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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
NEWSA GLEANINGS.

Philadelphia arranged to borrow
100000.
The Sugar Trust made public its
first statement to its stockholders.
The American Government request"
ed the French Government to extra
dite Paul Roy.
The Japanese press without excep-
ton is enthusiastic over the visit of
the American battleship fleet.
Great mass meetings we're held at
Canton. China, to express indigna-
ton at the release of the Tatsu.
Figures presented Sc the House of
Peers in Toxic showed the necessity
of an increase in taxes to meet de-
ficits.
Dr. Parkhurst dashed the churches
for not aiding Governor Hughes IN
his anti-race-track gambling struggle
in New York
The United States Steel Corpora
tons report for 1907 showed it had
been the greatest year in the history
of the corporation.
President Roosevelt asked the De-
against the anarchist publication OF
Paterson. La QUESTION: Sociale.
A canvass of the Kentucky tobacco
country showed that many farmers
were destroying their tobacco beds
and preparing to leave the State.
A distinguished physician and So
biologist from Holland in lecture on
psychic methods says that nearly all
persons may be controlled by "sug-
gestion."
The Widows pension bill. when
was passed by the House. was report
ed favorably to the Senate by Senator
McCumber, chairman of the Commit
tee on Pensions.
China and Great Britain have
agreed to decrease in the imports
of opium The Chinese throne mas
issued an appeal to the people 10
stop using the drug.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
PURCHASE OF TWO CROPS
MAY END TOBACCO WAR
Trust Said to Have Agreed With
Society of Equity.
$14,0oo,ooo PAID FOR PRODUCT
Take 1906 Crop at Sixteen and 1907
Crop at Eighteen Cents, OH
Agreement That No Tobacco
Will BE Grown in 1908.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-The American
Tobacco Company has surrendered to
the Kentucky white hurley tobacco
planters, associated as the American
Society of Equity, which has been
waging a strenuous war upon the
trust for more than year. 1t is said
in an unofficial report of the settle.
ment of the controversy between the
planters and the trust that the trust
has bought the pooled crops of 1906
and 1907 at prices far above those
dictated by the buying corporation at
the time of the split between them
and the planters. The total amount
to be paid for the tobacco that the as.
ISOLATION has in warehouses and
which it was holding, refusing to sell
at the prices offered, is $14,000,000.
The prices to be paid for the 1906
crop is sixteen cents pound, and for
the next years output eighteen cents.
In the settlement the planters decided
not to raise a crop this year.
The report, which comes from
members of the Planters Society and
has not yet been fully verified by the
other side, is discredited by many
conversant with the situation because
of the fact that the White Burley
Board of Control has heretofore
asked only fifteen cents pound for
both the crop of 1906 and 1907. The
higher prices are explained by the
agreement to carry out the "no crop
for 1908" idea as part of the consid-
Grafton to the American Tobacco
Company. The agreement as report
ed only affects the White Burley dis
tricts, and has no relation to the dark
tobacco districts in which most of the
night riding outrages have taken
place.
The light or hurley tobacco district
, covers fifty-five counties in Ken
lucky several in Ohio and two or
three in West Virginia. The region
in Kentucky is in the northern and
central part of the State. This dis
trict is the only place in the world
where this class of tobacco is grown.
The weed is used in the manufacture
of the finer grades of both chewing
and smoking tobacco. The dark to-
bacco district embraces fourteen
counties in Western Kentucky and
several in Tennessee The product
of this district is nearly all taken for
/ export.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
ONE MAN KILLED BY
BOMB in. NEW YORK
Meeting of Unemployed at Union
Square Suppressed by Police.
SlcKLY CRANK HURLS MISSILE
Had the Bomb Exploded Later Il
Would Have Demolished q Pla-
toon of Policemen and Accom-.
plished Awful Slaughter.

