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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
MINE WORKERS TO
MEET ON MONDAY
BY Associated Press.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 1.-THE
convention of the United Mine Work
ers of America held a brief session at
10 O'Clock today and adjourned until
Monday morning The scale commit
tee which has issued an invitation to
the operators of Illinois. Indiana,
Ohio and western Pennsylvania TO
meet the miners of the central com
petitive field consisting of these dis
tricts in Indianapolis March "a to
consider wage scale, had no report
to make
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
Fire in St. Louis Union
Station Creates Wild Panic

known depots in the United States.
During the worlds fair in 1904 mil
lions of people passed through its
gates. 1t was built about Is years
ago and cost about $1,000, 600
CoIlided En- Route TO Fire.
Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Ruch-
er is reported TO be dying. and his
driver. Dairy Door,. is dead as a re-
suit of a collision tonight between
Fuckers buggy and a street Car whlle
making the run TO the fire In the
union depot. Fuckers death Is mo
mentarily expected
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
By Associated Press.

-. - Louis, Mo. March 14.-Fire to
50. threatened destruction to the
~ GUS union station. Many pasSen
- became panic-stricken and leap
rom moving cars as they ran
AZ" the blazing building They found
Ill., gates 10 the midway closed.
Squads of policemen held frightened
PAS myers back. while a train-caiier
sanding near the cars with u mega
t.-"he assured them there was no
u. -'- The loss was $4,000.
lie union station is one of the best
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
BRITISH STEAMER STRIKES
ROCK AT RICHARDS BAY
By Associated Press.

Durham March 1.-THE British
steamer Newark Castle belonging to
the Union Castle Line has been
wrecked at Richards Bay The few
passengers on board. together with d
part of the crew have been safely
landed The captain with dozen
men is remaining on board the yes
sci. 1t is not likely that she can be
saved
The Newark Castle is of 4.074 tons.
She left London February for Maui
ritius.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
Eight are Killed and Great
Property Loss Recorded
in Natchez, Miss.
EXPLOSION WAS
FOLLOWED BY FIRE
Fire Destroys Many Houses
Business is Suspended
and City is Placed Under
Martial Law Following
Terrible Disaster.
Bx kssocIated Pros.


Natchez, Miss, March light
persons are dead, another is badly
injured. and property was damaged
many thousands of dollars tonight as
a result of a gas explosion in which
wrecked a five story building here.
The explosion tore away the rear
wall of the building which fell upon
the front of the house.
Fire Follows.
The wreck Immediately took FIRE.
which, driven 10y high winds, destroy
ed seven residences and damaged
eleven others. The totals loss is est
mated at 100000.
Under Martial Law.
All business is suspended and the
city placed under martial law with
the local companies of militia on duty.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15


of the Knights of Pythias of Florida
and for the ensuing year he will he
at the head of this order. which is
one OF the strongest in the state.
Judge Wolfe was chosen. for the high
position at the meeting of the grand
lodge of Knights OF Pythias at St.
Petersburg, the election being among
the last business of the annual meet
ing.
Many of the delegates to the grand
lodge and the ladies who went from
the two temples of Pythian Sisters.
returned home last night. They re-
port the meetings as the most sue
cessfUl, as we'll as harmonious, to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
DEATH FOR ONE
LIFE FOR OTHER
Two Men Convicted of Geor-
gla Double Murder Sc
Verely Punished.
BY Associated Press.

- 80 "-rEctF,lic Ga. March Il
- campbell was sentenced TO be
Son, May \. and John Hudson was
fiI.,..,'a TO lie Imprisonment today,
cb.,.'H- Their conviction on the
H. OF The murder and burning Of
VIE and babv The crime
''S committed several months ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
Fake Match
Got His Coin
Ev Associated Press.

New Orleans. March Al. E. Ca
vanaugh, a wealthy lumber man of
Davenport Iowa, reported TO the
police here today that he had been
fieeced out of $500 by a party OF
men in New Orleans by means of
fake wrestling match.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
TY. COBB HASN'T GOT
BONANZA YET
BY Associated Press.

Augusta, Ga, March l4.-Tyrus
Cobb, who led the American League
in batting last year and who was re-
ported TO have signed with the De
troit CLUB for 1908. today denied that
any agreement had been reached. Ha
declared positively today there is no
change in the situation and that he is
still holding out for a three years
contract at $4,000
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
SMALL FIRE IN McADOO
TUNNEL FRlGHTENS MANY
IN Assoclated press.

