davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1908-01-16
SUICIDE BY SHOOTING.
George Decker Ends His Life Late
This Afternoon.

George Decker. fifty-one years of asa.
VINO was employed night watehman at
4 local department store. committed sui
eide about = o'clock this afternoon while
az his home 21a5 ] street
Decker shot himself throught The right
temple. the tragedy being enacted IN Il
room on the third floor of the house. The
r!fe. daughter and son-in-iaw OF the de-
ceastd were downstairs al the time. Hear
ing the report Of the weapon they has
Isned 10 the third floor room. bu. when
they reached there life was extinct.
A physician was summoned. -. but OF
course, could render assistance. The
police OF the third precinct We're Informed
of what had occurred. and the coroner
was notified.
Decker OF late had been suffering be-
cause of an abscess in his head. which. il
: said. may have had something 10 do
with his act.
Evening star., 1908-01-16
EQUALIZING SALARIES.
Judge Kimball Recommends in Be-
half of Bailiffs.

Judge Ivory. G. kimball. in his recent
'eport TO the District Commissioners, rec
ommends that the salaries of bailiffs re-
GENTLY taken on in the Police Court build
ng. whose compensation ranges from $50
% SEQ "a month be increased. so that all
,a;liffs in the building shall receive the
same salary. The increase recommended
from So to SIS, making the salary Of
he bailiffs SO month each
A large portion of the reports devot ed
o the facility with which cases are han
lied in the new Police Court building the
various charges to be disposed of by the
Judges. and the great amount Of work
necessarily placed upon the judiciary.
The report also contains suggestions for
number of minor corrections in routine
work and deals in a general way with
the character of a goodly majority of
{ t'ourt
Evening star., 1908-01-16

was also friend and former client of the
ton of the club In indorsing his candi-
dacy. The governor telegraphed in re-
ply:
81 thank you for your telegram The
expression OF confidence is warmly ap-
rreciated
I'm this telegram there is found the first
FORMAL word from the governor that he is
appreclatiye of the efforts of his friends.
~ least the wording is more definite or
This point than appeared in the gov
for Martin j. SAKE. who asked the gov
ernor. for statement of the position
Maj. Z. +. Brown and Frederick N
Bliss of Boston of the Brown Alumni AS
>ocfation Of New England called on the
governor today and invited him to attend
the banquet of Brown university alumni
set Professionally 10 be held in Boston
January p. The governor is refusing all
invitations on account of the press of
work in connection with the legislature
but me will hold the Boston invitation in
allowance until he ascertains whether it
VIII De possible for him 10 accept
Hughes Boomers Lose Heart.
II was announced this afternoon that
the original Hughes boomers had thrown
up their hands and admitted that the
r8solutions- indornng the governor for the
republican nomiuation for President could
not be passed at the regular monthly
meeting or the county committee to be
neid tonight. 1t will be laid over until
the February meeting
The Hughes boomers have sounded all
the district leaders of the county and
fnd that they cannot muster more than
ten or twelve out of the thirty-five who
VII vote on the adoption of the resolu-
1on State Senator Alfred r. Page one
of the original Hughes boomers. said to-
day: I'VE are going to have lineup,
but have no message from the governor
10 deliver to the committee"
in all republican camps the opinion was
gaining ground today that the Hughes
Endorsement resolution will never be pass
ed by the New York county committee.
Evening star., 1908-01-16

nothing to do with the use OF the hall
since last June"
DR.. Rhoads said that the oil footligh0
were fastened in position with wire. and
ought not to have overturned SO easily
He estimated his net loss on the building
at more than $4,000. his insurance being
also Of that amount
Or. Rhoads IS confined to his bed.
wreck of tho man forty-eight hours ago
He is past seventy years Of age. and his
health was undermined during the Farm
ers' National Bank troubles OF last sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1908-01-16
Plans for Board of Trade Meeting.

Announcement was made today that the
Washington Board of Trade will hold it's
nrst general meeting for 1908 al Rsusch-
er's. Connecticut avenue anu l. street
next Wednesday evening. beginning al S
o'clock. Reports will be presented by the
committees on public health. public order
streets and avenues. insurance. water
supply and bridges. Refreshments will be
served az the Close of the business ses-
sien Tn. call for the meeting is signed
by Mr. Cuno II. Rudolph. president. and
Gen George II. Harries. secretary.
Evening star., 1908-01-16
SPANISH ExTRAD1T1oN TREATY
Ratified by the Senate in Executive
Session.

