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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
By Associated Press.

Chicago, ILL.,, March 2.-Chief or
Police George NJ. Shippey, his son
Harry, and his driver, James Foley
were wounded today by an anarchist
who attempted to assassinate the
chief in the hall of his residence
The man had made three calls at
the house failing in the first two, to
find Shippy at home, when he called
this morning, Shippy answered him
self and the man handed him let
ter. The chief glanced at it, them.
suspecting trouble, grabbed the man
and called his wife, who found re-
yolver in the anarchists pocket.
Shippy then attempted to draw his
own weapon but the man jerted
away Shippy again caught him and,
as his son came to his assistance, the
anarchist drew revolver and shot
the young man twice through the
breast, following this by shooting
Foley as he came through the door.
Shippy then succeeded in drawing
his own revolver and at the first
shot laid his man low. However,
three more shots were fired into his
body.
The attack is believed to have been
the result of widespread conspiracy
TO harm officials who had been active
in suppressing the manifestations of
anarchists in this community.
Following the shooting squads of
police were sent into the Italian and
whit edistricts, and all headquarters
of secret societies suspected of anaT-
chistic tendencies were raided. A
score or more of arrests have been
made
The man who attempted to assas-
sinate Chief of Police Shippy today
was identified tonight as Lazarus
Averbuch, by his sister. with whom
he had been living for the past
three weeks on Wabash avenue. The
woman was taken to the morgue by
the police lAverbach was a Russian
student who came to this country
three months ago from Austria to
which country he fed following a
massacre of the Jews in Kishi
Ayerbuch had been employed recent
lv BY a produce commission firm and
his plans to kill Chief Shippy are
believed to have been the direct re-
suit of the latter's interference with
the parade of the unemployed several
weeks ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03

WASHINGTON, D. c.. March 2-Repre-
sentative Frank Clark, of Florida, in
the house today, declared that the
state of Florida was prepared to an
sWer all charges of psonage, slavery,
involuntary sefvitude, brutal and IN
human treatment of laborers, found
in publications, which smell OF
"sluns" and in some most remark
able documents emanating in the de-
partment of Justice of the United
States. which he declared to be abso-
Iutely false in all essential points.
He referred to Attorney General
Ronaparte as this transplanted bud
of alleged French nobility" and re-
fers sarcasttcally to Mrs. Quackenbos,
whom, he says, Bonaparte considered
a very proper person to regulate con-
ditions in Florida and in the south.
Referring to Assistant ATTORNEY
General Russell. who is in charge or
the investigation, he said: This pres
once forbids my characterizing him as
he ought to be characterized, and
added: 1T is dirty bird that befouls
its own nest.
Clarke defended Judge James W.
Locke, who tried the O'Hara cases,
and appealed to the house to give the
peopIe of Florida an opportunity to
meet before an impartial and honest
body of investigators, the maHgners
of the fair name of Florida.
Senator William Alden Smith, OF
Michigan, spoke today before the SEN
ate against the railroad bond feature
of the Aldrich currency Dill, now
pending before the senate.
Most of the her time was devoted
to the passage Of other bills on the
calendar, not OF general importance.
The house today passed resolution
authorizing the immigration commit
tee to investigate charges OF peonage
in certain states.
Four hundred pension bills and
few privs bills were passed. and the
balance Of the time was devoted TO
the consideration of the postoffice APP
pripriation bill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
BY the Mysterious Mechanical Man.


! wish to state to the public of Pen
sacola, that during my stay here, l
will fulfill every engagement and
meet every obligation published by
The Pensacola Journal. No matter
how dificuit it may appear to the
public, | will appear sometime be-
tween the hours specified for my ap-
pearance, and if you are fortunate
enough to catch the right man, you
will be paid well for your trouble.
Don't forget that you must have a
copy of today's Journal in your hand
when you tag me, though.
/ trust that during nay stay in Pen
sacola that some shrewd observing
person will make it interesting for
me, before ! leave the city. | am
here for some fortunate Journal read
er to catch me and it is up to you
to do the catching. So far l have
had easy sailing and made my routes
without much difficulty.
MY FIRST ADVENTURE
| started my mysterious career by
leaving the Escambia hotel about
$50 a. m. / crossed to the opposite
side of Palafox street from the hotel,
and walked down the street until
came to the post office. | walked
around the square, viewed the new
city haal and spent considerable time
looking in windows and rubber
necking" in general. until | heard
the band begin to play. / immediate
ly joined the crowd and listened to
the music. which / enjoyed very
much
An amusing stunt which attracted
my attention was some sailor boys
dancing with their mascot. a goat
followed the crowd to the dock to
witness the coming of the king. While
waiting for the king to appear,
made my escape, caught a car, and
ieft the car at the Blomt building
;retraced my steps, until | came TO
Serson's crockery and china store,
where | was scheduled to appear be-
tween the hours of 10 and ~.
paid them short call as agreed to
do, but did not purchase any article
because l noticed a small lady look
ing rather suspicioasiy at me-
She was rather stout, wore curl
puffs on her hair, was attired in
brown skirt, white shirt waist, and
her hair was covered with confetti.
think she had me spotted SO
did not hnger long and from Gerson's
returned 10 the dock in time to wit
ness the coming of the king.
noticed as the king appeared, His
fcontfnued on pa1e s~v-nl
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03

