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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18

y One of our exchanges recently ex-
pressed the fear that judicial ermine
might be dragged in the dust, and DO
litical tricksters gain judgeships. Pos
sibly, but not if the people use judg-
ment and exercise patriotism in vot-
ing for judges. 1t is the class of of
flee in which people can most easily
make the least recitifiable mistakes,
and in voting for judges, above all
other offices, the voter must be free
of the influence alike of his own, as
well as other persons, preiudices
against and personal friendships for
candidates. Because the calm, dis
passionate judicial temperament does
not readily lend itself to campaigning
and currying favor, the judiciary is
the branch of government in which
primaries could most readily re-
suit in serious popular blunders, and
the part Of politics in which cIiques
and schemes might most easily per-
vert public judgment. These are
thoughts well worth the while of the
electorate to ponder earnestly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
STEAMERS To
Be HELD UP
No More overcrowding OF
Excursion Boats in
New York City.

New York, July 1.-THE federal
government is determined that there
shall be no overcrowding of excur.
sion and other like craft running out
of New York harbor and no repeti-
ton of the General Slocum horror.
General James s. ClaFkson, surveyor
of the port, says that steamboatmen
might as well understand now as
later that they cannot evade the Jaw
and its provisions to passenger traf-
fic will be carried out TO the letter
on Sunday with the result that fifteen
passenger carrying boats are put
out OF commission and tied I'D at
their piers for disobeying the law 1t
was found that some OF the masters
did not even have licenses More
over, hundreds of persons were
Obliged to disembark from vessels be.
cause the vessels were overcrowded.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
The Flood of
Tainted" News.

The exceptional amount of faint
ed" news that is now sent in steady
streams, free. gratis. and for nothing. "
to the average newspaper is but add
ed proof Of the titanic struggle CT
the mass (not the Masses but the
mass) for justice at the hands of the
industrially ruling few, and the awak-
ening of the latter to the necessity
of strenuous efforts to prevent re-
forms that mean reduction of their
unfair enjoyment of an unfair share
of the joint producIs OL the mass.
The latest is a "by request" docu-
ment disseminated through the mail
facilities of the Associated Press.
The Associated Press does not stand
sponsor for il, but it is a clear cut
warning, as 1t were, that coal must be
advanced in price next winter and that
is unequal to the present summer de-
mand. A strong, subtle play is made
to show that the present national
coal lands and forestry reserve policy
cause More and more. each day, it
looks as if THE SYSTEM" as Lawson
calls it, is carrying out the rumored
plan to coerce public opinion against
the pursuit of recently instituted re-
forms by creating hopeless, help
less, "we're-alive-to-day, we-may-be-
dead-to-morrow" attitude on the part
of the American public But if the
money power" ever creates such a
sentiment in this country. IL this
of anonymous "enlighten-
ment" of the public reach the view
point that the most expedient course
is to let things run on as they have
been, then there would be also en-
gendered blind wrath that might
well result in God only knows. what
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18

thought they should have the same
pay, or else be allowed to work ten
hours per day.
The board instructed the marshal
to use his own discretion as to the
number of hours these men worked,
and Mr.. BoOSke was notified that
when the annual budget is prepared
that a raise will be considered.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
THE CULPEPPERS
BEGIN WORK HERE

AT the Gadsden Street Methodist
Church last night, Rev. J. R. CuipeP
per and his son, Rev. Burke CulpeP
per held the first of their services
of revival services.
A choir was organized last nignL
and the music was excellent.
There will be two services daily
at 10 a. M, and s p. m.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
THREE MORE DEATHS
NOW SEEM CERTAIN
Rv AssocIatea Press.

