi body is full of globuleS
called '-myelins" which are believed
TO be a primitive form of pure soap
1t is the only pure type OF soap in
existence, and scientists say that il
may be that man was originally con-
structed on self cleansing principle
1t so. some Of them have outgrovn II
The discovery Of the soapy nature of
man was made by means OF the polar
hing microscope. After all. mans
reputation may be but a bubble-Mi-
ami Metropolis
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The possible, probable, and Spoken
Of candidates for governor to date
in alphabetical order, are:
w. D. Bloxham, Tallahassee.
Jas. E. Broome, Quincy.
jeff B. Browne, Key West.
F'rarcis B. Carter Mariana.
Robert w. Davis. Tampa.
w. H. Ellis, Quincy.
Albert W.. Gilchrist, Punta Gorda.
Frank Harris, Ocala.
I. Albert Jennings, Pensacola.
]. Ed O'Brien. Pensacola
Take your choice or, if not salts
fied, nominate a new man. There is
plenty of time and a big field to pick
from.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
If a constitutional convention should

If constitutional convention should
be called in Florida one of the most
interesting questions that would have
TO be decided would be the location
of the seat of government. The people
are in favor of keeping the capitol in
Tallahassee but the new constitution
would have to carry a provision to
this effect and We predict that lively
scrap would ensue over the word to
be inserted in this particular part of
the new constitution
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
Herring Fishery Abandoned.

Gloucester, Mass, Jan. The
United States government tug Poto-
mac, after freeing the imperilled her
ring feet from the ice, has returned
TO Boston. The feet was frozen in
On the Bay Of Islands and when lib
Grated decided to lake no more
chances but headed for home with
almost empty holds. The fishing has
been abandoned for the season.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
On Income Tax.

RoOsevelt's views on the income
and inheritance taxes meet the ideas
of the great majority of the American
people. Such taxes tend to put the
burdens of the government on the
strongest shoulders at least-although
in their ultimate analysis most taxes
come out Of the pocket of the poor.
They have nobody to put it off on.
The income tax. if imposed. would be
largely paid by others than the reci-
pients of the incomes, but the inherit
ance tax would go to the spot without
escape.-Tampa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The reception to the. state teachers
in St Augustine by Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry NJ. Fiagler at their palatial
hotel, the Ponce de Leon, was a very
thoughtful and kindly act on their
part, and one that was greatly appre-
ciated by the teachers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

Until after the closing of the next
legislature speculations on the polite
al candidates will be merely on the
senatorial and gubernatorial fights.
but after then scores of candidates
for the other Offices will doubtless an
nounce.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
PENSACOLA FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY MORNING

With the beginning Of the new year
the political game will be resumed in
Florida
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The Punkville Floridian, supposed
to be published at Tallahassee, does
not belle its name. Its statement that
1t is the missing link in journalism"
seems to have some truth in It.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

In Florida q governor hardly COM
pletes his inaugural address before
the politicians begin to figure on his
successor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
Panama Message.

The president is going to establish
another precedent 1t is understood
that his message on the isthmus canal
will be illustrated with fifty or more
photographs showing conditions at
Panama. Before the end of the Roose-
welt era it may be that presidential
messages will be issued with colored
pplements.-Miami News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
Fooled Them Again.

The disappointment of the critics
at the presidents brevity on the
subject of the Panama canal in his
message, could be cut with a cold
knife. 1t was expected that hav-
ing gone and seen he would claim
that he had conquered all obstacles
and difficulties and that between a
strenuous" pull and a shake of the
stick the thing would be accom-
plished, but bTevity was the soul of
wit with which he fooled the critics.
Orlando Reporter-Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The following innocent looking lit
tie paragraph in the Fort Pierce
Tribune has caused the editor of the
Miami News to don his fighting
clothes: 1T is said that the wet and
dry election in Dade county will not
be called until after the Yankee leg
pulling season has closed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

Three months until the meeting OF
the legislature, and then there viii
be something doing" until the mex
primary ends.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The rumor that John LeFontisee of
the Jacksonville Times-Union will
soon assume the management of the
Fernandina Star seems to have some
foundation. Mr.. LeFontisee is an ex-
pert in his profession and will make
good anywhere you put him. Regard
ing the rumor that is going the rounds
of the press the Gainesville Sun says:
II is reported that J. o. LaFontiSee
will assume the management of The
Nassau County (Fernandina) Star.
Mr.. .LaFontisee has no superior in the
state as a journalist, and If any man
can make a success of the Star he will
do so. He served his apprenticeship
in the Sun office, rising from galley
boy TO city editor, and since he left
Gainesville he has gained much ex-
perience in broader fields until he is
to-day one of the best posted men on
political and commercial affairs in
Florida
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The Jacksonville Floridian thinks
that If the railroads only knew it. they
are doing more right now for govern
ment ownership than all the populist
platforms ever formulated.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
The Jap Question.