Were you down town yesterday af-
ternoon? OF course, you were.
Everybody was Those that were
not, weren't really Pensacolians. But,
to make up for those Pensacolians
VINO did stay at home, there were
visitors-visitors by the hundreds,
even thousands, said one who knows.
The "disagreeable girl" whom we
met while we were throwing confetti
with our nephew exclaimed. Isn't it
grand to be a boy again" She meant
to be sarcastic But even with the
intent. as plainly apparent we knew
she didn't mean it, because-well, il
was Mardi Gras, and too, wasn't she
on the streets just as though she was
a little girl?
Anyway it was grand crowd.
Everyone was a boy again. Lawyers
that we know who are ever so high
in their profession dropped the stern
legal attitude with which they maSque
themselves during three hundred and
sixty-three days of the year. and threw
confetti with ''us boys" Doctors-is
there anyone on earth who should be
as thoroughly dignified as a doctor?
-iostled US and pushed us. and threw
confetti at our companions-but we
didn't mind, it was Mardi Gras.
In fact, nobody minded much what
anybody did. We had been trying to
meet a certain girl for ever so long
We met her Mardi Gras did it.
Mardi Gras does everything. We
saw sailors and soldiers, from the
Montgomery and Fort Barrancas, hav-
ing the time of their lives It was
Mardi Gras. One can't just help it
it's in the air.
Squawk, squawk, squawk, That
was the real feature of yesterday af-
ternoon. Every boy in town had one
of those mischievous machines or r.
struments, or something and
when one would press it in the small
of your back and pull the string Then
it howled. it scTeeched, ii yelled, this
abominable Thing, that no one could
hardly explain, and up and down
your spine ran a thousand little quiv-
ers and thrills. II you didn't have a
sduawker. YOU weren't in 1t yester-
1ay. and. too, IL you didn't get
suuawked' you were equally not in
it. One fellow said, rather mourn
fully several hours after the whistles
and bells had hailed King Priscus
fNa.+inu~d an Para Eioh%l
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
100000 WORTH OF
PROPERTY BURNS
Bv Associates Press.

Tampa, Fla, March 2.-The entire
eastern section of the city was de-
stroyed by fire which broke out at 8
O'Clock yesterday and ragged uninter-
rupteGly for four hours. Area burned
covered So acres, or Is 1-2 city blocks
Three hundred and eight buildings
were destroyed. with a total loss esti-
mated at $4,000 and one woman is
dead as a result of shock. The area
swept by fire embraces all that por-
ton of the city between Twelfth and
Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and
Twentieth streets.
The burned section included four
large and one smaller cigar factories
and numerous restaurants, saloons.
clearinghouse and over 200 dwell
ings occupied by cigar-makers. The
factories burned were NJ: Stachelberg
& Co., loss 100000: NJ. Perez & Co.,
loss $4,000; Gonzales, Fisher & Co,
loss $4,000: Eshberg, Gunst e Co,
branch of Stachelberg, loss $4,000;
Fernandez & Bro. loss $4,000. All
the factories carried large stocks OF
tobacco and cigars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03