Boston, Mass, July 17.-Three more
of the twelve survivors OF the accr
dent on board the battleship Georges
are believed to be dying. Midshlpmah
James F. Cruise, OF Omaha, Neb.' las
shown a slight improvement slhc'
yesterday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18

league was held last night and the
teams selected to play these games
Friday afternoon at Palmetto Beach
the Orioles and FOUNDERS and the
Twentieth and Seventy-Seventh Com
panies will play. Sunday afternoon
at Fort Barrancas the Warringtons
and the Seventy-Seventh Company
and the Orioles and Twentieth Com
panies will be the attraction
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
MoHAMMED ALI SHAH our
NOW ON PERSIAN IHhO'-
BY Associates Press

Oyster Bay, n. Y, July - 70
eral Merteza. the Persian min lso-r,ed
the United States, today pe--O' Zen
the duties for which he mas ner.
made a special ambassadoL " -.rrslt
sonally notifying President hoo .5rons
of the accession to the Persian 'niO-
of Mohammed Ali Shan.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
BOMB THROWN NEAR ..
AMERICAN EM5Eso'
a. A.socIated Press.

Constantinople, July ia youns
merchant has been arrested mere -
connection with the bomb EXPLOSIVE. ''o.
Sunday night in front of the SUBTLE. :.
quarters of the American embassy a.
Therapia.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
Buchanan Explains.

Hon. H. H. Buchanan, in a card
published in Wednesdays Times
Union, in connection with other mat.
tiers states that he presumes that the
proceedings of the committee appoint
ed by the legislature to investigate
the actions of the internal improve
ment fund trustees will be published
when the present commission appoint
ed for the same purpose shall have
finished its labors and made its re-
port. We draw the attention of such
members of the state press as have
been asking for that report to Mr..
Buckmans STANDARDIZATION
Times-Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18

A low rate of assessment and a
tax rate higher than necessary makes
public showing that prevents out
side Judgment from being as favorable
as it might, and this is economic fol-
ly Unequal assessment in various
counties means that Ine poorer coun-
ties usually pay an unfairly large part
of the expenses of the state, and this
is dishonest, because unfair. Uniform
assessment in every county, with
county tax rates adjusted to local ne
cessity and all counties contributing
TO the state treasury in exact propor-
ton to their actual wealth, is the
only fair. and therefor only decent,
state fiscal system. Florida has not
such a system. There can be no ex-
cuse for the next legislature not thus
equaliZing taxation. The voters
should insist on every candidate for
state Office, for senate and for house.
having an unmistakable platform in
favor of uniform assessments through
out the state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
The Senatorial Race.

There seems to be a feeling Of ex'
pectancy prevailing regarding the
United States senatorial race. Nal
lory has announced his intention to
stand for a denomination and John
Beard says he watts to go to Wash
ington as a senator Frank Adams
and Steve Sparkman are both cast
ing wishful eyes at Mallory's place.
Almost any day we may hear the
news.-Madison Recorder -. :. -.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
The conqressionaI Race.

Every endeavor will doubtless b
made to make the coming congre:
sional race in this district a war;
one Jefferson D. Stephens of Mar
anna and j. Walter Kehoe of Per
sacoIa would like to go to congress
in the place of Congressman Lamar
Madison Recorder.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
Teddy and Albert.

1t is said that Roosevelt, will run
if he can be assured of breaking the
Solid South. That reminds US of T.
Albert Jennings's heartrending, APP
peals to several thousand individuals
for assurances" Go way Teddy and
T. Albert! The way to find out is
to run.-Monticello News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
Why Didn't You Do 1t, Albert.

When we think of Albert Gilchrist's
record in the legislature, especially
where heS cast his lone vote against
the Tampa fair appropriation, we are
tempted TO vote for him for governor
But then We cannot forget the record
he made in casting his vote on ques-
tons pertaining to railroads Why
did You do it, Albert? Why didn't
you stay on the peoples side? Fort
Myers Breeze.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18

Because of a mistake of a clerk
served out twenty years instead of
months" Rhena Rivers, a girl of
Houston county. Alabama. almost
served out twenty years instead of
twenty months at the Alabama mines
RAs diod Just before the. term was
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
CITY LEAGUE GAMES
FRIDAY AND SUNDAY

Double-headers will be played Fri
day and Sunday afternoons in the
City League. A meeting of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
Aiming at the Stars.