New York City.-An attempt of
the Socialist Conference of the I'm
employed, which has long been pre-
pairing a public demonstration, to
hold a meeting in Union Square after
permit had been refused by the
Park Commissioner and the police
had prevented speechmaking, ended
with bomb explosion.
The bomb, which was apparently
small brass affair filled with explosive
and iron nails, exploded prematurely
In the hands of a Williamsburg An
archist, who gives his name as Selig
Silverstein, though he is also known
over there as Selig Cohen. He had
taken it into the park with the
avowed intention of throwing it
among the police, against whom he
afterward admitted he entertains an
undying hatred. There were at this
time less than 1000 persons in the
square. Silverstein, with his hand
blown off and his eyes blown out. is
dying in Bellevue Hospital. Another
man, who was near him, and who the
police believe to have been con-
federate, was killed instantly. His
body was identified as that of Ignatz
Hildebrand, tailor, Of 2SS Third
avenue.
Besides these Policeman Patrick
Hartman was injured in the foot.
Mounted Policeman O'Brien, whose
horse was scared by the explosion,
was thrown and badly bruised. These
were all the casualties.
Had the bomb not exploded before
Silverstein had chance to hurl 1t in
the midst of an advancing platoon of
police under command of Captain
Miles O'Reilly, of the Mercer street
station, there Is little doubt that the
loss Of life would have been ap-
palling, SO terrible was the force OF
the explosion.
The would-be bomb throwar says
he made the bomb himself and acted
alone, but letters from Alexander
Berkman and other Anarchist leaders
were found in search of his room.
Some 1000 persons had gathered
for the demonstration and had been
turned out OF the square by the police
when the explosion occurred. All at
teuptS 10 uOlu meeting Qau pSS0
abandoned from the moment the peo-
pie began to gather. Robert Hunter,
former head of the University Set
tlement; Morris Hillquit, who last
fall was a candidate for Congress.
and other prominent Socialists, were
present
The mounted police, with Inspector
Schmittberger in command, were
massed in the Plaza of Union Square
preparing to return to their stations.
Although two of the police had been
slightly injured, nothing was heard
of it for half an hour. Neither man
referred to his injuries, and both
kept at their posts until the situa-
ton was well in hand. One was Po-
liceman Patrick Hannah. of the Leon
ard street station, who was on reserve
duty, and the other was Mounted Po-
liceman Joseph O'Brien. of the traffic
squad, who was one of the men I'M
der Schmittberger. Hannah had q
piece of brass in his foot, fragment
of the bomb, while O'Brien was
thrown from his horse and had his
ankle sprained. Both were taken to
the New York Hospital.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
CONGRESSMAN SHOT
NEGRO IN STREET CAR
Hefiin, of Alabama, Asked Him
to Stop Drinking.
WHITE MAN HIT IN FOOT
Representative Arrested and Released
on Bail-Had Advocated "Jim
Crow" Cars For Washington
Had Permit to Carry Arms.

Washington, D. C.-Representa>
tive James T Helm, of Alabama, who
recently advocated a Jim Grow" law
for street car service in the District
of Columbia, shot a negro on Penn
sylvania avenue car. The negro had
iDsulted him.
The bullet hit the man, Lewis LuE-
by, Just above the right ear. 1t did
not penetrate his skull. The negro
is now in the hospital. and Congress
man Hefin was arrested and charged
with assault: to kill. Later he was
released on $4,000 bail.
Heflin fired two shots. The first
failed to reach the negro and struck
Thomas McCreary, another passenger,
in the foot. McCreary is trainer in
the employ of August Belmont, and is
in Washington in charge of the Bel
mont string at the Bennings track.
The shooting occurred shortly after
p. m, as the car reached the corner
/ of Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth
street, bound for Capitol Hill. Con-
gresham Heflin, accompanied by
Congressman Edwin ]. Ellerbe, of
South Carolina, had boarded the car
at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, Mr.. Heflin being on his way
| to deliver a temperance lecture at the
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal
| Church
He observed two negro passengers,
/ one of whom was Lewis Lumby, who
was in the act of taking drink from
a bottle of whisky. There were a
number of other passengers, includ-
ing several women. Mr. Heflin re-
monstrated with Lumby and asked
him to stop drinking, saying:
Don't take that drink, there are
| ladies here, and it is not right. 1t is
. against the law for you to DO this
thing in a street car, and l hope you
will put that bottle away"
The other negro, who was sober,
attempted to take the bottle away
from his friend, but failed. Lumby
became offended at Mr.. Helms re-
monstrances and applied vile epilhets
to him.
AS the car reached Sixth street and
/ Pennsylvania avenue Heflin and
Lumby were engaged in a struggle
Mr.. Hefin, who is a large, powerful
man, succeeded in throwing Lumby
off the car as it came to stop. Most
of the occupants of the car hastily
alighted, including Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas McCreary.
The negro fell to the ground on be.
ing pushed off the car He rose and
1 it is said. began cursing Mr.. Hefiin
again, and made motion for his hip
pocket as if to draw a weapon, where.
upon Mr. Heflin fired at him through
the car window, missing the negro
and hitting Thomas McCreary, who
was about twenty feet from the car
Mr. Hefiin fired again, one of the
shots striking Lumby in the head
above the ear. Lumby ran a short
distance and fell.
Mr.. McCreary's wound is not Sc.
rious, and after treatment at a hospi
tai he returned to his apartments.
Mr.. Hefiin says that since he intro.
duced the Jim Grow" measure he
has received many letters of threat.
ening character, and obtained per.
mission from the police authorities to
| 60 armed.
Mr. Helm represents the Fifth
Alabama District, in which the Tus.
kegee Institute, of which Booker T
| Washington is at the head, is located
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03