Tampa, our sister city on the gulf
has suffered a calamity which appeals
to the sympathy of every Floridian
The people need help, and Pensacola
which herself has suffered within re-
cent memory, will not permit her
neighbor's needs to NOW go unan-
Swered.
The Journal starts the movement
for help by subscribing $500, and it
will be glad to receive and forward
the subscriptions of others who will
also suggests that the Chamber of
Commerce take the matter up at a
called meeting today.
Vice President w. B. Crawford, of
the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday
rendered the help of the citizens of
Pensacola in the following telegram,
the answer to which was received last
night:
Telegram to Tampa.
Hon. Wallace F. Stovall, Editor Tam
pa Tribune, Tampa, Fla:
Pensacola extends sympathy to
your people in their misfortune. Wire
me if we can do anything for you.
wv. B. CRAWFORD,
-'Vice-President, Chamber of Com
merce.''
Tampa's Answer.
Tampa, Fla, March =, 1908.
Nv B. Crawford, President,
Chamber of Commerce, Pensa-
cola.
Tampa thoroughly appreciates the
sympathy of your good people in its
hour of misfortune, and would feel
grateful for any assistance you might
render. Many thanks.
wv. F. STOVALL."
Pensacola Ready.
Pensacola;s people are ready to
help. The Journal starts the list, and
it trusts that the response will be
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
WEATHER
TO BE GOOD

Pensacola and its Wis
itorS are fortunate. The
weather foreCaster says:
Fair today, rain tomor-
row." Tonight is the ali
important Mystic Parade.
AT II o'clock tonight the
Mardi Gras ends. Let it
rain tomorrow it it will.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
FOR
HIS STATE
Congressman Makes En-
phatic Statements On
Peonage Question.

HOUSE PASSED BILL AUTHORIZ-
ING IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE
TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES OF
PEONAGE N CERTAIN STATES
CLARK SAYS FLORIDA IS ANx-
IOUS TO DEFEND HERSELF
FROM SLURs, BEFORE Impair
TIAL AND FAIR COMMITTEE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
THE STREETS
WHAT WAS To
Be SEEN THERE
A Motley Crowd and Those
That Didn't Take Part
Weren't PenSacolianS.

INCIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO
WERE SEEN YESTERDAY AT
TERNOON AND NIGHT UPON
PALAFOX STREET-EVERYO
HAD A GOOD TIME-THEREW WAS
NO DISORDER AND THOSE WHO
TOOK THE CARNIVAL IN A
BLASE MANNER WERE FORCED
TO COME TO THE FORE AS
"SMILERS."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
MYSTERIOUS MECHANICAL
MAN; TAG HIM If YON CAN
He Eluded Everybody on
Yesterday-Don't Let
That $25 Get Away.

MECHANICAL MAN TELLS OF HIS
PART IN THE PENSACOLA
MARDl GRAS CARNIVAL-NAR-
RoWLY MISSED DETECTION
WATCH FOR Him TODAY-FULl
LIST OF PLACES HE WILL. VISIT
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
SHOOTS
SON OF MARKED MAN
Chief Shippy's Son is Fatally
Wounded While De-
Tending Father.

RESULTS IN PROBABLE DEATH
OF CHIEF SHIPPEY OF cHIcA-
GO-CHIEF HAD NARROW ES-
CAPE FROM DEATH-POLICE
ARE AROUSED AND WILL MAKE
DESPERATE EFFORT TO UN.
RAVEL DEEP PLOT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
FOR MARDI GRAS

given to masking, merry q
of
Carnival Headqurs coyie and Garden streets
and ne
East Garden side PaIafox Palafox
Wright Wright PaIafox
west on len to nd there
THE CORONATION BALL.
House.
will probably $50 o'clock
al Armor
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
Origin of Fire.

The fire originated in the boarding
house of Antonio DiaZ, 1714 Twelfth
avenue, and famed by strong wind,
spread fsn-shaped, defying the efforts
of the fire department, which was
crippled by very weak water pressure.
to check it Occupants of over 200
dwellings thrown into panic, rushed
out, attempting to ave but little OF
their belongings. A Cuban woman
in a delicate condition dropped dead
from shock. her body being rescued
from. the burning house with diff
Guilty.
In the big factories it was possible
only to save the most valuable of rec
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
WHERE HE WILL BE TO-
DAY.

> 9 to IL a. m.-Empire =
laundry.
, 10 to IL m.-Gerson's; also
} to D. m.
TO 8 p. m.-Maura Sta
tionery Co.
, to p. m.-Bijou Theatre. I
, to p. m.-BiHingsley'
pool parlors.
) to 6 p. m.-Watson, Par Z
, ker & Reese.
, After the coronation, Knights Z
, of Columbus ball.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
ROYAL YACHT
REACHES PORT
1T HIGH NOON
Keys of the City Delivered by
Mayor to King Priscus
TX. Yesterday.
The Queen, Miss Stella Az
cry, Greeted His Majesty
From City Hall.

