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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
COULD NOT
LOCATE THE
MILLIONAIRE
BENZ. Webster Could Not
Be Found by Journal Re-
porters Last Night.

Benjamin Webster, said be a mil
Iionaire from Montana, who acquired
fortune by selling a ranch and cat
tie for $3,000,0o0 to Nelson, Morris
& Co., and who it was reported was
TO finance a ten-story building, pur-
chase the improvement bonds of the
city, buy large tracts of cut over tim
Der lands, etc., could not be located
by Journal reporters last night, al
though they worked from { o'clock
until nearly o'clock this morning
in an effort to locate him.
The clubs to which he had been
introduced by prominent men were
visited on several occasions, and his
boarding house at No. 100 IL East
Government street, received many
visits, but at the time of each call
his room was vacant.
1t had been stated that Mr. Web
ster, who arrived here recently, had
decided to transfer an immense
amount of money from Montana
banks to financial institutions of Pen
Sacola, and the desire of the report
ers was to procure an interview as to
why the drafts for this immense sum,
which were sent through the local
banks. had not been honored, and
also, why kilograms sent by promi-
nent bankers TO the places which ne
named, inQuiring as to his identity,
had met with replies that ''he was
unknown"
Mrs. WaddeA, who keeps the board
ing house at which he stopped, inform
ed a Journal representative that the
baggage OF Mr.. Webster had not been
brought to her place, but that it was
in the baggage room at the depot, nev-
or having been removed The sba q
gagemaster, when called upon, could
not find any baggage which had re
NAMED for q week. or of which no
record had been kept
Journal Representatives were not
the only ones in search of Mr.. Web
ster, for late in the afternoon Deputy
Marshal Anderson also desired an in
terview, but decided, after calling at
his boarding and finding him
absent. to wait until this morning to
see him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19

fee OF his weekly paper, which is just
OF the main street in Lincoln, and is
supervised by his brother, Charles w.
Bryan. And last year 100000 letters
addressed to. William Jennings Bryan,
with variations. were received there.
He seldom goes to the office Of his
paper, though he writes the leading
editorial for it each week and keeps
a close eye ON the proofs.
Home Life Is Simple.
His home life is as simple as that of
the average well-tO-do farmer, though
it differs from the latter in most ways.
In a coy little frame house not far
from Fairview lives his farm superin-
tendent, who looks after the stock and
the crops, for Farmer" Bryan sell
dom has time from his desk to look
after the actual running of things. He
keeps close track of how matters are
comm on" however, and he knows
good corn and wheat and fine cow
almost as well as he knows political
economy. which is very well indeed
His exemplary life which, in its
moral aspects might well be accepted
as a standard by any young man, has
repaid him many fold for the few So
called pleasures Of which it may have
deprived him. At 48 he is as freshly
strong as a man half his age and while
48 is by no means old, most men Of
that age who had done all Bryan has
done in the way of hard work would
be far less fit than he. Yet his side
hair-he has none on tops iron
gray.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
BRYAN IS YEARS OLD TODAY;
REVIEW OF HIS GREAT LIFE

hosts of Queer4looking contraptions
given him by missionaries here and
there in heather lands. Among these
are many samples of the hats worn
by various peoples, and in these the
NebraSkan takes peculiar delight He
dons one after another, even to the
weird headgear of the Parsee widow,
and each time he smiles funny smile
as il seeking some sort of expression
TO fit the top-piece.
Bryan, when at home, gets up at
5 every morning. SO as to write a
while before breakfast, and from that
time until 10 at night, is about as
busy as any man in the country. And
the biggest Bryan is the coworker,
Mrs Bryan, who is his constant
companion in everything he does. She
studied law just after they were mar
rfed and was admitted to the har-not
because she wanted to practice, but
because she wanted to be a real help
to her husband in his work. And that
she was and still is.
Mrs. Bryan Helps.
Now that his work has resolved it.
self so largely into writing-writing
editorials, lectures, letters, books and
articles for magazmes9she has learn
ed to use a typewriter, and, besides
his big desk in the office, in the base
ment of Fairview, Is a little stand, at
which she sits whenever he is there,
taking dictation on>the machine or
answering some of the hundred or
more letters that are sent out to him
from the Commoner office every day.
All his mail is delivered to the Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
Special TO The Journal