1t is to laugh, T. ]. Laud Brown
wants to be U. S. senator Hitch
your wagon to a start" Maybe he
aims high and allows for the drop"
When we get a house of lords he may
become a door-keeper.-Monti
News
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
Praises First Circuit Judge

Judge Wolfe over in the First cir.
cult set the pace in blind tiger cases
in Jackson county last week when
he refused to impose a fine against a
negro man convicted of selling blind
tiger booze but sentenced him to a
term on the gang" at the same time
giving notice of his Intention to deal
out like sentence to every person so
convicted, without regard to color or
station in life The action of the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
Storrs Famous EDITORIAL.

The Miligan Herald IS another fOl
mer supporter of Mr.. Burr, of tn
railroad commission, which echoes tn,
advice of the DeFuniak Breeze in it
now famous Don't Do 1t, Mr.. Burr
editorial. But he will, we believe
Jacksonville Times-Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
Pity, Poor Gene.

Come, boys, let Brother Matthew
and his legislature have d rest. II
did his best, anyway, and you shout
not tease him.-Tampa Tribune.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-18
Wants More MONEY.

Stock Catcher Booske appeared be-
fore the board and asked for an in
crease in salary, stating that Marshal
Sanders had instructed both stock
caschers to work II hours each day,
the same as police officers. and he
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
WILL impose
THE PENALTY

The large boards warning against
fast driving on the river bridge,
which the county commissioners
caused to be prepared about year
ago, were placed in position for the
first time on Monday afternoon. The
notice forhids riding or driving faster
than walk, while automobiles are
held down to one mile six minutes.
A board is installed at each end of
the bridge, raised high overhead
among the iron work some ten or a
dozen yards from the entrance. The
notice, which is plainly visible to
person of average eye sight, forbids
anyone to ride or drive over any part
of the bridge faster than a walk. The
penalty that may be imposed is not
less than five dollars nor more than
thirty dollars.
Drivers of automobiles or motor
vehicles of any sort are warned that
they must not operate their machines
at speed greater than at the rate of
one mile in six minutes. Automo-
bilists that exceed the speed limit
will be obliged to forfeit and pay
fine of not less than ten dollars, nor
more than twenty dollars.
When it became known, about
year ago, that the county commission
ers contemplated holding down the
speed limit as described above a
mighty protest was voiced by people
who drive the bridge. 1t was urged
that to walk horse would oblige a
person to lose great deal of valuable
time, while during winter, when the
wind blows up the river with almost
arctic severity, the slow gait would
lead to unnecessary exposure and suf-
fering from the cold.
Whether the county commissioners
wree influenced by the protest or not
is unknown, but the boards were not
installed. Since then it is said that
the commissioners have become alarm
ed at the growing practice of speeding
horses on the bridge and at the high
records made by automobiles in Cross
ing. The latter, especially, it is aver
red are becoming n nuisancethat must
be checked Many of the drivers are
not satisfied in making a record in
crossing, but immediately turn and
retrace their way, going backward
and forward over the bridge several
times in succession
Although the county commissioners
have not expressed themselves on the
subject it is said that the automobil-
lists and the fellows who speed their
horses are the ones that they are after
and that unless some of these people
mend their ways arrests will be pretty
sure to follow.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
SCHOOL BOARD
LACKED A OUORUn

Monday night-the second Monday
night of the month-was the regular
time for the semi monthly school board
meeting, but there was no sessi on,
which was indeed a somewhat note
worthy omission, considering that it
related to body as constant and bust
ness-like as the school board.
The members present lacked one of
being quorum and were as follows
Orth, Barber, Swarts, Fish, Heiss and
Cole The majority of the absentees are
Freemasons and had joined the exodus
to Bloomsbury to attend the grand
function held by the order at that
place Monday night.
The faithful few who attended the
meeting, ta fled until about the hour
of eight discussing matters relating to
the Sc ools. Convinced finally that
there would not be a quorum they re-
tired.
The school board appreciates the
responsibility resting upon it and takes
it's business quite seriously. Consequ-
emily the majority of the members are
always in their places. 1t would be
difficult to recall time in the past
when there was not quorum.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
MT. CARMEL OFFICIAL
ARRIVED YESTERDAY

