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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
NEW YORK IS
HAVING MUCH
POLITICAL FUN
The Heads of Both National
Committees of the Two
Great Parties are in The
City, and State Politics is
Boiling.
RN Associated Press.

New York, Aug. 2S.-With the heads
of the national committees of both
the democratic and republican parties
engaged in councils with their ad-
viseTs, the new executive committee
of the New Lork state committees in
session for consideration of the gov
ernorship question and the officers of
the republican congressional commit
tee comforting with President Roose-
welt at Oyster Bay, there is decidedly
more activity in political circles in
New York today than since the par
ties organized for campaign work
From the point of widespread inter-
est the gathering of the New York
state executive committee ranks high
est. This gathering will be presided
over by State Chairman Timothy l..
Woodruff and it is popularity believed
that majority fof the men present
are opposed to the denomination of
{ SiS ,aEy,s,E Hughes The meeting was
the basis of representation IN the sen
atoriaI conventions in several upper
state counties but without doubt the
question of Governor Hughes Tenoml-
nation will be discussed No announce
ment on this subject is expected, now
ever.
No formal statement has been
made for plans of a pilgrimage OF the
heads of the republican congressional
committee to Oyster Bay II IS under
stood here, however, thai Mr. Sher-
! man the former chairman of the COM
mittee Representative Mckinley, OF
| Illinois. who is the chairman at the
present time; Representative Louden-
| Slayer secretary of the committee,
/ and number of others will be pres
ent. -
Among other matters which VIII De
discussed is the question or co-opefa-
ltion with the national committee ana
the plans being made for conduct-ls
stirring campaigns in number OF
districts in Southern states, Whlcn are
now REPRESENTED by democrats. Pres
ident Roosevelt is taking a keen in
terest in the campaign and Is deter
mined that the political complexion
of the house of representatives sinai
not be changed by the coming elec
lions If his influence and advice car
prevent it ..-,.,
The meeting of Chairman HItchcoct
with the Eastern members OF IN.
: executive committee OF the repunil
+ can national committee IS the hTS
4 formal conference held since us orsa
2 ization- Many routine matters or IN
+ portance are being considered late
: in the day, the West Virginia contrC
4 versv over the fact that two faction
r of the republican party have eac
Nominated a candidate for governor
n and that there are two sets OF pres
l. dental electors in the fNld. VIII
e taken I'D by a subcommittee OF thre
d members
e Chairman Mack OF the democrat
$ national committee is spending niue
% of his time with members of his az
r visorv committee. but is devotlng 2
= tentiou also TO the New York situation
D. nc Is seeking means of harmOnlzln
Ig the Murphy McCaTren situation ana
y that end is comforting with his co
n leagues on the national committee
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
WON $4,000
On ORAL BETS
George Rose Not Put Out by
Governor Hughes Anti
Betting Crusade.
Nv AssncIated Pres

New YoTIs Aug. 2S.-GeOrge Rose,
The millionaire owner Of the Arcadia
race track in California, and the big
gCSr bOOkmakeT in the country. served
notice to his friends that he wouIn
20 to Montreal to the race meetings
which begins there tomorrow.
Il have cleaned up $4,000 since
Governor Hughes signed the autf-bet-
ting Dill" said Rose. while comment
ing on the fact that hew as not opr-
ating at the Empire City track since
his talk with Sheriff Lane on Wed
neSday
All Of nv business was on the
credit system ] took only oral bets.
] had good luck, but / would nave
made $50 900 more If some Of nv
patrons had settled their -.drkers
with me"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
so ARE SAID TO
BE DROWNED
Starvation Adds to Horror
and Unless Relief is At
forded Will Swell the
Death LiSt-Citizens Sub
scribing to Help Poorer
People.
BY Associated Press.

Augusta, Ga, Aug. 2S.-The flood
water here is receding rapidly and as
the water leaves the streets il is APP
parent the loss has been underesti
mated. In addition to the disasters
already reported it is found that the
Riverside Mills, in damage to the plant
and the loss on cotton which flood
ed away, sustained damage to the ex-
tent of 100000. Many other ware
houses and business buildings are
damaged, but the amounts are not de-
teTmined- In addition to the fires
reported it develops that there
were ten smaller houses burned in
different sections of the city.
twenty-five dead bodies have been
recovered and cOrpSes are being found
every hour or so. The captain of the
river steamer Swan which arrived to-
day, reports he saw on the Uptrip at
least % coTpses all negroes, except one
There are reports of many drownings
among negro farm hands in the lower
valley. The Chronicle estimates the
death list at so.
The citizens in a mass meeting, the
city council in a special session, and
the board of health have taken
measures to relieve the distress Citi-
zenS are subscribing to fund TO help
the poorer people in the district still
There is sure to be the greatest suf-
fering, and relief must come quick to
prevent starvation. swelling the death
list In some districts, people who
cannot leave their homes have not
tasted food since Wednesday night
1p 10 rreA-iE-trzilaoc-h sa.d- A@7---------- \.
while IT was decided at the puohc /
meeting today rot to ask outside con
tributions. any offer will be accepted.
The electric lights will not be turned
on for A week. The gas supply is near
Iy restored.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
CITY OF KINGSVILLE
ENTIRELY DESERTED
By Transferring Passengers
the Southern Railway Has
Succeeded in Getting Pas
sengers to Charleston and
Savannah-Wateree River
Still Rising at Kingsville.
BY Associated Press.