The Senate in executive session, this
afternoon ratified the eXtradition treaty
with Spain. This Is treaty OF comfy.
which provides for the mutual exchange
OF alleged criminals Of certain class.
During the session a large number OF
presidential nominations were confirmed,
including civil officers OF Porto Rico.
About a score Of postmasters were also
confirmed.
Evening star., 1908-01-16
FIRE IN JANIToR's ROOM.
Local Alarm Calls Engines to Cor
coran Building.

A local alarm of fire about noon today
called No. engine company to the Cor
coran building. 18th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. because Of a slight blaze
on the fifth floor. which is occupied by the
janitor. The fire was caused by an over
heated cook stove. which burned the
flooring. 1t was quickly ektinEuished
the damage amounting to only SO. AL
though there are many office rooms in the
building, with numerous occupants, the
police say there was no undue excitement
among them.
Evening star., 1908-01-16
NO CHANGE IN THE
CORTELYOU AFFAIR
Continued from First Page.)

Trondhjem. Norway. as consular
agency Of the United States. They
stated to the President that Trondhtem
is the third largest city In Norway. and
that one-third OF the Scandinavian I'M
migration to this country comes through
that port. The President told his Wis
itors that TrondhJem would be con-
tinued as a consular agency.
Senator Scott today repeated a former
request made of the President-that
Col. Edwain A. Goodwin be promoted
to brigadier general OF the army.
Vice President Fairbanks introduced
to the President Edward Dingicy. ed
itor OF the Telegraph at Kalamazoo,
Mich. Mr.. Dingley 10 a son Of the late
Nelson Dingley Of Maine. author OF the
Dingley tarin bill.
Evening star., 1908-01-16
FIRE PANIC IN ONTARIO.
Moving Picture Machine Explodes.
Girl Fatally Burned.

ST. GATHERINGS. Ont. January 1G-
Fire following the explosion of moving
picture machine occurred last evening In
the Hippodrome, small theater here
The audience numbered about fifty, prin-
cfpally women and children. several OF
whom were painfully hurt by being
trappled on in a mad rush for the street
Lorne McDermott, aged fifteen, was fa-
tally burned. The fire damage Is $4,000
Evening star., 1908-01-16
Cruise Of the Cruiser Chicago.

A tentative itinerary for the cruise Of
the cruiser Chicago from Magdaiena bay
to Norfolk has been arranged at the Navy
Department which will bring her to tho
latter place April -. Tho Chicago Is to
be one OF the vessels OF the training
squadron for the Annapolis midshipmen
On her way around the southern cont-
nent she will stop at Acapulco. Cailao.
Valparaiso, Sandy Point, Montevideo, Rio
de Janeirc and Santa Lucia. The Chica-
go left Magdalena bay January Is.
Evening star., 1908-01-16
Asiatie chdlsra in Mindanao.

Some uneasiness was created at the
War Department today BY the receipt Of
. report by cable from army headquarters
at Manila that Asiatic cholera had made
its appearances on the Island of Mindanac.
According to the report one soldier has
died from the disease.
Evening star., 1908-01-16

FASTNET. January 16.-The steamer
Lusi,ar!a. from New York for Liverpool.
vas reported by wireless telegraph 1s2
nailes. :UeSt at IL Q. m. today. viii prob
ably reach Queenstown about pm.
Evening star., 1908-01-16
Post and Associates Confirmed.

Tire nomination of Regis l.. Post To be
governor Porto Rico was today con-
frmed by the Senate. as were all the
other Porto R'can territorial nominations
Evening star., 1908-01-16
The DriKhtwood Railway.

The BriEhtwood railway he character
ized as the sore thumb OF the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company's
Evening star., 1908-01-16
H0LD HUGHES BOOM

Continued from First Page
Evening star., 1908-01-16

Why" he was asked. was not gas
used in the footlishts instead Of OLE"
Gas was not introduced in this town
Until last year, and the gas company
was not able in the pressure OF its
orders. TO pipe up the opera house. Be-
sides. prefer electricity to gas. and
have been willing to wait for that. The
,rera house. however, was not really in
my hands as it had been leased to Ed
gar Mauger Of Pottstown. for a year. and
the lease has not yet expired. | have had
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17
A FINAL WORD ON THE CONTEST
OF TUESDAY NEXT.

