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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30
NATIONAL MODEL
LICENSE LEAGUE
Beaten in North Carolina, But Hopes
to Hold New York
(New York Worldly

(New York WORLDLY
A little the worse for the trouncing
lie has just received in North Carolina,
hut still aggressive and full Of spirits,
the Demon Rum moved to this city
yesterday and established headquarters
and started vigorous back fire
against the Anti-SaloOn League under
the name of the National Model Lii
ccnse League.
G.. r. Washburne, of Louisville. KY,
who looks much like clergyman but
ISN'T one, called reporters around him
yesterday at the Hotel Martinique. He
is secretary of the league and was in
the thick of the losing fight in North
Carolina.
I'VE made a mistake there" he said
"by not being on the ground soon
enough. But we're wise now, and we
are going to get started in New York
on even terms with the enemy. This
is going to be a campaign Of education
and publicity-what'll you have to
drink, gentlemen?'
Tells About the League
He said that while the league was
only six months old 1t had 500 men,
hers, representing $5OO,oOO,OOO invested
i'm the liquor business.
1--WE have an honorary list, too
said Mr.. Washburne. ito which We in
vite ministers, church members, Y. M.
e. A. workers, Epworth Leaguers and
others. In fact, no one is debarred
from our circle"
When pressed for statistics on the
honorary membership" the secretary
ordered another round of drinks.
1--WE have come to New York to get
Il good start, because we anticipate
that there is going to be great fight
in this state" he said. 1T has already
started in the back counties Our
methods are the same as the anti"
saloon people with the exception that
We do not blackmail or graft. We hire
speakers, put out literature and make
a personal canvass. Why, down in
North Carolina among our speakers
was the Rev. DR.. w. A. WATSON, an
Episcopal clergyman of Riverhead,
L. l., and T. DeQuincy Tully, Of the
Law and Order Improvement Society
CT this State
Mr.. Washburne said that the league
believed in SalOOn-keepers Obeying the
law or else retiring from business.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30
KILLING A WHALE IN TAMPA BAY

whale on the starboard, sir" re-
ported Chief Navigator John Langhoff
to John Langhoff, A E., from the mid
die seat Of his dory as she rode the
crest of a mild wave on the calm
bosom of Hillsborough bay a couple
OF miles off Palmetto Beach this morn
ing, shortly after 9 o'clock.
There she blows" said the A. b,
and the dory was soon heading for
shore, the captain laying hard
on the cars. eager to spread the glad
tidings.
He reached the beach and whis-
pered the words to Commodore Bill
Lynch. The word was flashed to
Tampa, Esli Knight, Arthur Cuscaden.
Algee King, Sam Honacker, w. J. Bal
ley, Arthur Cuscaden, Robert Keller,
Captain Bacon. of the Flaneur, John
Langhoff, harpOon and couple of
Winchesters snugged aboard, with an
abundance of real courage, sailed out,
with both engines going.
They reached the inner bay in short
order and sighted the whale dsporting
himself or herself on the calm surface
OF the warm water The engines were
reduced in speed and the Flaneur stole
silently to the side Of the Leviathar,
who apparently anticipated no danger.
Captain Bacon offered the harpoon to
the gentlemen, but they deferred to
the navogators superior knowledge Of
devilfish. stingrays, etc., and SO he
stood and waited his chance.
The first cast of the 'poon struck
the whale at the base of the dorsal
fin, and the big black fish started for
the bottom of the bay. 1t didn't have
far to go, as any dredge man will tell
you. UP it came, and then the gentle
men with the Winchesters, Esli and
H l.. Knight, got busy and a plugging
match ensued. The whale dove again,
leaving streaks of blood behind. A
second time up, spouting blood and
spume. and then more lead. Captain
Racom let out and took in slack with
the aid of the other gentlemen. Soon
the lead had effect and the big fish
weakened
1t was nearly two hours from the
time the Flaneur drew up alongside
the whale to the landing of the levia-
than at the foot of the dock close to
the Royal theater, to which point II
was towed. Here the fishermen, not
having yard room for the overgroWn
monster, turned it over to Commodore
Lynch.
All of the actors and actresses gath
cred around the carcass together with
the entire population of Palm Beach,
They pronounced it the real thing, but
telephoned in to the Times for the ma
rine reporter to come out and. tell 'em
what species it was. The marine re
porter soon landed on the spot and
looking wise pronounced it a common
black whale of the tropical species. 1t
measures about 40 feet long and
weighs several tons.
This is the first whale that has Wis
tied Tampa in the recollection of the
Oldest inhabitants, but whales have
been reported from Tarpon Springs re
cently-Tampa Times
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30
CRUISER PICKED UP cAsTAwAYs