New York. Marah IA small fire
in the unfinished section OF McAdOO
tunnel near the intersection of Tween
ty-third street and Sixth avenue to-
day created considerable excitement
for a time among the two score work
men employed in the underground
tube. All the men escaped in safety,
however, and the flames were eXtin
guished.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
RIVAL
TO THE Al TAR
Grandson of Mark Hanna
Captures the Fiancee of
Another Man.
Nv Associated Press.

Bridgeport, Comm. March 14.-Mark
A Hanna. grandson of the late Mar
Gus A. Hanna, married Miss Adele
Pratt, a member OF. an aristocratic
family of Elmira, New York, last
evening. Miss Pratt was engaged to
DR.. Arthur w Booth. prominent
surgeon of Elmira. They had a home
prepared and the ceremony was ar
ranged pending Dr. Booths return
from California, where he had gone
for his health.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
Cut Throat Of a Trusty With
Razor and Made Dash
For Liberty.
OBTAINED RAZOR
FROM ITALIAN
His Victim Caught Him,
However, and Overpower-
ed Prisoner-Alio Murder
ed Father Leo at Altar of
4 Denver Church.

Denver. Colo, March l4.-Guiseppe
Aio. condemned murderer OF Father
Leo HelnrichS. today attempted 10
escape from the county jail.
Alio. with a razor. Slashed the throat
q. trusry. who was cleaning his cell.
The razor j. believed to have been
,cfr in the cell by another Italian who
was arrested in connection with the
murder Of Father Leo
Til, Italian was released last night,
and as he passed Alio's cell he spoke
to him in Italian.
After cutting Cha trusty, Alto made
a dash for liberty. out Was caught and
orerluwered 1y his victim.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
TRAIN PLUNGES INTO RIVER
KILLING TWO, INJURING EIGHT
BY Associated Press

Bristol, Okla, March 1.-TWO per-
sons were killed and eight severity
injured today, when a st. Louis and
San Francisco passenger train was
wrecked on high trestIe over
Spring Creek, eight miles west of
Bristow Locomotive, baggage. and
mail cars, and first coach plunged forty
feet into the river.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
SLAYER OF PRIEST
AT TEMPTED ESCAPE
Cabinet Is
Dissolved
Rx Associated Press.

Christiana, Norway, March IA
King lHaakon has accepted the resig-
nation of the cabinet. This is the out
come of recognition by the storthing
OF socialistic and radical motions OF
la-k OF confidence.
Both motions were rejected by the
storthing, but the vote showed the
government could retain office only
by the favor OF coalition parties
which the ministers were unwilling
to do.
They advised King Haakon to sum
mon the radical leader, Gunnar Knud-
SGu, to form a new cabinet
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
NINE. EMMA EAMES FELL
i'm OPERA HURTING KNEE

New York, March 14.-Mme. Emma
Eames fell at the performance of
III Trovatore" last night, injuring her
knee.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
The New Officers.

The full list OF grand lodge ON
GERS is as follows:
Grand Chancellor Emmett Wolfe,
OF Pensacola
Grand ViCe@Chanceilor-H. Clay
Crawford, of Tallahassee
Grand PreIate-W. Fl. Hutchinson.
of Jacksonville.
Grand Keeper of Records and Seals
W. H. Latimer. OF Travares.
Grand Master OF Excheqlrer-W. Q.
West OF Jacksonville
Grand Master al ArmS-H S Hamp-
ton. OF Tampa.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
Miami is Chosen.

Miami was chosen as the place or
the next annual gathering There
were a number Of other cities put in
nomination. inclu,.ing Apalachicola,
but after the first few ballots IL was
seen that Miami would be the choice,
and il so resulted. the Pythians OF
G. thriving little city working hard
gMOng the delegates 70 get the next
convention II was almost a fOregone
conclusion when balloting commenced
that Miami would be the city select
Cd
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
j. EMMETT WOLFE ELECTED
GRAND CHANCELLOR K.OF p.
Pensacola Man Honored
by the Grand j Edge of
Knights of P ahias.
H. Clay Crawford af Talla-
hassee, is Chos as
Vice-Chancellor.