COlum bia, S c., Aug 2S--The crest
of the great freshet which swept
through South Carolina leaving ruined
farms and crippled railroads in its
wake is now passed, and the Column
bia railroads are making strenuous
efforts to restore the lines of cOmmu-
nicatiOn, and have succeeded in some
measure.
BY transferring passengers at the
COngaree Bridge at Columbia, the
Southern has sent passenger to Char
lesion. Savannah, and Augusta. The
My line really open for traffic, how
ever, is the SOutheTn's track to
Charlotte. n c.
KIngsviIIe, % miles south of this
city on the WateTee River, is seven
feet under water and every house in
town is deserted. The water at that
point is still rising No accurate IS
innate Of the damage can be made
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
AUTO LEAPED
SIX-FOOT FENCE
BY Associates Press.

DAYTON. O.. Aug 2:-While taking
a spfr on the Centrgillc pike in his
motor car. Ben Schiele, a well-knOwn
insurance man. had thrilling expert
euce today. \ big Hack dog strOlled
with a bone in his mouth across the
road in front of the auto while it was
travelling al the rae Of 80 miles an
hour. and was strud by the machine,
which then Ieaped over a six-foot
wire fence. Iandinl sqUaTeIy on its
wheels and confined its run in the
fields. next coIIidini with a cross sec
ton wire fence
The machine Us stopped by a
heavy guy wire. Id the owner and
his associates, Geige w Knecht and
W. B. Nevin, esDed with bruises
The machine ascOnsiderably dam
aged. It is presued the driver lost
control when he pied the dog.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
Got 90 Years
He Now Faces
AnOfherCharge

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 2S.-Jim
Kennedy must go TO the penitentiary
for ninety-nine years for burning up
the house in which persisted his wife
his own child and three children oil
his fathar-inIaw. several VEGAS ago
He will now be tried for numbering
those who persisted Il viii be Temem-
bered that because he was mad at his
wife Kennedy set fire to the house IN
which she was staying late one sun
dav night. burning five persons 10
death. The negroes were very lhuiS-
naut AMI wanted to lynch him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
Cattle Raiser
Shot Merchant
By Associated Press

Bristol Tenn, Aug 9S-Charles
Armstrong, prominent and wealthy
cattle raiser shot and killed Andrew
Arnold. merchant Il miles north of
been caused by ATndru si1Tftzstt ti---in-
macy with Mrs. Armstrong, no arrest
was made
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
Runa way Car
Kills WOrkmen
81 AssoeIated Prssa-

WIike5Darre, Pa Aug. Zs--Five mon
were killed, another Is expected 10
die and five others seriously in
jured IN a collision today at the War
TiOT Run COilieTy Of The LehiZh Val
ley Coal Co. six miles from this cftv.
The man in charge lost control Of a
car being switched from one track
10 another. The car ran down the
slope 1000 feet and crashed into an
other car.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
WIFE Of BEST
FRIEND At HIS
SIDE WHEN SHOT.
Baltimore Millionaire With
Death Facing Him, Says
Robbery Was Motive of
His Masked Assailant-
Husband Thought His
Wife in Another City.
EY Associated Press.