Avalon, Island of Santa Catalina,
Cal, May 29.-The converted cruiser
Buffalo, U. S. N, arrived at this port
yesterday, having on board E. E. Eas-
ton, his wife, two small children and
a colored nurse, rescued on the high
seas from a small launch, in which
they had drifted about for two days
and a night in ugly weather. The
Buffalo also reported the strange dis
appearance of Capt. A. Crist Of Avalon,
skipper of the launch, and the drown
ing of C. E. Hooline, ordinary seaman.
of the cruiser, who sacrificed his life
in the rescue of the Eastons.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30
INDIGESTION

With its companions, heart burn,
fatulence. torpidity~of the liver, con-
stipation, palpifation, of the heart,
poor blood, headae che f,and other ner-
vous Symphonic. ,sallow skin. foul
tongue, offensive breath and a legion
OF other ailments, is at once the most
widespread and destructive malady
among the American people. The
Herbine treatment will cure all these
troubles. Fifty cents bottle at the
Anti Monopoly Drugstore.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30

fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. Visiting brothers cordially
invited. S. A. Rawls, Exalted Ruler.
Joseph Bell, Acting Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30
THE LUCKY QUARTER

Is the one you pay out for box of
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. They bring
you the health that's more precious
than jewels. Try them for headache,
biliousness, constipation abd malaria.
fl they disappoint you the, bfice will be
cheerfully refunded at any drugstore.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

Mr.. Norman R. Coulter a prominent
architect, in the Delbert Building, San
Francisco, says: Il fully endorse all
that has been said of Electric Bitters
as a tonic medicine. 1t is good for
everybody IT corrects stomach, liver
and kidney disorders in a prompt and
efficient MANNER and builds up the
system" Electric Bitters is the best
spring medicine ever sold over a
druggists counter; as a blood purf-
fer it is unequaled. soc. at all drug
stores.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30
HUMAN FILTERS

The function of the kidneys is to
strain out the Impurities of the
blood which is constantly passing
through them. Y9fsy's Kidney Rene
Gy makes the kidneys healthy so they
will strain out Al/waste matter from
the blood. Take Foley's Kidney Rem
coy at once and it will make you we'll
Sold by all dealers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30
FORT KING CAMP
No. IA.

cONcORDIA LODGE F. U. OF A.
Concordia Lodge No. 1S1, Fraternal
Union of America, meets fourth We'd
nesday Of every month, 1880 p. m, at
Yonge's Hall. r. z. Yonge, P M.
Chas. K. Sage. Secretary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-05-30

The best Csc. box OF paper we have
ever put across the counter, Danish
Cloth" at the Postoffice Drugstore.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
CALL FOR ARMIES OF W0RKMER
Hundreds Of Thousands Needed to Meet
.: Continued Prosperity.

Washington, D. C.-Amerioap en-
ployers have recovered-ehtfrely from
their recent scare>ir the dark, judg'
Ing from the>a6nouncement of Ter.
ence E>P9wderly, Chief of the Immi.
grafton Bureaus information divis-
ion, that hundreds of thousands OF
workmen Of all kinds were wanted
again throughout the country. Be-
tween July and the October panic
the demand reached total of 20O,'
900 men, but the money fright
caused many cancellations, accom-.
panied by word that the former appli.
cants not only found they needed
no new employees, but were laying oil
those they had. Renewals of the
old applications and large number
of new ones received in the last ten
days show employers everywhere now
realize there is no danger of the coun'
try going to smash and that they are
eager to meet the continued prosper
ity with an adequate supply. of help
Our reports, coming as they do,
from every State and Territory in
the Union, are accurate barometers
of the material welfare of the coun-
try, says Mr.. Powderly. They AL
point one way, in the direction Of y
revival of the marvellous prosperity
that was checked but not halted by
the excitement that prevailed for a
time in the large money centres.
Hundreds of thousands Of men will
be needed in the spring in the agri-
cultural States alone as farm labor
ers, letters to the division show.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
ADMIRAL BRoWNsoN QUE:
Metcalf Denies Criticism Of Depart.
ment Affected Veteran Officer.