New York, March 21-Until all
the mating birds of spring may fly
fro mtheir winter homes to the north
to rear their young, safe from the
pot shots of unspOrtsmanhke and
market hunters, a national campaign
against spring shooting will be car
ried on from state to state, it was
announced here today. Acting on
the protests of sportsmen and the
warning Of the department OF agricul-
ture, the National Association of Au-
budon Societies has undertaken to
make a last stand for the existence
of the dying races of American game
birds in every state in which shoot
ing during the breeding season is not
forbidden by law. In Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, New Jersey and Okla
homa a determined fight is today
being carried on against the CONNER
cial interests which are organized to
tight the movement.
That the most desperate measures
have been taken by the man who
butchers birds for the market to pre-
vent protective legislation in these
states as we'll as the twenty others in
which the law still leaves the game
birds easy prey while breeding, IS
known today. Although this market
posing laws which threatened TO cur
tail their gains in any particular
state, the possibility of such a gen
eral protection throughout the coun-
try has aroused them to finance a
widespread and INSCRIPTIONS fight.
To pit against this rich and selfish
interest, and the Audubon workers
have simply the moral support Of
sportsmen and the general unselfish
desire of the people to save the, game
birds from extinction.
From January first on to a reason
able open season in the fall is the
period in which protection is to be
asked for the mating birds and their
young In fifteen states and nine
Canadian provinces the game birds
are already shielded by law during
this crucial time. Unless such meas
pres are taken at once by the remain
ing states the government authorities
have agreed that game shooting in
Ibis country will soon cease to exist
and every species become extinct.
On the legislatures in the Dakotas,
Wyoming, Iowa Nebraska New Mex
leo, Illinois. Indiana Pennsylvania,
Texas, Missouri, Arkansas and all the
southern states will depend the life
or death of American game when this
matter Is DTOuSnf 0SrOre Cn6m TINS
year or next. In each of these states
RlI the money and influence OF the
commercial bird killers, Is already at
work for their short sighted policy of
exterminating slaughter for tomor-
rows table.
Every real true sportsman is be-
hind us in the fight for the dying
game birds of this country" said
William butcher. president of the as
sociation at its headquarters, 141
Broadway, today. I'VE will make our
stand for these game species just as
faithfully as we have worked for the
protection of the non-game birds.
II every patriotic citizen, will take
his place with us to defend the birds
against rapid extinction. we shall be
equipped to oppose all the selfish in
terest that money can buy and the
gr1iesome story of the wild pigeon,
the heath hen, the Eskimo curiew
and the Carolina paroquet species. ex-
terminated by the wasteful greed of
man. will not be repeated"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
TRY RECIPE FOR
KIDNEYS AND
BLADDER
Simple Home Mixture To
Relieve Kidney Trouble
and rheumatism.

Here IS a prescription that anyone
can mix at home. Any good prescrip-
ton pharmacy can supply the ingre-
dients named at little cost, being COM
posed of vegetable extracts, 1t is
harmless and inexpensive. Best of all
It. does its work well, relieving even
the worst forms of bladder trouble,
frequent urination, backache, kidney
complaint, and by its direct action up
ON the eliminatiDe tissue of the kid
neys, makes these most vital organs
rid the blood and system of waste
matter and uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Here It Is; try it If you suffer: Fluid
Extract DandelionS one-hAlf ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparila, three
ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take in
teaspoonfll doses after each meal
and at bedtime.
A well-known local druggist is au-
thority for the statement that one
weeks use shows good results in
nearly every instance, and ouch
symptoms as lame back, frequent de-
sire to urinate, pain in bladder and
even chronic rheumatism are gen.
orally relieved within a few days, the
pain and swelling diminishing with
each dose.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
WHAT 1T COSTS
TO BE A DOCTOR
specIaI to The journal.