Atlantic City y J. Aug. 2S.-IIis
death in all probability not far dis
tant, Charles B. Roberts, the BaIti-
more millionaire and clubman. per
Sists, in the city hospital today, that
he has absolutely no idea of the iden-
tIty OF the masked man, who. according
10 his story, stepped UP TO the rolling
chair, IN which he was riding on the
boardwalk with Mrs W. s. G.. VIII
liams, of BaltimOre-the wife of his
best friend and shot him
The bullet penetrated Roberts liver
and he has only a shade of chance
to live.
The mysterious masked man, who
was seen by no one but Roberts, Mrs
WIlllams and the negro pushing the
dnuhlo- -4hai--e-~-----
in Boston and that Roberts wife and
children are in New Hamp-hire. the
police think that much more remains
10 be told than has yet been got from
Mr.. Roberts. They have questioned
Mrs. Williams in her room at the HO-
tel Brighton, where Roberts was also
stopping, but what they have learned
from her of the strange affair they
have not seen fit TO tell.
1t is knOwn, however. that they
are looking for a Maryland automo-
bile for which d New Jersey license
IS said TO have been issued the day
before the shooting If they find A
trace of it they think the trail will
lead them 10 it
Persons in he neighborhood say
they saw an automobile stop a short
distance from the spot and after a
few minutes speed away A chauffeur
was left in charge OF the car, they
said, until the man who got out re-
turned Then it sped away at an
amazing speed.
-ensation Promised.
The outcome Of the mysterious
shooting will undoubtedly be one of
the greatest sensations Baltimore so
Ciety ever knew. The TWO principals
in the affair are probably as well or
better known in fashionable Balti-
more than any one in the social swim
in that CITY Mrs Williams is d
strikingly handsome woman, about 80
years old Her figure Is full and
shapely. her eyes are Of flashing black
and her skin is of a peculiarly clear. !
rose-tinted olive hue that has made |
her notable figure everywhere
Roberts is IS years old He is vice |
president and treasurer of the Nation |
a Supply Company and has been mar |
ned four years Both he and Mrs. |
Roberts went out great deal into so
.Iety as did their InSepaTa bic friends. |
he WilliamseS-
Accepting Roberts story that the |
shooting was the WORK Of man bent |
solely on robbery. the secrecy with /
which he endeayOred 10 envelope il |
Is seemingly unnecessary The shoot |
Ig took place a. 1880 the night be- |
tore last, and II was not I'll late yes |
-eTday afternoon thar there was even 1
IN iGkIing that Roberts had been shot /
Town At Mrs. Williams side. Then
Jesse Jackson. the negro chairman, be-
gan talking and the police hearing
IF his story began an investigation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
HAMS BROTHERS
HELD WITHOUT BAIL

New York. Aug. 2S.-Capt P {
Hams If and his brother. t Jenkins
Hams we're held without bail today
tor action of the grand jury on the
charge of the murder of William Z.
Annis Three Witnesses testified foT
the prosecutor No testimony Wa"
given in defense
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
GIRL BROWNS
SELF BECAUSE
UUULDI | WIFI
Imaginary Afliction Pre-
vented Her Marriage to
Devoted Lover; and She
Throws Herself into Lake
Michigan to Find Surcease
From Disappointment.
By Associated Press.

Chicago, Aug. est became known
today that Miss Mary Field Verne,
who committed suicide by walking in
to Lake Michigan at the foot of seth
street yesterday, was respondent be
cause an illness that was largely i'm
aginary, prevented her from marrying
d devoted sweetheart. y search of
her room disclosed brief fare well mes
Continued on Page Eight)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
TAFT TALKS TO VETS.
Special to The Journal

Athens. o. Aug -S.-On his way
To Middle Bass island. William n
Taft viii stop here 10 address a Joint
reunion of Civil war and Spanish war
veterans.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TO ENTERTAIN FLEET
TAFT GOES A-FISHING.
By Associated Press.

Hot Springs, Va, Aug. Is
Judge Taft, Mrs Taft and Mas
ter Charles left here tonight
for Middlebass Island. in Lake
Erie, where they will be the
guests of the Middlebass Fish
ing Club for "a week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
COLORADO FLOOD COSTS
FIFTEEN PERSONS THEIR LIVES
Rx Associated Press

Trinidad Coin IS the CinInaron vale!
ing
NJ last night and reported Ixeve
bodies haveb mics OF -
bridges on the Colorado Southern Railway
Trains out IL hours Ane P10F0-'-
a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
JUDGE MALONE ORDERS THE
COMMITTEE TO RECONVENE
. %%~%~~~>~~~%%>~~
BRYAN HOME
OVER SUNDAY
BY Associated Press.

FaiTView Farm. Lincoln.
Neb., Aug. 2S-Wiliam J.
Bryan arrived home today from
a tour lasting week N which
he made several speeches and
held party conferences in
Chicago and St Louis. He
VIII leave here Sunday on a
three days speaking tour.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29
Must Meet and Canvass Re-
turns as Shown on
Their Face.
LITIGATION JUST
BEGUN, SAYS KEHOE
He Will Fight the Case to
the Last-Chairnan DIAL
emberte Says Will Prob
ably Have Effect of Plac-
ing Two Names on Ticket.
Special to The Journal.