Teddy is trying to explain his
threats of compulsion toward Califor-
mia as being no such thing, but just
a statement that he would use Unit
ed States troops TO save the japanese
in San Francisco from mob violence.
Worse and worse. Hasn't California
any militia Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

Editor McCreary in a recent issue
of his paper, the Gainesville Sun,
says:
The young man" who edits The
Gainesville Sun and represents Ala
chua county in the state senate was
forty-fiye years old on the 18th inst.
We give this information for the bene-
fit of some people who seem to think
We are only as old as we look and our
only regret is that such is not the
case.
The press generally wish him many
happy returns of the day.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

How they complained when lot
of people wanted a dollar which the
protestants claimed was so per cent
fat And how those same protes-
tarts now ask for an asset currency
dollar that is all fiat,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The Seaboard, the Southern, and
the Baltimore and Ohio railroads,
three of the leading railroad systems
of the country. closed the new year
with big wrecks on their roads, the
accident on the latter road occurring
within three miles of the national
capital and killing sixty people
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

The Barlow Record thinks that Jen-
nings viii be Pensacola's candidate in
the gubernatorial fight. and when the
Record guesses thus it is. in the words
of the little boy, getting mighty
warm Says the Record:
According to the Lake City Index,
J. Ed. O'Brien, of Pensacola, is cast.
ing his eyes toward the gubernatorial
chair. 1t looks as if Pensacola will
have candidate for the high position.
as T. A Jennings will, in all probabil-
ity, be an aspirant Jennings, we
think, will represent West Florida.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
CLIPPINGS FROM THE
JANUARY MAGAZINES
&%&&@&&@ s@%@ 4
At the Matrimonial AGENCY.

At the Matrimonial Agency.
Madame, 1 have picked out Z
charming husband for you Only
warn you he is q thorough sportsman
Fond of autamobfling. mountaineering
ing, bicycling and ballooning."
Applicant (thoughtfuily) CAM
you give me something that lasts
longer? for Transatlan
tic Tales from 'rFliegende Batter"
When Rockefeller Financed a War
The Woman's Home Companion for
January contains a remarkable In
terview with John D. Rockefeller in
which the richest man not only reveals
several surprising sides TO his charac-
ter, but illustrates them by a mum.
Der of striking photographs loaned ex.
clusively to the magazine Among
the incidents related of Mr.. Rookie.
feller's cancer is the following:
1t happened about forty-four years
ago, when Abraham Lincoln was near.
" suffocated with trouble. New
troops were required and money
needed. Rockefeller, then a young
man, had not as yet been accused of
being a. Millionaire. h was strong
for the Union, however. His office
was at that time on River street,
Cleveland. Capt. Soheld came in one
day with thirty raw recruits. The
The young business man saw what
was needed, walked to his small safe,
took out bag of real money, giving
to each man $40. When outside one
recruit remarked, God, but he must
be rich" And another one said,
YES, they say he is a rich man-that
he is worth as much as $10,000i"
Empire Ruled by Railroad.
Not even the Canadian Pacific Rail
way, biggest and shrewdest monopoly
since the Hudson's Bay Company,
knew what it was getting twenty
years ago. 1t looked only at the.map,
and the map placed the apex of the
Great American Desert about where
Battlefield is today. They raise as
good wheat as ever grew from two
hundred miles north of Battlefield as
far south as the high plains of Tex
as. The Canadian Pacific Railway got
from an ignorant and sceptical gov
eminent twenty-five millions in cash
twenty-five million acres of land, GER
tain completed railway lines in the
east and others upon the Pacific
Slope. NOW" said the imperial and
the colonial government To the COM
pany of Adventures of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, let US see you do
it,"
The Company of Adventures did
it, but they did it in ignorance. They
built their first line through some of
the poorest farming country, and, re
belling at this. asked for the privilege
of selecting lands outside of the cove
nanted belt eff twenty miles from the
railway track They got cnoice lands
all over the northwest for nothing
They have sold il in rivers and seas
at two, three, five, six, seven dollars
an acre, take ii or leave il, and would
rather you left it, Tor next year it
Will go up and up again in price To
day the Canadian Pacific Railway is
building nineteen new branches,
spending six million dollars for rails.
seven and one-half millions for roll
ing stock. Once more the country
has out grown all prophecy. The
crops threaten 20 swamp all transpor.
Hough in The Last
Stampede for Cheap Homes" in The
Outing Magazine for January.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

By the way, if dollar note issued
by a bank and backed by nothing
tangible is good for one hundred
cents, how much would a dollar bill
issued by the government and backed
by the nations wealth be worth?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02
In the countess's Chamber.

1t is doubtful if the speech made
by Count Boni in the chamber of dep
uies could approach in eloquence
some of those touching appeals made
in the chamber of his countess while
she still hesitated as to whether she
should throw him overboard.-New
Orleans States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-02

We shall soon see whether Theo-
dore Roosevelt will have as much in
fiuence with congress in the last half
of his term as he did with the pat
ponage mill in full blast.-Palatka
Citizen.