New York, March 18.-FigureS just
collected here for the first time, as a
result of various suggestions recent
" made in several states for the reg
ulation of physicians fees, yield some
surprising information in relation to
the cost of a medical education. AS
shown by the compilation in the cur
rent number of Appleton's Magazine
of answers to questions circulated to
more than 5000 doctors throughout
the country, it appears that the sur
prising sum of $50, 900 represents the
outlay necessary before the physician
who settles in the largest city can
become self-supporting- In the coun-
try the outlay is placed at about s11,-
600. The average age at which the
doctor may expect TO become self-sup-
porting is placed at 50.
As result of the greatly increased
cost of establishing practice in a
large city, because OF the highly in
creased cost of living. a serious ques-
ton is raised as to the ability of such
communities to continue to attract
the ablest medical talent. As re-
suit of the statistics presented the
conclusion is reached that the medi-
cal profession is from a pecuniary
standpoint the most expensive to pre-
pare for and the least lucrative of
any open to young men today. In
connection with this point it is stated
on high authority that out of more
than 10000 doctors now practicing
in this city not one per cent could
retire and live for year. While
many physicians in all parts of the
country might welcome q regulation
which would have TO be based on
commercial standard would inevitably
result in raising the present scale of
charges.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
CLEVELAND IS
Il YEARS OLD
Sage of Princeton's Birthday
is Fittingly Celebrated
at His Home.
Special TO The Journal.

Princeton, N. j., March 1S.-This 10
a great day in Princeton. It is the
birthday anniversary Of Grover CEeve-
land, the only living ex-president OF
the United States, who for many years
has been the most distinguished citi-
zen of this old college town. The IA
NOUS statesman today enters upon
his seventy-second year, having been
born on March Is, 1887. Scores of
prominent people, including many
members of the Princeton faculty, to
day called at the Cleveland family
home, Westlands, to pay their re-
spects to the aged man who has now
become known as the Sage of Prince
tom A steady procession of messen-
ger boys began early this morning to
deliver the kilograms of congr&tula-
ton that are pouring in from all over
the land and from foreign countries.
Princeton students took an enthusi-
astic part in the days observances.
There is every prospect that the
number of congratulatory messages
received today will exceed in number
those arriving a year ago, when MI
Cleveland reached the scriptural limit
of three score years and ten, proving
cOnclusively that with the passing
years the popularity of the Sage of
Princeton" is steadily growing While
he has not actively engaged in poll
tics for several years, his opinion is
eagerly sought by democratic politi-
clans and statesmen all over the coun-
try and by the newspapers. For
time he was held responsible, in many
quarters, for the panic OF 1893, just as
President Roosevelt has been blamed
for last years financial furry, but
this feeling has now apparently died
out and there is every probability that
Mr.. Cleveland will live many years to
enjoy the justification of his course
that is now being accorded him.
Mr.. Cleveland has steadily turned
deaf ear to all temptations Of a re-
turn to public Office. He has stead
lastly taken the position that any
American who had been called to the
presidency has received the highest
honor in the gift of the American peo-.
pie and that TO accept any other pub
lie office would not only be selfish, but
anti-climax.
1t has now been twenty-three years
since Cleveland was first inaugurated.
Other presidents have survived long.
er than that after taking the oath of
Office. John Adams inaugurated in
1897. lived Twenty-Five years after
ward, to die on the same day as
Thomas Jefferson-in fact, within one
hour, and on a Fourth OF July at that.
Jefferson survived twenty-five years
after the beginning of his first term.
Madison went him two years better,
and lived twenty-seven years. John
Quincy Adams made record of TWEEN
ty-nine years, Martin Van Buren,
twenty-five, and Tyler twenty-one. Fill
more lasted twenty-four
1t is a significant fact, and one that
proves how much greater is the strain
Of the office now than since the time
of Fillmore. Grover Cleveland Is the
only man who has lived a score OF
years after becoming president of the
United States. Pierce lived sixteen,
Buchanan eleven. Johnson ten, Grant
sixteen, Hayes sixteen. Arthur five,
Harrison twelve and Mckinley four
and a half.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
A JACKSONVILLE
MAN IN CHARGE

Superintendent sohier, of the Jack
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
QUARANTINE To
Be EFFECTIVE
Closed Season at All Gulf
Ports to Commence on
April LIST.