Washington, d. C. = President
Roosevelt received and accepted the
resignation of Rear-Admiral willard
H. Brownson, retired, as Chief OF the
Bureau Of Navigation, which has had
to handle the question of the cruise
of the Atlantic feet to, the Pacific.
The President then designated Com
mander Cameron McC. WinsloW to
act as chief Of bureau.
Coming Immediately upon the pub.
lication of the Reuterdahl criticisms
of the navy, which are widely be-
lieved to have been inspired by high
naval authority, the resignation OF
Admiral Brownson at once gave rise
to the report that it had grown out OF
that publication.
That was denied vigorously by Sec
retary Metcalf, who declared that the
criticisms had nothing whatever to
do with Admiral Brownson's action.
which was entirely personal matter
between him and the President.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
THE SOUTH HAS JUST FINISHED One OF THE GREATEST
CHANNEIrMAKING UNDERTAKINGS IN HISTORY
New JeHies Ready For Big Ships-Lower Mississippi Gets
~ One of Worlds Deepest HarborS.

the top of the jetties, and which is
the work receiving it's finishing
touches this week, Is only few feet
wide. The Gaping is a sea wall
four and one-half feet high and is
the only portion Of the jetties not
submerged. The wall weighs between
two and three tons to each linear
foot.
The submerged structure support
ing this mass Of concrete is made
almost entirely of willow poles and
brush. With the aid Of frame works
Of scantling the willows were formed
into so-called mattresses-broad, fiat
structures resembling bed mattresses
in form-each about two feet thick,
200 feet long and varying IN width
from thirty-f1ve to $50 feet. The
mattresses were sunk one above the
other, with the widest at the bottom
and those above uniformly diminish
ing in width as they approached the
surface. The topmost mattresses
were uniformly thirty-five feet wide,
and on level with the surface of the
water. Heavy broken stone was
spread evenly over the mattresses to
sink them, 50 that layer of stone
rests between each of these willow
structures. The greatest number Of
supperimposed mattresses Is five.
The Mississippi has done some in
teresting work in addition to scour-
ing out a channel, for it has made
the mattresses practically indestruc-
tible to any normal agency of nature
~, hi ht,h h,,y n
hundreds Of tons of mud. These de-
posits follow closely the contour Of
the jetties, in conjunction with which
they form new banks Of the river.
The only change likely to occur in
the jetties is their gradual sinking,
until in time the concrete Gaping
entirely disappears. This sinking
already has occurred to the jetties
at South Pass.
In ~tks course of many years a new
bal. may form by silt. deposits in the
Gulf in the now deep water beyond
the mouth of the jetties, and then the
remedy will be the extension of the
jetties a short distance further. The
rate Of bar extension during nearly
seventy-five years preceding the
starting of the jetties was between
$50 and ESQ feet annually, and the
deposits responsible for this advance
were made when conditions, now
greatly changed, favored such accre-
tions.
Part Of the s6,000,0O0 allotted to
making the channel is being spent in
safeguards several miles above the
jetties to prevent any increase in the
flow of other large outlets from the
main river to the Gulf. This is being
accomplished byplacing stone covered
mattress sills on the river bottom
across the entrances to those outlets.
Several small bayous leading from
Southwest Pass to the Gulf will be
entirely closed up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
GRIP IN NEARLY EVERY
s. home IN WASHINGTON

Washington, D. C.-Twenty thou
sand cases of grip are under treat
nent in Washington, local physicians
declare. The present epidemic, they
say, is the most dangerous since the
disease made its appearance here
sixteen years ago.. Cases are to be
found in nearly every home In the
city, and the disease has invaded all
The hospitals and public institutions,
where patients and inmates alike are
suffering from the complaint. Stores
and. factories, Government and mu-
nicipal departments, Offices, schools,
police and fire departments all show
the effect of the epidemic. In mary
places business is seriously hampered
by the large number Of sick among
employees.
"The most remarkable feature of
this seasons epidemic Of grip" said
DR.. M. M. Moffltt, u is the character
Of its after effects. The patient is
left weak and exhausted, his nervous
system impaired to a great extent,
and with mental symptoms which
sometimes develop serious aspect.
have found symptoms Of mental
affliction in many cases I have treated
this year."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
GOVERNOR HUGHES MESSAGE|
New York's Executive Aims Death
Blow at Race Tracks.
Urges Legislature to Make Betting
Within the Enclosure a Felony Pun
ishable Only by Imprisonment.