Just a decide at
Tuesdays primary
of is senatorial fensacolas
Beard Wnch the
get into the
said with
contest Mr. Beard therefore has just
what all of
will Florida
lawmahng body in the world
should induce Pensacofan give Mr.
Beard
For
support probably
is will
be
he
question.
In little
will
a
for comptroller
The Journals judgment the
candidates for those offices
of
cand
commissioner The
John Stokes and c. L.
in
incumbent
he legia
tors make sheriff enforces your laws
public
OF whether
largely whether have good
a commissioners
The neglects
in republic
responsible
ference of others who do not vote.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17

Much has been said about the bit
ter personal and political feud of years
standing between William j. Bryan
and Grover Cleveland. but evidently
it is at an end. At the conference of
governors in Washington at which Mr.
Bryan was a delegate, he offered the
following resolution which was adopt
ed by reclamation:
Resolved, that the conference eX-
presses its deep regret that ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland is prevented by sick
ness from participating in this his
toric meeting and expresses its sincere
wish for his speedy recovery
This seems to put the two biggest
democrats in America on speaking
terms once more. and we don't doubt
that Mr.. Cleveland VIII vote for Mr..
Bryan next November, not merely a.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17
Now Will You
Be Good?

The morning Stovall sheet COM
plains that it has been misrepresented
by The Pensacola Journal. which said
1t had been delivering Titan" blows
against Bryan. 1t was as clean cut
case OF misrepresentation as has
ever come under our notice If, how
Cyer, The Journal will amend by strik-
ing out the word Titan" its state
ment will be uneXceptionably correct.
Tampa Times.
We reproduce the above not to pro-
woke controversy between the two big
Tampa dailies, but as evidence to JUS
tify our resentment against the acrid
assault and "cooked-up" indignation of
the Tampa Tribune against The Jour-
nal because we told the simple truth
in saying, in effect, that the Tribune
had been the steady opponent of Mr.
Bryan as the nominee of the demo-
cratic party at Denver.
However, it is possible that We were
mistaken in charging the Tribune with
delivering Titan blows" in that cause,
and we cheerfully give that paper the
benefit of the doubt and withdraw the
heroic adjective. 1t takes a Titan
force to deliver Titan blows, and as
our Tampa contemporary failed to ap-
preciate our delicate fiattery, we
sponge it all out and get down to the
cold facts in the case.
This is a free country with a free
press, and the Tampa Tribune has
had all along the unquestioned right to
oppose Mr.. Bryan as an available can,
didate for the nomination, as it has I'M
doubtedly done; but now that the Ne
braskan's triumph at Denver is practi
cally SINE, We see no reason in justice
or good manners why that paper
should turn upon The Journal with
such pumped-up show OF virtuous in
dignation merely because We told the
truth about il.
To have opposed Mr.. Bryan before
his nomination is no discredit to the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17
BRYAN ON FIRST BALLOT,
Brooklyn Eagle.
>~~~>~>~~>>>~~~

Efforts are being made to create inn
preston that Mr.. Bryan may be beat
en- at Denver, where there will. be
seats for 1902 delegates. According to
a calculation published by the Times.
he is assured of but 534 votes I54
short of the Cos necessary to a
nomination. In this estimate 46S dele
gates figure as unrestricted. the in.
ference being that they will line up
against the Nebraskan.
Not necessarily. Take MasSachu-
sets. for instance, with its 80 votes.
It's delegation is uninstrUcted. but ii
is likely TO follow the lead of Col.
Fred Williams. who is anything but
likely to WAIVER in his allegiance to
Bryan. Nor is there much doubt that
other delegations, unfettered by in
structions, will go with the majority.
Connecticut seems to be clearly
hostile, and so does New Jersey, but
nothing unequivocal can be said of
New York For convention purposes
it is the personal property of Charles
F. Murphy, who Will not be embar-
rasSad hyJconvictions. He will carry
no such haudicap to Denver. He will
exact for the transfer of his property
the best price Obtainable.
The significance or failure to in
struct is exaggerated. 1t will not
bear the Interpretation placed upon it
by the Times. t does not mean that
Mr. Bryan will be 1874 votes short OF
the number necessary to a nominal
ton on the first ballot. 1t means
neither more nor less than mat free
dom of action has been reserved to
certain state delegations. which is
far from signifying that they are
necessarily hostile to the Nebraskan.
Nothing is more probable than that
there will be but one ballot. Even
those who are anxious to bring about
a Bryan overthrow concede that he
has a substantial majority-that he
can be beaten. if at all only by the
| Oleration of the twO-thirds rule. They
qtote nothing but remote possibilities
in support of their optimism. Analy-
sis of their own figures shows that
lthey are marshaled in fools paradise
/ Meanwhile. Mr.. Bryan talks like
MAJ who has the nomination in his
POCKET. He is not far wrong.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17