A section of steel pavement has
recently been laid in the Rue st. Mar
tin, Paris, to test its usefulness. The
steel blocks are nearly seven inches
long and an inch and a third thick
and are ridged on both sides. They
are laid in cement SO that the tops OF
the ridges just reach the surface. The
ridges are so close together that a
horses shoe covers. at least three
ranges of them. It is believed that
such a pavement will prove superior
to asphalt in being less slippery, and
more durable than a pavement OF
wooden blocks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Stub Ends of News.

Philadelphia arranged to borrow
$9,000,000.
The American Government request
ed the French Government to extra
dite Paul Roy.
A canvass of the Kentucky tobacco
country showed that many farmers
were destroying their tobacco beds
and preparing to leave the State.
China and Great Britain have
agreed to decrease in the imports
of opium. The Chinese throne has
issued an appeal to the people to
stop using the drug.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Women in the DAYS News,

Mrs. Annie J. Kydd, mere than se.-
enty years old, sued for divorce in
Brooklyn N. Y.
A photographer advertised in New
York City for women models and re-
ceived Asst applications.
Mrs. Ivah de Chipenham Berg pro-
posed to teach fair New York City
how to be beautiful though plain.
Mrs. Mary Sherry died recently in
Brocton, N. Y, at the age of 102
years. She read without glasses to
the day of her death, and had vivid
recollections of Andrew Jackson and
the War of 1877.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Prominent People.

President Eliot, of Harvard. OBJ
served his seventy-fourth birthday at
Cambridge, Mass.
Rear-Admiral Evans, on his own
request, will be succeeded in conf
mand of the battleship fleet by Rear
Admiral Thomas.
Secretary Taft, Ambassador Taxa
hira and Governor Fort spoke at the
annual dinner of the Trenton Cham
Der of Commerce.
Charles Stedman Hanks. who in
vestigated the conduct of the Ameri-
can railroads at the Presidents re-
quest, died at Boston.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
President Bars n Newsnaner.

President Roosevelt has ordered
the Postoffice, Department at Wash
ington, D. c.. to stop the distribution
OF La QUESTION: Sociale, the inflam-
matory Paterson IN. j. newspaper.
He has asked the Department of JUS
tice to show him a way to prosecute
the editors criminally and to advise
him how far he can go in a recon-
mcndation to Congress toward the
suppression of all such papers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
ALDRICH BILL PASSED.
Senate at Washington, ID. c., Gives
1t Majority of AZ to 16.

Washington, D. C.-By a vote of
AZ to 16 the Aldrich Currency bill
passed the Senate. Five Republicans
voted against it-Borah, Bourne,
Brown, Hepburn and La Toilette.
Three Democrats - Johnston. Owen
and Teller-voted for the bill AS
passed, the bill bears small resem-
blance to its original shape when it
first was subjected to the fire of
amendments.
The most important amendments
adopted were those increasing the
cash reserves of banks, the joint work
Of Nelson and Johnston, and provid-
ing penalties for false reports made
by officers of banks as to circulation
Of emergency currency. This last
was offered by La Toilette. and was
adopted only after sharp fight.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Innocent Man Imprisoned.

Emporia, Kan.-Lewis T. Archer,
recently released from the peniten-
tiary after serving a sentence for as
sault with deadly weapon. says that
John Collins, now serving life SEN
tence for the murder of his father. j.
s. Collins, of Topeka. wealthy real
estate man, on May 13, 1898, is inne-
cent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
SENATOR FRANCHOT DIES.
New Yorker Had Gone TO Montreal to
Undergo an Operation.