Local officials of the United States
Marine Hospital Service have been
notified that the closed season at all
ports is to be effective on April 1,
and vessels arriving from various for
eign countries where fever has pre-
vailed in former years are to be de-
taind at the quarantine station for
inspection and fumigation, and where
necessary for detention.
Port Physician White and his corps
of assistants are preparing to leave
Pensacola before April j and will
take UP their quarters at the station
for the season.
Regarding the order special from
Havana of recent date says:
The announcement from the Ma
rine Hospital Service at Washington
of a quarantine against Cuba after
April I creates much surprise and in
dignation here, and doubtless will be
the subject of a shower of protests
to Washington, both official and
otherwise. The establishment of quar-
antine at this exceptionally early
date will ruin the tourist traffic for
the Carnival and viii seriously inter
fere with commercial transactions, as
1t always does.
Locally the enforcement of the
regulations is considered entirely I'M
1usthiable, ina5much as the last
known case of yellow fever was dis
charged from the hospital on Feb.
2S, and the last infection, which was
that of an American soldier at Santa
Clara, was reported on Feb. 81
1.-The local health authorities de
clare there is no reason for the early
se-es Enlistment of the quarantine,
and even if it were necessary -----~l
less harsh measures could be adopt
ed legally and with perfect safety
The newspapers have not published
the new order, and are holding it
back in the hope that the Washing
ton authorities may be induced to
postpone the date of Its enforcement"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19

ness, was fined SO and costs or l5
days, and Carrie Kelly, on the sane
charge, was ordered to pay the costs
or serve 80 days.
Abe Taylor, Charles Hall and
Richard McCants, for gambling. were
sentenced to pay $40 and costs or
serve sixty days. and on the same
charge Ed Cheatham was fined so
and costs or As days. Frank FindIey
pleaded guilty to petit larceny and
was fined So and costs or to serve 45
days.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19

In the library. as in every other
room, there are curious and beautiful
trinkets, some of them rare and valu
able, which were given TO the Bryans
In foreign countries.
In the bill5erdroom upstairs are
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19

sonviAe Electric company, one of the
properties of Stone & Webster, is now
in charge of transportation
of the Pensacola Electric company.
Supt. o. J. Semmes, who has been
in bad health for a number Of weeks,
has gone to Mobile, where he is now
in a hospital for treatment. He has
been granted an indefinite leave of
absence, and will not return to duty
until he Is fully recovered.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19

A lot of old newspapers.
tied up in neat bundles for
sale, sc a bundle, at The Jour-
nal office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
NUMBER ENTERED
PLEAS OF GUILTY

A number of defendants entered
pleas Of guilty at the session Of the
criminal court yesterday, Judge Beggs
presiding. James Snowden, for lewd-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
His Accomplishments Since
His Graduation as Col
1ege Valedictorian.
Fairview, His Farm Near
Lincoln, Neb., Where He
Finds Solace From Politi.
cal Cares-Leads a Simple
Life of Hard Work.
eRYAN's GEOGRAPHY IN BRIEF.

BRYAN'S BIOGRAPHY IN BRIEF.
1S60-Born in Salem, Ill, March 10,
1860.
18S1-Graduated- Illinois College,
Jacksonville, valedictorian.
18S3-Graduated Union College of
Law, Chicago, and began practice of
law in Jacksonville, Ill.
1SS4-Married Mary e. Baird, at
Perry, ILL.,, October 1.
1SS7-Removed from Illinois to Lin
coin. Neb., where he has since re-
sided.
1S91-EIected member Of house of
representatives from Nebraska.
~ 1S93-Received Democratic vote
for United States senator in Nebras-
ka legislature.
1S94-Nominated in Democratic
convention for United States senator,
burt was defeated in legislature by
John NJ. Thurston
1S95-Became editor of Omaha
World+Herald upon retirment from
congress
1896-Delegate to Democratic ma
tional convention, wrote the free sill
yer" plank in its platform, made his
notable crown Of thorns and cross
of gold" speech and was nominated
for presidency; travelled over $4,000
miles in campaign; received 176 cleo
toral votes against 271 for William
1S97-Delivered lectures On BIZ
metallism in various parts OF the
country.
1S9S-Raised the third regiment Of
Nebraska volunteer infantry for. war
against Spain, becoming its colonel.
1900-Again nominated for presi-
dent by Democrats, PopuIists and Sill
yer Republican conventions, and
waged campaign on platform OF "anti-
received in electoral
college 155 votes as against 292 for
William Mckinley.
19O1-Established weekly political
and became prominent on
lecture platform.
1906-Made extended tour of the
world, eliminating upon his return
in August in a great popular recep-
ton in New York.
190S-Endorsed by Democratic con-
ventions and committees in various
states as a candidate for the presi-
dency in this years campaign.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-19
Special to The Journal.