Quincy, Fla. Aug. 2S.-Judge Ma
lone, after hearing lengthy arguments
by counsel, today granted the writ
of mandamus applied for by Dannitte
h Mays, and ordered the congressiOn-
al committee of the third district TO
recOnvene on Thursday afternoon,
Sept 10. at t O'Clock. and canvass the
returns Of the second primary for con-
gresham as shown on their face.
Litigation Just Begun.
The above special was shown to
Hon. J. Walter kehoe, who was GER
utied to as being the nominee by the
Congressional Committee at its last
meeting.
4 had anticipated that Judge Ma
lone would grant the motion TO make
the temporary order permanent" said
Mr. kPhOe. and consequently am
not surprised
i am not in position 20 state. I'M
til after consulting with my counsel.
what the next step viii be, but YOU
can state upon authority that this de
clslOn by Judge Malone does not set
tie the matter, as the litigation has
only started"
Mr.. D'Alemberte's View.
Chairman D'AIemberte of the cor
ereSsiOnal committee. was informed of
Judge Malone's decision and asked for
his cieW- he said.
The congressional committee has
already declared Mr.. Kehoe the nOmi-
nee, and has filed with the secretary
Of state the certificate of nomination.
The secretary of state has in turn GER
-Ihed this 70 the various boards Of
county commissioners in the several
the nominee / do not see what effect
il will have except to put both names
upon the ticket to be. voted in the
general election, as Mr. KchOe has al
ready been certified as the nominee"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29

The School Booklet right out
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29

Continued on Page Eight)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-08-29

To reach ali CT the peo- !
pie, use both the DAILY |
and the WEEKLY JOUR- |
NAL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06

Harry Masan. who had been in the
city for several days, has returned to
Pittsburg. Mrs. Mason, who Is a pa
tient at Cooks Hospital, is recover
ing.
Mr. B. F. Reed, who had been alarm
ingly i'll Of grippe and complications
is recovering slowly.
Captain x. d. Walker is i'll OF rheu'
matism at his home in the First ward.
Mrs. James Bennett, who sustained
a broken hip by falling several weeks
ago at her home in Greensburg' Pa,
is still confined to her bed. butts do
ing well. Physicians have determined
that the broken bone has been proper
1y set and that her complete recovery
now depends on the knitting Of the
bone.
Miss Georgia cofman, of Grafton. is
the guest OF relatives in the city.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Personals.

Miss Ruth Barnes was quite sick
at her home on East Park avenue
Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Shuttlesworth. who has
been visiting Miss Lille Bartlett, Of
Merchant street, returned to her home
Mt Romine's Mills yesterday.
Mr.. F. o. Gaslsins has been Ill at
his home on Market street for several
days.
Miss Lucy Boggs. of Merchant
street. is spending a few days with
Rev. and Mrs. ]: c. Broomfeld. Of
Walnut avenue.
Mr.. A. R. Taylor. who has been very
Ill at his home on State street, is i'm
proving.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Prickett, of Columbia
street, was business visitor to Farm
ington Wednesday.
Miss Mary Morgan went to Mt. Zion
yesterday to visit her sister. Mrs.
Pearl Moran.
Mrs. W. H. Wiley, of State street.
has been quite sick for the past few
days.
Mrs. Nancy Holland. of Elkins street,
is recovering from a severe Illness.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Husband AMI wife Dle'Wlthin a Week

Husband and wife Dte'Within a Week
Mr.. M. o. Leonard. Of Marietta, O.,
died last evening at five O'Clock at the
home OF his father in Monongah. We
ceased had been Ill of tuberculosis for
a long time and was brought TO his
fathers home several weeks ago On
Wednesday, January the 18th, his
wife, who had been in poor health for
some time, passed away at her home
in Marletta. and the shock of the an
nouncement is thought to have short
ened her husbands days. He never
recovered from the shock. but contlnu-
ed to sink rapidly until death claimed
him just one week from the day of
his wife's death. Four children sur
vive the parents and are now at their
grandfather's home.
Funeral services were held last eve
ming at the residence. conducted by
Rev. w. o. David. on Friday the re-
mains viii be Inferred at EIlenboro.
Richie county, beside those Of his
wife. Undertaken r. L. Cunningham
has charge of the arrangements.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
PROTEST AGAINST
WIRz N 1NUNENT
GRAND ARMY MEN INDIGNANT
OVER ACTION OF UNITED
DAUGHTERS OF CON-
FEDERACY.
CBy s. W. Press AssociationD