Montreal. - State Senator S. P.
Franchot, of New York, who was OPP
Grated upon here for paralysis, after
showing encouraging symptoms, suf-
fered relapse during the night and
died.
He was conscious Just before the
end and recognized his relatives.
Albany, n. Y The Senate adj
journed out of respect for the mem.
DRY of Senator Franchot, after adopt
ing resolution that the Senate shall
attend the funeral in a body. The
Assembly also adjourned.
Stanislaus P. Franchot represented
the Forty-seventh Senatorial District,
composed of Niagara and Orleans
counties He was born in Morris.
Otsego County, on January 80, 1851.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
LABOR INJUNCTION PERMANENT.
Appeal Decided Against Buck Stove
and Range Company Boycott.

Washington, D. C.-The temporary
injunction recently issued against the
American Federation of Labor by
Justice Gould, of the District SUI
preme Court in favor of the Buck
Stove and Range Company was made
perpetual by Chief Justice Clabaugh.
The injunction effectually restraints
the American Federation of Labor
from in any manner interfering with
the business of the Buck Stove and
Range Company.
The costs of the proceeding were
taxed to the Federation of Labor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03

Rio Janeiro. Serious trouble is
feared in Bahia because of the Oppo-
sition in the Legislature to the Gov
ernor Just elected. The agitation has
been increased by the congratulations
sent to the Governor by President
Penna, as the Opposition in the Legis-
lature says these congratulations
amount to meddling in the internal
affairs of the State.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Drury Lane Burned.

Drury Lane Theatre, one of the
most famous in London, was de.
stroyed by fire. The whole interior
of the theatre was burned out and
the outside walls were badly dam.
aged. There was no loss of life.
Drury Lane Theatre was first opened
in 1868.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Mid.Lent Carnival in Paris.

Paris.-Fayored by fine spring
weather, the traditional Mi-Careme
Carnival with it attending parades,
passed off with great success. Merry
makers thronged the boulevards.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Judge Ousted From Office.

Richmond, Va.-The General AS
sembly removed Judge ]. w. G.
Blackstone, of the Eleventh Circuit.
from Office. The grounds upon which
this action was based are immortality
and gross neglect of official duty.
There was but one dissenting vote in
each branch.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Dog Catcher Gets sternburg Pet.

Washington. D. C. - Baron Won
Sternburg's net dog escaped from the
German Embassy. Because he wasn't
wearing a license tag he proved per-
soma non grata to the dog catcher.
and it cost the Ambassador 50 to get
his dog out of the pound.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
W. L. Wilson's Shortage.

Port Huron. Mich-W. L. Wilson,
secretary of the United Home Protec-
tors Fraternity. was arraigned on
the charge of embezzlement. The
bank examiners reported that the sec
rotary embezzled total of 1929, 900.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
For Monument to Lee.

Washington. D. c. A resolution
appropriating 100000 for the cree
ton in this city of monument to the
memory of General Robert E. Lee,
Commander-in-C Chief of the Confeder-
ate Army of the United States. was
introduced by Representative Ferris,
of Oklahoma.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Rochette Charge in Chamber.

Paris.-The Minister of Justice re-
fused to discuss the case of M. Henri
Rochelle, the French company pro-
moter. arrested on charges of swind-
ling the public, when NJ Ceccaldi pre-
scented his Interpolation on the sub
.ject in the Chamber of Deputies.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Jan Laborers For Brazil.

Rio Janeiro.-The Japanese steam
er Kasado Maru is due to leave Kobe
April ~ to bring to Brazil 1000
Japanese agricultural laborers to
work in the State of Sac Paulo.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Ask Federal Aid Against "Riders."

Lexington, Ky.-The failure on the
part of the State authorities to run
down perpetrators of outrages COM
mitted by might riders" eliminated
in direct appeal to President Roose-
welt for Federal interference in Ken
lucky, in the form of a petition pre-
pared by leading men of Lexington
and Central Kentucky. The petition
ers are aware that the President can
take no action unless the Governor
SO requests, but they say it is their
purpose by this means to bring the
two Executives together in the mat
ter.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
J. w. Stewart Succeeds Proctor

John w. Stewart, of Middlebury,
Ex-Governor of Vermont, has been APP
pointed to the United States Senate
by Governor Fletcher D. Proctor to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Senator Redfield Proctor. Sena-
tor Stewart was born in Middlebury
November "a, 1925.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
BAIL Raises Sugar Duties.