special 10 ne JOURNAL
Lincoln, Nefb., March 1S.-William
Jennings Bryan's 4Sth birthday will
be celebrated tomorrow by the Demo
Gratis of Lincoln and throughout Ne
braska.
Although Lincoln is largely republi.
can in its political tendencies. the
people of the city are immensely
proud of their famous citizen and re-
publicans as well as Democrats join
ed in the days Fluctuations
The Bryan home Is about four miles
from the heart OF Lincoln. It is
named Fairview, and it is we'll named
The view on every side is fair and
far. 1t is a circling stretch of undu-
lating prairie, thick-dotted with build
ings, large and small. and hvened on
the west by the smoking chimneys
of the city and the dome of the state
house. And the winds meyer rest at
Fairview, which is a purely modern
house of Clipped red brick, looking
as if it had been intended for a city
street and had got to its present place
by mistake.
In the front yard of the Great
Commoner's 15S-acre farm stands a
tall stone lantern, which was given
him in Japan, during his recent trip
around the world. Flanking the
broad stone steps leading to the front
porch are two bronze beasts, also
from Japan. The beast on the left
is Conservatism-its mouth is shut
tight The one on the right is radi-
calism-its mouth wide open, and its
teeth show even more than Teddy's
when he smiles and says "dee-light-
ed"
His First Farm.
Twelve years ago, when he had
saved up little money from his law
practice, Bryan bought the first five
acres of his farm. To put it his way,
each acre cost him 800 for scenery,
500 for climate and $50 for soil.
The farm is well stocked with prize
cattle. sleek horses and fat swine.
and the Nebraskan finds one of his
greatest pleasures in these animals.
The house itself is handsomely, but
simply, furnished, with the library as
its most distinctive feature.
Like the rest of the house, it is
handsomely furnished, with a-plenty
of polished oak and four walls of in
teresting pictures pictured walls
very often reflect the personalities
dwelling within them, you know
From these walls look down Lin
coin and Webster, Tolstoy, Bryan
himself large portrait in >oil-and
Mrs. Bryan and Jefferson There is
also a picture Of the Capitol in Wash
iHgton. done in split straw by an ItaI-
ian admirer.
The books on the shelves run the
whole gamut OF literature. ancient
essays and economic subjects, and the
fat-top desk, massive affair, is
lightly burdened with writing mate
rial since the BimetaIlist-he is still
that-does nearly all his writing in
his office in the basement
Many Curios.
In the library, as in every other
room, there are curious and beautiful
trfnkets, some of them rare and valu
able, which were given TO the Bryans
In foreign countries.
In the bdllserdroom upstairs are
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-05-22
METHODS OF CLEANING STRAW.
Renovation = Comparatively Easy
Thing to Accomplish.

To clean white Milan or split
straw, scrub with toothbrush or nail
brush dipped in a weak solution of
oXalic acid and water, then with clean
water, not wetting more than neces-
sary. Then scatter precipitate of sui
phur and lay in the sun. Brush of
with clean brush when dry and your
hat will be clean AND white. A black
Milan, hemp braid or horsehair, clean
with nap side OF velvet dipped in al
cohol and rubbed thoroughly with the
tips of the fingers. Black chip, give
coat of bottle shoe backing. Col
ored hats, clean with gasoline and a
piece of velvet Faded hats can be
tinted with dye made of oil paints
and gasoline
The only remedy for chip hats that
are sunburned or faded is to give them
coat Of polish or take them to pro-
fessional. White, colored and black
lace or net hats can be cleaned by
dipping the entire hat, without the
trimming, in clean gasoline and dry.
ing outside.