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE
GRAND LODGE Is TO BE HELD
AT MIAMl-THE PYTHIAN SIS
TIERS AND DELEGATES TO THE
LODGE REACHED HOME LAST
NIGHT, AND REPORT BOTH
MEETINGS AS BEING VERY Sue
CESSFUL.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15
SENATOR BRYAN
RESTING EASILY
BY Associated Press.

Washington, March II
Senator Bryan, of Florida, who
is i'll with typhoid fever at the
Providence hospital, this city.
is reported to be resting easily
this evening He is still very
i'll.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15

De held in many years, and much leg
islation for the good Of the order was
znax4na
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15

Judge J. Emmett Wolfe, of this city,
has been chosen as grand chancellor
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-15

Continued on Page F>Ne.l
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
In Justice To Xanthippe.

TO speak Ill Of one who is dead and
cannot defend him OF herself is gen.
orally conceded to be a disgraceful
deed. Yet from generation to genera
ton this has been done in the case OF
Mrs. Socrates (nee Xanthippe), says
Katherine Smith, who undertakes a
defense of that much-abused lady in
the Smart Set.
Xanthippe's parents were poor but
proud when Socrates sought her hand
in marriage. She began life hampered
with many drawbacks. There was her
name, long, and beginning with that
rarely heard c%onsonant, X. She was
the youngest of a noble family, and
the rest of the alphabet had been ex-
hausted in providing for her % broth
ers and sisters.
What could be her endearing nick
name? Was 1t Xannie? Could 1t be
Thippe? Not Hk all. The modest,
shrinking child grew up to woman
hood as Xanthippe, lived as XantsADpe
died as Xanthippe. Centuries aftei
her death the word Is used to illus
trate the alphabet as one of the few
words beginning with the m%ellihuous
but seldom encountered, letter x. Sh'
has, at least, that individuality, poo
woman.
Socrates was an old mar when b
married, and far from a beauty
xanthipne, much younger, would prob
ably have taken pride In the cornell
mesa Of a husband, but Socrates wen
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
I%NToLERARLE ITCHING.
Fearful Eczema All over eaby's Face
professional Treatment Failed.
A Perfect Cure by cutlcura.

"When my little girl was six months
old | noticed small red spots on her
right cheek. They grew so large that
l sent for the doctor but, instead OF
helping the eruption, his ointment
seemed to make it worse. Then l
went to a second doctor who said it
was eczema. He also gave me an oint-
ment which did not help either. The
disease spread all over the face and
the eyes began to swell. The itching
grew intolerable and it was a terrible
sight to see. l consulted doctors for
months, but they were unable to cure
the baby. l paid out from $40 to $50
without relief. One evening / began
to use the Cuticura Remedies. The
next morning the baby's face was all
white instead of red. i continued until
the eczema entirely disappeared. Mrs.
P. e. Gumbin, Sheldon, Ia, July 1903"
Potter Drug 6 Chem. Corp, sOne Props, Boston.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31