Rio de Janeiro.-President Penna
signed a decree raising from zoo to
400 reis the customs duty on sugars.
This action indicates that Brazil Will
not adhere to the Brussels sugar con-
yention. Senators and Deputies from
Bahia, in the belief that pressure
was being used by the local govern
ment to prevent them from carrying
on their official duties. have request
ed the Supreme Court to intervene
The court granted the plea.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
For Smart Girls.

There appears to be openings in
life, after all, for the younger female
generation of the smart set. We
see in a Scotch paper the advertise
ment:
Fish Trade-Wanted-Girl accus-
toned to smoking.
Nothing is said about playing
bridge, but we suppose that would
be a help, too.--London Globe. -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Night Riding Continues.

Hopkinsville, Ky-Night riders, to
the number of twenty-five or thirty,
invaded Golden Pond, Trigg County,
dragged Thomas Weaver, negro in
the employ of the, tobacco associa-
ton, from his bed, and carrying him
to the road, commanded him to run.
When he failed to obey the night rid
ers began firing at him. Two balls
penetrated the body, ami he was
found later in dying condition. No
cause for the crime is known.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Judge Will Not Offer Reward.

Carlisle, Ky.-Judge McNeal, coun.
ty judge of this county, refused TO Of
fer reward for the arrest and con-
viction of any of the night riders who
shot and killed Harlan Hedges, an in.
dependent tobacco farmer living near
Carlisle. He said that he will not do
so unless sanctioned by a meeting of
the fiscal court now in session.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Court Enioins Kansas Freight Rates

Topeka, Kan.-United States Judge
John c. Pollock granted temporary
order prohibiting the Kansas Rail-
road Commission from putting into
effect the new maximum freight rate
tariff, or from collecting any penal
ties
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Student Held For Trial.

Ann Arbor, Mich.-C. Roy Rock.
of Rowen. ILL.,. one of the fifteen stu
dents arrested during the outbreak
at the Star Theatre recently, was
bound over to the Circuit Court for
trial on the charge of rioting. Bail
was fixed at $1,000, with two sureties.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Bank President Robbed.

Lincoln, Ill.-Frank Frorer, presi-
dent of Lincoln (Ill.) bank and of
the Lincoln Mining Company, was
held up by three highwaymen and
robbed of the $4,000 monthly payroll
of the mining company. Two of the
robbers we're caught, but the third
escaped with the money.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Rhodes Scholar Drowned.

Ralph C. Many, a Rhodes scholar
from New Orleans, at Oxford, Eng
land, was washed off the rocks and
drowned at Port Isaac, Cornwall. A.
X. Read, the 1904 Rhodes scholar
from Louisiana, died in March, 1906,
of meningitis.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
No Trace of Ship Survivors.

Valparaiso-The British cruiser
Shearwater, which has been search
ing for possible survivors of the miss
ing British bark Silberhorn, reported
as having been burned at sea last
August off the Chilean coast, arrived
here. She found no trace of the miss
ing vessel or survivors. She will con-
tinue the search.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Robbers Head Blown OF.

Gentry. Ark.-In a futile attempt
to blow open the safe of the Farmers
Bank at Springtown. near here, the
head of one of the robbers was blown
from his shoulders by a premature
explosion of dynamite.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Railway Prospects Bright.

Railway statistics were quoted by
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Lane, showing railroads have not
been hard hit and their outlook is
bright.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Find Box of Coins.

Rising Sun, Md.-While removing
an old cedar roof that had been on
the dwelling of Mrs. James Watson.
of Fallstown, Hartford County, since
its erection in 1894, the contractors.
Kerr G. Colder, found between the
roofing and plaster a tin box Of cop
per and silver coins valued at several
hundred dollars.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Enlisting Italians For Cuba.

Naples.-A man representing him
self as an agent for the Cuban Gov
eminent has arrived here for the pur-
pose, he says, of enlisting Italian
carbineers to repress brigandage in
Cuba.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
La Toilette Attacks Financiers.

Senator La Toilette concluded his
three-day speech in Congress against
the Aldrich bill, declaring that Stand
ard Oil and Morgan in combination
dominate all other financial powers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-04-03
Demand For Rice.

In view of the small supply of
medium grades Honduras rice, the
attention of the trade is being turned
to Japan sorts. There is an active
demand on the Atlantic Coast and
prices show an advance.