Mr.. Hearst probably sends his
agents to Florida on a fools errand
when he commissions them to organ
lie an Independence League down here
in opposition to the democratic party.
And it is especially regretted that
Wilkinson Call, a man who was for
so many years so signally honored by
the democracy of Florida with its
highest gift, should be engaged in this
work, essentially hostile to the inter.
ests of the Democratic party. AS
we understand it, the independence
League, despite its name, is merely
Mr.. Hearst's private political organiza
ton, purely opportunist in its charac
ter and to be used solely to promote
its owners personal ambitions. II
will find Florida inhospitable sol
upon which to flourish and we can aft
ford to note without alarm its efforts
to get foothold here.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17

kind of plate matter furnished ad
ibitum and without pay.
Who foots the bills of the active
and expensive johnson publicity
bureau? Here is story which reach
ed The Birmingham News and which
may be somewhat suggestive in con-
neCtiOn with the inquiry: "A prOmi
nent citizen recently went TO an Ala
bama city to deliver an address adj
Vocating Johnson's nomination. The
story relates that one railroad con-
veyed him some twenty-five miles
by special train, consisting OF box
car and engine running at the rate
of thirty-five miles an hour, presum-
ably for the purpose OF permitting him
to connect with another railroad in
time to get to his destination where
he was to speak.
OF course, this may have been done
as a desire TO he obIfgfng to the gen
tleman personally, though it would be
hard for the public who have watched
the Johnson movement in this part of
the country to dissociate the special
train enterprise from an interest in
the presidential nomination. There's
nothing like accommodating a pOliti-
cal speaker who appreciates the view
point of the institution that does the
accommodating.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE JOURNAL.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17
WHO FooTs THE BILLS?
Birmingham, (Aia)., News.

Speaking of enterprising political
literaE bureaus, few of them, and
not cen Vice-President Fairbanks
brace of peripatetic press agents,
have betrayed any indications of
playini second fiddle to the Johnson
publicly committee. From this source
the snlller newspapers are receiving
quantities of what is known as plate
matter! For the benefit of the u1in-
itiated 1 may be said that this stuff
comes n metal plate to fit the col
umnS. il does not have to be set,
thereby saving the time and expense
of COMPOSITION. All you have TO do
is to silk it in the forms and there
YOU are4 Some of this plate matter
comes fIfuIl pages. Letters from the
Johnson publicity committee advise
the Paper who use this sort of stuff
in their plumns that all they want
will be spilled advocating the nOmi-
nation Oflhe gentleman from Mime
sofa.
It's a raier expensive business this
preparation and distribution gratis,
of ready-tprint literature. and es-
pecially WIN rural newspaperdOm is
flooded AM congested with it. But
what differnce does that make when
a HO4IliCdA SpiTdnI mas Denl0b MN
such loyal nd generous friends &C
Eastern mammoth corporate interests.
railroad inmates who manipulate
stocks in TIT line. trusts that have
a ravenOus ipDetite for high tariff
and the so-dled system" which in
sists upon incting its check book in
f1uence in daocratic politics with a
view of defedng a man ~ho repre-
sents the peoe and their battle for
q square deal I'VE would Just as
readily consel to publish Ineir rot
endorsing the Wall street gang
or the Standal Oil Company. as we
would the stutadvocating the nomi-
nation of Mr. Johnson; for. in our
way of seeing tings there would be
no difference, eclares an editorial
| in the TallahasS Tri-County Weekly.
l which Is evidefy not out for this
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17
Don't Bet on
the Election.