Albany, N. Yin his annual mes
sage to the Legislature, transmitted,
Governor Hughes recommends:
First-That it be made felony to
gamble inside of a race track as we'll
as on the outside, and that offenders
be punished by Imprisonment, with
no alternative Of fines.
Second-That the scope of the
Public Service Commission be en-
larged so as to include the regulation
and supervision of all telephone and
telegraph companies after October 1
next.
Third-That the banking laws be
revised so as to require an adequate
reserve fund on the part Of trust
companies and along the lines Of the
recent recommendations Of the Hep
burn Banking Commission.
Fourth-That no changes should
be made in the reform insurance laws
unless they are clearly shown to be
needed to conserve the interests Of
the policy holders.
Fifth-That the debt limit Of New
York City should be enlarged by ex-
cluding all bonds issued for purposes
which produce revenues in excess of
their maintenance charges. This he
urges to enable the city to get funds
for the construction Of imperatively
needed additional subways.
Sixth-That simplif1ed election
ballot should be provided, without
the party column, and the names Of
candidates to appear but once under
the names of the offices to which they
aspire.
Seventh-That the need for pri-
mary elections reform be recognized
by making provision for an official
primary ballot.
He also makes number Of minor
recommendations as follows:
To create a Board of Control to
harmonic the salaries Of employees
Of the States charitable institutions.
To prevent other States from
sending tuberculous cattle into New
York.
To abolish the Quarantine Commis-
sioners and vest the Health Officer of
the Port with all their duties and au-
thority.
To reduce the number of Port War
dens from nine to five.
To readjust the salaries Of Su-
preme Court Justices and do away
with allowances in lieu Of expenses.
To make adequate preparation for
celebration in 1909 of the 300th
anniversaries of the discoveries Of
Lake Champlain and the Hudson
River.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22

New Orleans, La.-One of the
greatest channel making undertake
ings in the history Of American river
improvement will be brought nearly
to completion when the jetties at the
mouth of the Southwest Pass Of the
Mississippi River are finished. These
jetties, after some dredging between
them is completed, will give the
South one of the deepest harbors in
the world by openings to the access
of the largest steamships afloat the
100 and 200 foot depths of the lower
Mississippi River.
The harbor thus made accessible
has navigable water connection with
at least a dozen States bordering the
Mississippi and it's tributaries-the
Ohio, the Missouri, the Arkansas and
the Red rivers. About S6,000,060 is
being spent on this Improvement by
the United States Government, which
has the work in charge.
The new jetties were begun four
years ago. They are on a larger
scale and more substantial than the
famous jetties at the Mississippi's
South Pass, an outlet which for more
than thirty years has been the rivers
commercial entrance. They are near
ly parallel walls, one about three
and the other about four miles long,
lying mores than half a mile apart
and built in the shoal water at the
juncture of the Pass with the Gulf
of Mexico. Their purpose Is to con-
fine and thus accelerate the rivers
current across mud bar about three
miles broad, so as to produce chan
mel at least 1000 feet wide, with a
minimum depth of thirty-five feet.
The swift current which they have
produced, aided by dredging, even
before their completion, has caused
a tremendous scour and has already
made fifty to eighty-dve feet Of water
in some places, where at the begin
ming of the work the depth was only
a little over a mans head. To make
the uniform contract depth there Is
still in several spots about ten feet
of mud to be removed. 1t Is expect
ed that the high water duo within
few weeks will sweep the remaining
mud deposits-out to sea by the be-
gi9pt31s 5f next summer.
Probably few walls ever have been
constructed under greater difficult
ties than were these jetties. They
are made of willow, scantling, stone
and concrete. Although in some
places they are not six feet deep,
and although their greatest depth is
barely fifteen feet, they have cost
s2,7OO,O00. Every material entering
into their construction has been
brought from distances Of one hun
dred to five hundred miles.
The jetties have no foundation,
but rely for stability upon their ex-
tremely broad bases, being from 100
to $50 feet wide at the bottom. In
contrast to this great width of base,
the concrete Gaping which forms
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
7. c. DRUCE'S BODY Found
Coffin at London Contains Re.
mains of Aged Bearded Man.
Claim Of Hollamby Druce to the Vast
Portland Estate Falls to
the Ground. -.