me with the open hospitality of camp
ers, insisting that I spend the night
with them. This was just what had
been playing for.
1T was easy to see that the men
we're crooks. There is always some
thing to disclose the counterfeiter, if
the observer is only sufficiently versed
In their ways and mannerisms to rec
ognize the telltale signs. l was pretty
sure, before the evening was over,
that these were the men who had done
the job in st. Louis.
Nothing about the cabin was the
least bit suspicious. A large iron pot
dubbed i~nvitingly over the open fire,
| the fragrant odor Of boiling meat is
suing from under its lid when the
steam pushed it up on n side. A
steaming haunch Of vension, cooking
with some vegetables and dumplings,
was produced from the pot for our
supper, which was served soon after
my arrival. In the center Of the room
was a big table, crudely constructed of
heavy oak timbers. The cabin was we'll
lighted, the lamps being of expensive
character and great brilliancy. Guns
and fishing tackle and hunting tog'
gerry of every kind gave the cabin the
atmosphere of a sportsman's club.
"The men talked freely Of everything
but themselves. They spoke Of many
cities, but never of their homes. They
told me they were college chums who
had always made 1t a custom to spenc
a few months together each fall in the
woods. They were clever men ant
readily passed for the lawyer, the doc
tor and the merchant, the characters
r they respectively pretended to be. Th'
one to whom the other two deferred IL
everything was a large, powerful mai
. with clean-shaven face and a jaw like
a bulldog. His face was too shrewd t.
be pleasant. He watched me furtively
a sinister, amused smile playing abou
the corners of his mobile mouth. Tha
smile spoke volumes. 1t made me Ii
= awake all night. It seemed to say tina
! he knew my real character, and there
fore 1 thought 1t best to keep on tn
watch. The man seemed capable @
Offering me personal violence. Blu
u the night passed away without inc
9 dent. After breakfast, / repaired tn
leak in my canoe and padded slowl
upstream, trying to figure out wher
q I had seen the big man with the squar
n Jaw before.
u while I was smoking a last ciga
q before retiring that evening, 1t cam
a to me where ! had seen him. 1t wa
y on a street car in st. Louis, on n o
Il casion when l was shadowing tn
1t shanty at the cave. He had been Q
IT the same car and had kept his sci
N when I alighted near the hut. He ha
Is looked at me then as IL he wanted
le know me the next time he saw me.
was assured that he was one of Il
OF co~unterfeiters, and made up my mir
to to arrest the three Of them the fir
thing next morning.
as Here l learned a lesson in procra
lr- tination. While / hastily gobbled dow
st my breakfast the next day, a trappe
IS who camped neal by and who had gol
to the village the night before for 81
pg plies, happened along and told me
,e, most disconcerting bit of news. T
tn three men had taken French leay
he They had caught a through freig
ee about midnight, taking little or
ed baggage with them. fastened to t
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
vou+hfuI Confidence.

There is a period in every chiid,s
life when he feels himself master Of
some profession. A little boy OF this
particular age-1O years old-was no
ticed making great efforts at his draw
ing.
"What are you drawing, dear?" his
mother asked him?
"a picture of God" was his ready
reply,
But, my dear, no n knows just
what God looks like said the mother
softly and with an air of reproach.
"They will after they see this" con
fidently answered this young prodigy
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31

for the most part barefoot, was un
calmly and dressed poorly. That his
wife was of tender heart is evinced by
her naming her first child Lamprocles.
1t will be seen that her object was
to find a name capable of a pretty and
~endearing diminutive. Here was o
woman who, even IL she felt inclined
to use an endearing name toward her
fat-nosed, thick-lipped husband, would
be obliged to call him Soc or Ratty
Is 1t any wonder then that she longed
for some euphonious nickname for her
first-born? Lammie 1t was, but tra'
dition hath 1t that this petted and
spoiled son repaid Mrs. Xanthippe's
kindness by saying that though sha
had been a good mother to bim-"did
not kick him, did not bite him-yet
her tongue was worse than her teeth
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31

ington we maintained secrecy about
the entire matter and nothing of it
got into the newspapers.
Il found one thing in the shanty
which might or might not offer a clew
to the counterfeiters. 1t was an empty
envelope bearing the postmark of an
obscure railroad station in the sunk
land district of northeastern Arkansas
l had long ago learned that it is the
seemingly insignificant things that
lead to the discovery Of criminals, and
while this envelope might mean moth
ing, on the other hand, it might be Of
the gravest Importance. 1t had been
found beneath the sheet Of metal on
which the cook stove stood, the tip Of
one corner, discolored and grimy, at.
tracing my attention. had secured
1t and pocketed it without attracting
attention.
IF the gang had never existed 1t
could not have disappeared more etfec-
tually. We were face to face with a
blank wall. This made US the more
anxious to capture the counterfeiters.
As nothing better offered, the chief
suggested that follow up the clew of
the empty envelope.
"With as cumbersome and complete
an outfit as every city sportsman
carries into the woods with him, l left
the train one day at the wayside sta
ton which bore the name of the post
mark. Securing a guide and cook, in
the person of a lanky native, l had my
truck hauled out to the St. Francis
river, only two miles distant, where
pitched camp and made preparations
for an indefinite stay.
1T was the greatest game country
have ever seen There were deer with
out limit and a good sprinkling of tur
keys, some bears, and water fowl o
every kind, until the killing of then
lost much of its charm, and became
[ more like ruthless slaughter.
Il had a plentiful supply Of liquor
and cigars, a fact my guide lost n
time in spreading broadcast about tn
I country. This was just what wante
v him to do, for 1t brought the native
focking to my camp to partake Of tn
D liquors and cigars which l distribute
with a lavish hand. 1t gave me tn
opportunity for which l was playing.
d by making inquiry Of my visitors,
learned that about five miles down tn
river were camped, in a snug cabi
built by themselves, three gentleme
from parts unknown. They maintaine
9 the place as a sort Of club and ha
spent the spring season there. The
It left about March and were gone unit
a October, when they returned n nigl
Il and again took possession Of the
cabin. Our raid on the cave had bee
Is made on the 18th Of October, and tn
h caused me to think that perhaps Il
ID empty envelope was making good.
Is "As the three gentlemen did N
deign to visit my camp, ! decided
make a call upon them.
II started out in a folding canvi
ID canoe, late in the afternoon, and q
a rived In the vicinity OF their camp ju
le at nightfall. With a sharp cypre
tree, aided by a jagged cut from n
20 hunting knife, ! succeeded In punchil
re a bad hole in the bottom Of the cane
r. and with the boat rapidly filling wi
ii water, / landed just after sunset at i
ID very door Of their cabin. The thr
b. men were at home and they WELDON
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31