Yesterday The Journal published
the statutes in this state relative to
the use of liquor on election day and
attempting to influence voters by brib-
cry, menace, threats or other corrupt
means.
Today we give the statute relat-
ing to betting on elections, and it is
important that everybody should read
it, for there is perhaps a desire on
the part of some to back their candi-
dates with their cash in the primary
next Tuesday on the result. The law
is very plain on the subject.
Section 1898 of the general statutes
of Florida is as follows:s
Whoever makes or becomes direct
ly or indirectly interested in any bet
or wager. the result of which shall
depend upon any election, shall be
fined not exceeding three hundred
dollars, provided such bet or wager or
the becoming interested therein shall
occur on or before the day of holding
such election.
This is too plain to be misunder-
stood and shows the unmistakable
purpose of the law to prohibit all
forms of betting on elections. 1t is a
good law and should be risidly en-
forced. Electing men to serve the
people in positions of public trust
should be considered a function of'sO
grave and serious a nature that it
should be defled neither by drunken
ness nor gambling.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17

Before another issue of the Record
er reaches the people, the election
will have passed. And. the passing
of it, will bring JOY TO some and to
others sadness and appointment
Madison Recorder
But. Unhappily. this is only half
true. For after the election next
Tuesday that beautiful modern device
known as the second primary will still
lower in the perspective, and not
until the votes in that election are
counted will the anguish be over for
the people and the candidates. The
man who commits his fortunes to the
hazards of the primary and uses up
all his reserves to make a winning,
has our sincere sympathies- Even if
he wins, the game is hardly worth the
candle. and if he loses, tout est perde'
must be his despairing cry, as with
Napoleon at Waterloo, with perhaps no
St. Helena to offer him a quiet refuge,
with his conqueror to foot the bill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17

If Mr.. Stockton shall be elected
governor, and we believe that he will,
we trust he will take early OppOrtun-
ity 20 carry out his promise and use
his influence to encourage the organi-
cation of civic leagues in every coun-
ty in Florida. 1t wilh be an educa-
tionaI force of direct practical utility.
1t will arouse interest among the
people in the discussion of public
problems and issues vitality related to
their own material, moral and intel
lectua1 concerns 1t will lift politics
above the vulgar level of mere Office
seeking, and will make the politician
himself a man of higher type, for he
will understand that in his canvassing
for votes he is confronted by men who
are students of public questions and
the tricks and arts of the demagogue
will no longer deceive them. The be-
ginning of education is in the schools
and it can be supplemented in no more
useful way after school days are over
and men and women are out in the
real work of life, that by the system
of civic leagues suggested by John n.
c. Stockton. Perhaps its chief useful
ness will be in the equipment it will
give to the voter to combat the dema-
gogue in Florida politics.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17

Mr.. Bryan is charged with being an
idealist, but it has always seemed to
us that staIWart.inaisiHHs-
common sense is his strong suit. He
was at the Washington conference of
governors called by the president to
devise means for checking the fearful
waste of our natural resources, espe-
cialiy of minerals and timber, and in
his speech there he made point
which had occurred to no one else and
which got under the fifth rib of the
robber tariff system and Infant indus
tries" built up by government boun-
ties in this beautifully effective way:
I'VE should begin an intelligent SUI
pervision and conservation of that
which is known to exist, and / re-
spectfully submit that it is worth
while to ask ourselves whether We can
afford to offer a bounty to those who
are engaged in eXhausting the supply
of raw materials, which when gone,
cannot be replaced
Surely if there is any importation
which we can properly encourage by
a free list it is the Importation of
those raw materials of which our own
supply is limited. What 1 say in re-
gard to coal and iron ore is equally
applicable to timber. 1t is hardly con
sistent to discourage the import alton
of lumber. while we worry about the
devastation of our forests"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17

Every popular election held in this
country puts the theory of self-govern-
ment on trial, and this is true of the
primaries as of the general elections.
The voter who lets any consideration
other than that of who will make the
best official, control his vote next
Tuesday is morally unfit to exercise
the right of suffrage and he ought not
to have such right.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17

The prohibition cause is done in
calculable harm by its adherenIs' in
temperate abuse Of all who oppose
them.-Wauchula Telegram.
And yet, dear brother, intemperance
in the use of words isn't doing one
hundredth part as much harm in this
country today as intemperance in the
use OF whiskey.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-17
Hopes He'll Win Out.

J. T. G.. Crawford. of TensacoIs
son Of Hon. Clay Crawford, is a candi-
date for delegate to the National
Democratic Convention from tbs
Third District. He is a young man
of ability and integrity and being
thoroughly sound on the Bryan prop
osition here's hoping he'll win out
Madison New Enterprise.