London. - The grave of Thomas
Charles Druce, in Highgate Cemetery,
was opened forty-three years to a
day after the funeral Of the wealthy
merchant. The coffin was found to
contain the remains of human body,
thus exploding the romantic tales
told by Robert G. Caldwell and others
who swore during the recent hearing
of the Druce perjury case that it con-
tanned roll of lead.
The official statement given out by
representatives Of the Home OMce
and others who were officially present
at the exhumation not-only definite
ly disposes of the lead myth, but
seems effectively to confirm that the
body buried in 1854 was actually that
of T. C. Druce. The authorized state
ment follows: "The coffin was opened
and found to contain the body Of an
aged, bearded man; the plate on the
coffin bore the name Thomas Charles
Druce."
The scene at Highgate Cemetery
when the vault was opened was re-
markable. Constables seemed to
spring from everywhere; every bush
and every tree apparently hid an Off
Ger of the law. All the entrances to
the cemetery were surrounded by
cordons of police. Only those persons
who had passes from the Home Office
were admitted to the grounds. George
Hollamby Druce, who claims he Is the
rightful heir to the Portland duke
dom and to-: its vast estates, tried
twice to get into the cemetery, but
was met with stern refusal.
There was no need for the dictum
of the eminent surgeon, Augustus J..
Pepper, who was appointed by the
Home Office to carry out the exhuma-
tion, to- assure all present that hui
man remains lay in the coffin.
The Druce vault has thus given up
its secret after ten years OF legal pro-
ceedfhgs which have cost all told a
considerable fortune. A large part
of this money was obtained from ser,
want girls and other workers who
were induced to buy shares in COM
pany formed to prosecute the claims
Of George Hollamby Druce against
the estate of the Duke of Portland.
Those persons who have sworn to
the placing Of lead in the coffin In
stead of q human body have deposed
to statements whica now have been
disproYed. -, .... ..'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
BURNS SELF TO DEATH.
Woman Insane Over Religion Dies
Praying and Singing.

Omaha, Neb.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Mosher, her mind-saaalaaRced by re-
ligious faDahcism, deliberately
bur9ea Herself to death at her home
III Lincoln, praying fervently and
singing while her body was being
consumed by flames.
After kissing her husband and
telling him that she was going to
take a nap the woman went to her
room up stairs, soaked her clothing
in a gallon of kerosene, lighted a
match and ignited it. Then throwing
herself upon her knees by her bed
side she began to pray loudly and to
sing snatches of hymns. Mr.. Mosher
made desperate effort to extinguish
The flames, but his wife fell over dead.
Mrs. Mosher was converted a short
time ago, and for several days had
spent most of her time praying and
singing hymns. She was sixty-three
years old.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
DOCTOR KILLS WIFE.
Amesbury Fires Just as Dinner Ii
Ready-CaIls It Accident.

Hyde Park, Mass.-Dr. Walter r..
Amesbury, of Milford, shot and IN
stantly killed his wife, Anna, a teach
er of music in Roanoke College, Dan.
Vile, Va, as the family were about
to sit down to their Christmas dinner
at the home of Mrs. Jennie Rees, Mrs.
Amesbury's mother, here.
Mrs. Amesbury had come from
Virginia to pass the holiday with her
sons, Walter R. and Ira r. AmesDury,
who live with their grandmother.
DR.. Amesbury came from Milford,
where he has practiced, to the Christ
mas festivities with the family.
According to tho police the doctor
fred two shots into Mrs. Amebury's
right side. Her death was almost in
stantaneous. The husband, when ar
rested, declared the shooting was &C.
cidental.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-01-22
Halls of Congress.

Mr.. Frye was made president of
the Senate pro tempore.
Congress is expected to take up
the ship subsidy question again.
Secretary Cortelyou was asked by
the Senate to furnish figures bearing
on the recent financial stringency.
Senator Aldrich gave assurance
that a currency bill would be intro
duced soon after the holiday recess.
A committee presented memorial
to Vice-President Fairbanks and
Speaker Cannon asking an approprta-
tion of S20.0O0,O00 year for water
way Improvement,