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.--At pri-
waite meeting OF Union veterans sched-
uled for this evening. 1t is expected
that means will be discussed to pre-
vent the proposed erection by south
ern women of monument to the
memory of Major Henry Wir2. the
Confederate officer who was in charge
OF Andersonville prison during the
civil war. Major Wirz was charged
with inhuman treatment OF Union SOL
diers taken MS prisoners and was
tried. convicted and hanged. The
monument project has aroused the
bitterest feeling among Grand Army
men throughout the country. and 1t
is likely that the meeting of protest
here will be followed by similar
gatherings throughout the East and
North. Conservative Veterans on both
sides fear that the matter will re-
suit in revival of the hatred between
the people OF the North and South.
The fund for the monument was rails.
ed by women OF the United daughters
of the Confederacy 1t is proposed to
unveil the memorial on Jefferson
Davis birthday.
The inscriptions for the monument
have been supplied by Mrs. Gourdin
Young, historian of the Georgia d.
vision OF the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. and include the follow,
ing:
I'm memory of Mai. Henry WIrz,
c. S. A. Born in Zurich, switzer-
land,
"Tried by illegal court-martial I'M
der false charges of excessive cruelty
to Federal prisoners, sentenced and
iudiclally murdered at Washington,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06


"That the United states govern
ment, not Maj. Wirz, is chargeable
with the suffering at Andersonville,
there is abundant proof furnished by
friend and foe. Let the fact that he
chose an ignominous death rather
than bear false witness against Presl-
dent Davis speak for his high qualt-
ties of honor, fortitude and self-sac-
riflce.
ITO rescue his memory from the
stigma attached to 1t by imbittered
prejudice and ignorance, and to re-
store IT to its rightfql place among
men. the Georgia Division of the
United Daughters of the Coniederacy
has raised this shaft"
Commander Newton Ferree, OF the
department OF the Potomac, Grand
Army of the Republic, is one of the
leaders in the movement ror-the pre-
vention OF the erection Of the Wirz
monument.
"To propose such memorial TO
such man is the act of lot of
silly and scatter-brained sentimental
lists and of women whose sole OBJ
tect is to attain notoriety" declared
Commander Ferries. ITO build mon
ument to a murderer will have ten.
dency to destroy the good feeling now
existing between the veterans of the
North and the South and believe all
true soldiers of Dixie will resent sucn
a proposal.
"Wlrz was a cruel and heartless
assassin and not brave or gallant
soldier. Hanging was too good for
him. He was not field soldier. but
a prison keeper. and never performed
an act of valor that would entltle him
to a little white slab, much less a
great and imposing monument such
as those women propose to erect at
Andersonville. If we are to have in
America memorial to Wirz, let us
also build one to Nero and the other
arch-murderers of history"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
PROHIBITION
IN iowa
EDITORIAL OPINION OF ONE OF
STATES LEADING PA
PERS.

From the Dubuque Herald, Feb. 5.
Mistaking the temper Of the people,
whose desire was to enforce line of
decent conduct upon the saloons and
require their Observance of the pro-
visions. of law, as protest against
licensing the liquor traffic, the prohi-
bitionists of the State at meeting
the other day decided to start tenn
perance crusade" with the purpose of
writing a prohibitory law into the
statute books. Between temperance"
and prohibition" there Is gulf of
difference. Temperance is what its
name implies = temperate indulgence.
Total abstinence is total refusal to
drink intoxicants in any amount at
any time. Prohibition is enforcing
upon all total abstinence, destroying
the right to manufacture or sell. and
requiring the closure of saloons and
all places where liquors, beers or
wines are dispensed.
A prohibition law upon Iowas stat
ute book would not prevent Ile Ou-
buquer desiring liquors for his own
consumption from getting them.
Iowa's experience with prohibition
is that It does not prohibit and it is
not likely that the state would be any
more successful with such law now
than it has been in the past. 1t is
wholly desirable that the temperance
crusade shall go on, and be prosecut-
ed vigorously as a moral issue, for
much good has come and more good
will come of it. But there viii be Sc
rious dissent from the prohibitionists'
programme until the policy has some
where indicated It's usefulness.
Adv. 2-6"oS.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-02-06
Mrs.. catharIne Leuter Dead.

Mr.. S. ]. Brobst left to-day for Al
lentown. Pa. to attend the funeral scr.
vices Of his mother.in-law, Mrs. Kath-
arine Leuter, whose death occurred
on Wednesday. Mrs. Brobst LEFT sew
srsl days ago for her mothers bedside
and was with her when the end came.
Mrs. Leuter is survived by four sons
anil TWO daughters. Her husband died
several years ago. Funeral services
will be held on Saturday.