SASO '-t l
heard of the original matter. Such
was the ease which l have come to
remember as that OF The Iron Pot.
1t was a vessel Of this humble charac-
ter that finally cleared up a great mys-
terry and brought the guilty to justice.
You are well aware that the silver
dollar passes current for something
like 40 or so cents more than the
actual silver in it is worth. This fact
has not been overlooked by counter
feiters, and because of it the secret
service has had some knotty problems
TO unravel.
THE largest percentage of counter
feits Of specie are crude, black, leaden
things that are readily detectible and
difficult to pass. The handling Of these
coins is beset with excessive danger.
But there have been some cases where
counterfeiters have so perfectly imi-
tated the silver dollar that experts
have been deceived by 1t. Such a coin
was brought out by a gang operating
in st. Louis some years ago. Their
dollar was of the same fineness and
weight as the coin of the governments
mint and had the same quantity of al
10y. The only difference between the
two was that the spurious coin was
a shade thicker than the genuine,
which fact was due to the machinery
of the counterfeiters being somewhat
lighter and less powerful than that o.
the federal mints.
THE popular idea that coins are
cast or nodded is quite erroneous
They are stamped or pressed out O
narrow strips Of metal. 1t is only b!
this means that they can be sufficient
Iy compressed to stand the wear tt
which they are subjected in circuls
ton. The machines used for this puI
pose are heavy, ponderous things, an
1t is difficult for counterfeiters to sc
cure the manufacture of such a ms
chine, and quite as hard a propositio
for them to find a suitably secre
place In which to operate 1t, ono
they have got 1t made.
THE st. Louis gang had their plan
in a ~cleverly constructed cave in
suburban district. 1t was al artiiicit
cave, dug back In the face of a ella
and gravel bluff. The entrance wa
through the shanty of a poor Iris
family, a circumstance that diverte
suspicion from it and one to which
partly due the long immunity tn
gang enjoyed,
There was no scrap Of metal, Il
coins, chemicals, or other thing use
in the art. Only the machine and
few wrenches and similar tools. I'll
gang had skipped out. The Irishma
was half-witted, and his wife was tc
clever to be caught in the traps v
laid for her. We had made a waite
haul, except for the machine, whic
was destroyed. The cave was file
up. Acting under orders from Was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
Meteors Add to Earth's Weight.

The meteors which fall upon the
earth in vast numbers every year add
their weight to the earth. Thus the
earth Is increasing a minute quantity
in weight each year, but not enough
to be perceptible In thousands
Of years. Except for the escape Of
light gases from the atmosphere there
ia Nc known way in which the earth
can lose weight.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t Is taken internally and made in Toledo
Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-31
Wise Kid.

MY seven-year-old nIece-Wrltes a
correspondents an up-to-date young
woman. She has a passion for study,
and thinks of little but her lessons.
The other day 1 demonstrated with
her.
Lila" l said, you are working too
hard. Why do you do it,"
well, auntie," she answered,
gravely, 81 heard somebody say that
the education of a child should begin
with it's grandmother. And l expect
to be a grandmother, some day."