Constable Waters of Mt. Carmel
arrived in this city yesterday after
noon in response to the news that
Frank Phoenix, who is wanted in
that place for larceny. had been ar
rested here.
Phoenix was obliged to give up the
mandolin. He was permitted to re-
main in Danville by putting up
twenty dollars in cash as a guarantee
that he would appear before Justice
Reed in Mt. Carmel for hearing on
Monday next.
The negotiations were completed at
3 30 o clock yesterday afternoon and
Phoenix was released from the lookup
after the large assortment of cheap
jewelry had been return ed to him.
which, with other personal effects,
was taken from him at the time of
his arrest
The constable took the mandolin
along back to Mt. Carmel for the pur-
pose of returning it to the owner.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
A TEAM OF
SHETLAND PONIES

Mr.. and Mrs. p H. Shuman of Cat
awissa drove down to this city yester-
day to call upon their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. O. w. Ruckel,
Mill street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shuman were brought
down to Danville by their team of
Shetland ponies, the smallest, by the
way, that were ever seen in this city.
The smaller of the ponies seems little
larger than Newfoundland dog, but
he is spirited little fellow and can
pull like draught-horse. He is thirty
eight inches high and weighs only 2S5
pounds. The larger of the ponies,
which works ON the off side of the
tongue, is forty-one inches high and
weighs 325 pounds
When Mr.. Shuman explained that
the ponies had brought himself and
wife down from Catawissa along the
difficult river road in two hours time
people were greatly surprised. A few
days ago Mr.. and Mrs. Shuman drove
to Berwick and back with the ponies,
a distance of thirty-two miles. The
drive from Catawissa to Berwick was
made in 81 hours. The ponies attract
ed much attention yesterday.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
LITTLE CHiLD'S
NARROW ESCAPE

But for the timely arrival of pol
ice officer little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Engle. North Mill
street, would in all probability have
burned to death yesterday.
About nine o. clock in the morning
Officer John Grier Voris having busi-
ness with Mr.. Engle, who is junk
dealer, went to his place of residence.
Neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Engle were
present just at the time, but two lit
tie children, aged respectively 3 and
years, were in the room alone.
The smaller of the two, little girl,
was sitting in front of a cylinder
stove. which was very hot. With her
feet on the hearth she was using the
rim around the center of the stove as
book rest for magazine she was
poring over. The elder of the child
rem left the room TO call Mrs. Engle.
when at the same moment the police
man detected odor of smoke and saw
that the magazine was in a blaze. He
rushed to the child and succeeded in
extinguishing the fire before it COM
municated to the Ghild's clothing.
One moment later and the little
ones clothing would have been in a
blaze. When the mother returned and
learned of the peril to which her child
had been exposed she was nearly over
come
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
OLD JOB HAS
A BAD RECORD

Hon. Alexander Billmeyer lost an
other valuable elk on Monday, the
animal killed being a COW, one of the
most valuable of the herd.
The death of the COW was caused by
job the male elk which month or
so ago became ferocious and had to be
dehozned. 1t has developed, however,
that the process of dehorning, while it
has rendered Job less formidable, has
not changed his nature in the least
AID he savagely butts the defenseless
.emale elks whenever the opportunity
presents itself
The COW that was killed was six
years of age and was an especially fine
animal, which Mr.. Billmeyer valued
more highly than any other in the
herd. When Job struck her is not
known, but it is supposed that he cor
nered her in some place and hurt her
internally. At all events the death of
the COW is attributed to injuries in
flicted by Job.
Ha44y Billmeyer Tuesday evening stat
ed that at The end of another summer
they would probably be obliged to kill
Job, owing to his savage and intract-
able nature. In the latter event Mr.
Billmeyer will have Jobs head, with
full developed antlers, mounted.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
HIGH CONSTABLE
Makes ARRESTS