The KING ESCORTED THROUGH
THE CITY BY MOUNTED
KNIGHTS. TROOPS, BANDS, ETC.
- AN IMPOSING PARADE, WHICH
ATTRACTED MUCH ATTENTION..
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-03
LOYAL SUBJECTS OF MIGHTY PRSCUS GATHER
TO GREET HIM IN THE DEEP WATER~GITY
TAMPA NEEDS ASSISTANCE

SUBSCRIPTION LIST
The Pensacola Journal $500
Employees of The Journal have sub
scribed the following amount to aid
Tampa's citizens:
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-02
THE "DREAM MONTH"

October is called the dream month
of the year The promise of seed
time and harvest has been fulfilled,
the fruits of field, garden and forest
gathered and garnered and the hus-
bandman feels that nature has re-
paid him for the long. hard months
OF toll that lie behind Then come
the still days, the golden sunshine.
the hazy. smoke-tinged atmosphere,
the balmy airs scented with the pun
gent fragrance OF ripened fruits and
foliage Falling leaves strew the
pathways and choke the streams,
while tree and shrub and vine are
clothed with brilliancy of coloring
no painters brush can rival. The gor-
geousness and glory of the sunrises
and sunsets are WONDERFUL, and nei-
Their brush, pen nor word can inn
prison their subtleties of tint and
shade, Woods parties are now at
their best and the patter of the rip
ened nuts, the purple of the Wild
grapes and the wild fruits that In
wife the frost touches for ripening,
all invite the family for outings. the
pleasures of which no other season
OF the year can rival. Exchange,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-02
Texan Writes u Play.

One Of the largest and most OK
rensive theatrical enterprises to visit
Texas this season Is the new play of
war and reconstruction times entl-
tied, THE Southerner," written by
the we'll known playwright, Herbert
Hall Winslow, and founded upon the
successful novel, Med, Niger and
Gent'man, by Judge Norman G,
Kittrel of Houston. The promoters
of the enterprise are some of the
largest capitalists of Houston, In
GLIDING j s. Rice, president of the
Union Bank and Trust company. and
they have commissioned MIR Wins
low to spare no expense in making
this production equal to q Broadway
show, The company comprises a
score of we'll known New York ac-
tors The play Is one Of alternate
laughter, thrills and tears. 1t Is ex-
pected to be the most faithful pres
entation of events during tho recon
struction days yet witnessed, Special
attention will be paid to novel, seen
lie and electrical effects, The first pro-
duction win occur in Houston on
October 2Sth, and will be made n
distinguished society event, After
wards THE Southerner" will be
out Texas and the entire south, clos
ing Its season in the spring In Bal
timore and Washington.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-02
Death OF George Williamson.

The Flag, of Deshler Ohio, con-
tanned the following notice of the
death of George Williamson, the
youngest brother of Prof III. l.,
Williamson of Trinity University;
One OF the sad deaths in this COM
munity occurred at the home of Rob
ert Williamson, two miles southwest
of town Saturday evening, Sept, 81,
when his brother George died from
the effects of that dreaded COM
plant, appendicitis, The deceased
had been ailing for some weeks and
ii was decided to operate on him last
Tuesday, The poor fellow was at the
train Monday morning to meet his
nurse from Toledo and accompanied
her to the home of his brother and
began preparing himself for the try
ing ordeal, To his friends he seem
ed to be in the best of spirits and
remarked that he was going to brave
the operation
Tuesday morning when the doe
tors began the operation they dis
covered that it was almost hope
less case-it had been delayed too
and the poisonous matter had been
scattered through the intestines.
The operation was completed, how
ever, in the hopes that his splendid
constitution might brave it through,
but 1t seems that providence willod
Al hnr No a., i,, .,,t
agony until SEQ Saturday night,
when death came as happy relief
to his sufferings
The deceased was member of
Deshler Lodge, No, 7l6, |. o, O. II.
and also Barlow Encampment, both
orders officiating at his funeral
which was held at the Church OF God
In Belmore, Tuesday, conducted by
Rev Tracey aud his remains were
taken to Leipsic and placed In their
last resting place in the Leipsic
cemetery,
George Williamson was model
young man, loved and respected by
all who knew him He was an ardent
odd Fellow and his lodges win miss
him from their gatherings. He was a
young man of no bad habits and 1t
is doubtful If he had an enemy In
the community.
For a number of years he had been
employed at the Farmers Grain Co =
elevator in this place, and he was
a favorite with his employees and
the public in general He and the
writer We're personal friends and in
our grief we fail to find words to ex-
press our sorrow and regrets over
the death of this bright and honest
Young man. May peace and a seat at
the right hand Of the Father be his
reward for the good he has done for
his fellowman during his short life,
Is our wish
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-02
THE TENAS REAWAkENING

The southwest is beginning to feel
pearing in business. From Texas
comes news that the packing plants
of Fort Worth are calling for work
ers, Offering employment to men and
women for indefinite periods, The
cotton plantations are also In need
of much more labor than is avail
able In the state Every line is re-
ported to lie putting its employees
back on the pay rolls There are few
mechanics out OF work and before
winter the railroads are expected to
be advertising for laborers.
Texas suffered with no little sever
ity from the panic of 1907, and the
consequent depression. But thanks
TO the large crops, the state has re-
covered with remarkable speed. The
demand for goods and have been
forced TO rush orders to replace
their depleted stocks There Is
better tone throughout the south.
west and determination to forget
that there has been a panic
orders have been coming In to the
manufacturers of the east
with such briskness that the Manu-
facturers' Record yentares TO pre-
diet a very active market for the
winter and spring,
A few months may see the duh
times ehronicled with the past To
lodo Blade,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-02
PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES
AND THE PUBLIC.

There has been OF recent years n
very positive and decisive effort
made by many of the great transpor-
tation companies to secure more
courtesy and conslderate treatment.
by their employees, of the people who
travel, and such effort was needed.
There are many polite, obliging
employees both in the subordinate
and In the higher positions in all
the companies, but there are always
some who. however few In number
they may be. ''leaven the whole
lump" most extensively by their in
difference H. indeed, not by their
The traveller who is snubbed or
neglected or refused courteous treat
ment by any kind of public service
employe never forgets 1t and never
fails to tell the tale of rudeness or
neglect. until the road or the COM
pany has enemies scattered all along
its line.
Conductors and brakemen as "a
rule are polite, but often when not
distinctly impolite or rude they give
information in such tone and in such
grudging way that the ignorant
and inQuiring traveller feels like he
has given trouble, and that instead
OF securing that to which he had a
right, he got only a reluctantly ex-
tended favor.
Travellers are entitled to something
more than to be given a seat and
hauled. They pay for courteous treat
ment for sincerity and politeness and
consideration on the part Of every
employe of the corporation, and they
ought to get It, and IL they do not
they are swindled,
No reference Is intended to Pull
man car porters or other employees
Everybody knows that by paying two
dollars to be smothered in dusty
plush and velvet for twelve hours
the directors of that company do not
feel that you have bought anything
you are entitled to, but that 1t is a
great act of condescension on their
part to allow you to sit or sleep in a
car which is honored by their being
ON It. The Chronicle does not pre-
sumo to refer to them, hut only to
their employees
They have much to contend with
II is true-much to yeX and anoy,
and they are often treated unjustly
but that Is merely an incident of
the Jobs they hold, and they must be
prepared to meet the evil with good.
1t is not necessary that they should
be servile or obsequious, but they
must be courteous and obliging, and
and irrevocable dismissal upon any
employe who is not Houston
Chronicle
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-02
Murphy as u Cnrtoonist.

MIR, Tim Murphy is almost as good
a cartoonist as he is an actor and
he tells this story on himself why he
did not become writer as we'll,
When young man in Washington
he wrote some short stories which
he tried to get printed in the news
paper of friend hfis fathers. One
or two did appear but the third had
been in the editors desk some weeks
when young Murphy met him on the
street and asked him: "Have you
read my last storyF' The editor pat
ted him on the shoulder and re-
piled; II don't know, Tim, but
hope so.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-02
Negro Held Under Ronsl.

Tom Wallace, the burly negro
who was charged by A. r, Spann of
Ellis county with holding him up
and robbing him of So at the point
OF u big knife in this city recently,
was held in $4,000 bail for the grand
jury by Justice of the Peace Will
liams this morning.
II was charged by Spann that Wal
lace decoyed him to lonely SPOT
under pretense of getting him cot
ton pickers, and then got his money
under threat OF death.--Dallas Times
Herald.