High Constable Benton b. Brown
Monday caused the arrest of two
more persons charged with permitting
their dogs to run at large without be-
ing muzzled. Each was mulcted in
fine and costs.
The two dogs whose owners got in
to trouble did nos materially lessen
the number of dogs that are running
the streets unmuzzled, although the
owners of the latter, if they care to
profit by the experience of those ar
rested Monday, will give little
more heed to the ordinance or they
may pay like penalty.
The high constable very warmly re-
sents some of the criticism to which
he is subjected. He acknowledges that
there are dogs running unmuzzled, but
he declares that it is next to impossi-
BILE to discover to whom they belong.
Ia an effort to find the owner, he has
already followed single dog for four
hours and has had to give up the
search in the end. In this manner, he
says, he tramps wearily backward and
forward accomplishing little or moth
ing. Notwithstanding the number of
unmuzzled dogs and dogs improperly
muzzled to be seen on the streets, un-
til yesterday, no arrests had been made
for weeks past, but the high constable
declares that he was not idle.
Mr. Brown states that through his
efforts no less than fifty 6ogs have
been killed since the first hydrophobia
scare occurred. With less than half a
dozen exceptions these dogs were all
of the worthless type.
Since the high constable, on whom
the duty of making arrests devolves
acknowledges himself unable to cope
with the situation, it would seem to
be the duty of council to devise some
other means cf getting rid of the un-
muzzled dogs. All it would have to do
would be to proceed under secti' l of
the borough ordinance relating tt dogs
which provides that dogs found run
ming at large in the borough without
being first properly and securely muz-
zled, whenever so required by resoiu-
tion of council, shall be seized and
impounded by the high constable or
such other person as may be authoriz-
ed by council. This in most instances
would quickly bring out the owners
of the dogs, as all that are not claim
ed, under the ordinance. would be
killed. AS it would cost dollar TO-
gether with all costs and expenses to
reclaim dog, most persons would be
careful to keep their dogs out of the
officers hands.
1t would be necessary to handle only
a few dogs in this way. All that would
be required would be for the borough
to show that it was thoroughly in
earnest A short experiment would no
doubt suffice to solve the whole pro-
blem.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
REAL ESTATE
CHANGES Hands

Five properties belonging to the es-
tate of Jacob Loeb, deceased, were
sold at public sale in this city yester-
day. The sale took place at the court
house between 10 a. m. and the hour
of noon. Michael Breckbill was auct-
ioneer.
The three 3-story, brick store build
ings on the east side of Mill street.
situated between the lot of Thomas J
Rogers on the north and the lot of
the Meyer Lyon estate on the south,
were knocked down to Wolf Dreifuss
of Milton for s15, 500. John II. Tooley,
who occupies two of the buildings
with his store, was one of the bidders,
but he dropped out after the price
passed the fifteen thousand dollar
mark. Each of the three buildings is
fifteen feet in width and contains
modern store ROOM. The price paid
is generally regarded as about the full
value.
The town lot and 2-story brick
dwelling at the southwest corner of
Lower Mulberry and Pine streets was
purchased by Simon Dreifuss for
81, 800.
The 2-story double frame dwelling
on Front street adjoining the lot of
the Sons of Zion congregation was
knocked down to D. r. Heddens, for
$780,
The undivided one-half interest in
the large up-to-date store building on
the west side of Mill street adjoining
tine lots of Samuel Goldsmith, and G.
Fred Smith and occupied at present
by the firm of Cohen Bros, was knock
ed down to Wolf Dreifuss for 50, 900.
The one-half interest in the town
lot and 2-story frame dwelling on Ash
street was purchased by Wolf Dreifuss
for $780,
The sale was well attended, among
those present being several persons
from out of town. Bidding, however,
was slow.
Later in the day the three above
store buildings were purchased by J.
f. Tooley at private sale.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-10-17
A TEST CASE
AT SUNBURY

A novel suit is to be tried in court
at Sunbury at the next term which
will determine whether physician
who fails to report a case of conta-
gious disease promptly to the author
tiles can be fined for his neglect. DR..
Frank Walter, of Pinegrove. was con-
victed and fined s25 by Justice L. f.
McDonough for failing to report a
case of diphtheria. DR. Walter has ap-
pealed from this decision to the court
and has retained counsel to fight the
case.
The board of health in Sunbury is
making similar complaints against
several local physicians The officials
claim that contagious diseases have
been unreported, that unsuspecting
people have not been kept from the
patient and are thus placed in danger
of contracting the disease, owing to
the criminal negligence of the doctors.