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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15
GOV. CILCHRIST TELLS
OF FLORIDA'S RESOURCES
Addressed Meeting Of National Irrigation Congress
" at Spokane, and Made Good Impression. 49,

miles. which in itself represents an
area greater than the total area of
the States of Rhode Island and Della.
ware. the combined area OF Delaware
and Connecticut, or. with its contig-
uous territory would represent an area
greater than that of Connecticut
Rhode Island and Delaware combined
or OF either of the States of Massa.
chusetts OF New Jersey He stated
that the soil is alluVial. underlaid
with limestone, being often many feet
deep. and that the State has three or
four powerful dredges at work Operat.
ing from different points OF the COM
pass. that the State IL doing the
work az present from the proceeds of
the sale of alternate sections of land.
without the assistance OF the govern
ment, or OF any individual or corpo.
ration.
Speaking especially OF Florida's adj.
vantages and development. the Cover.
nor called attention to the fact that
the last census showed that Florida :
population IN the decade has increas-
I'd 81 per cent. which rate OF increase
was exceeded by only six States: and
that there IL no State in the Union
IN which more money. in proportion
20 the taxable property. is collected
for public school purposes than in
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15
Engineer Bush Died, Leav-
ing Estate Worth 100000

ATLANTA. Ga. Aug I4-Passen.
gers who were on the Southern train.
wrecked near Bristol. Va. Thursday
evening. arrived here last night. bring.
ing details OF the bravery of Engineer
Samuel Bush Of Knoxville. who died
Yesterday as result Of his injuries.
Bush was slowly and painfully work.
ing his way out Of the wreck Of his
engine, scaldcd and frightfully bruised.
when the few passengers who retained
thelr senses dug into the mass OF
twisted and burning iron to meet him.
He Was lifted out upon the ground
ana hurried call for physicians Te.
suited In the discovery that there was
nor a doctor on the train. As the
passengers began a hunt for whiskey
10 stimulate him and were breaking
open suit cases in their search. Bush
ASKED for a last look at his old engine
4 hopeless a wreck as was its eugi.
"eer. When they came to him with
'Ae liquor, he begged them TO look
d.ler the comfort Of the passengers.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15
First Bale Sea Island
Has Reached Savannah

SAVANNAH Ca. Aug 1.-THE
haF"e; was quiet and firm with light
'.-.a.-s 90 Sea- Island. AZ about prev.
l.H- quotations
'ror accounts remain about the
''.-' Ia.r. have been rather more
.o'-'...ai- arising from the continuous
''...-. ".' o. .- generally thought that
" Wa. I."E. spell Of dry weather
' -r'''. actual damage resulting.
'.' h'-' Pale OF the new Florida
L''' was received At Savannah from
Sl' aanro county on Aug :. cla,..d
.ah.E. aid cold at auction for PC.
1' '.-' 'a.r OF the Georgia crop was
.s''..e. "r Aug. l. from Cluch couu-
-. also '.a.,ed fancy and .od for
-'' n ""0''v ~ r-.r ,,-lre ,,r-,.-v,r
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15
Augusta Man Fatally Hurt
While Walkin&in His Sleep

AUGUSTA, Aug. 1i--Arthur Bleak.
ly, a wealthy merchant here. died
late yesterday evening as a result OF
injuries received early In the morn.
ing when he fell from the third-story
window Of his home on Broad street.
while. IL is thought. he was walking
In his sleep.
Mr. Bleakly retired Thursday night
n midnight after watching a number
of young folks dance in his home and
when Mrs. Bleakly passed through
his room into hers. which adioined
his, shortly afterwards. h. was asleep
with his head towards the foot ~
he bed and near a window. An hour
later Mrs. Bleakly heard him speak
and went TO his door and opened II
Just IN time TO see him disappear out
u the window
He fell to the hard pavement below
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

Told that no passengers had been In.
iured he said:
That's good. But before ! take
this whiskey, | wansSou men to smell
my breath and testify. II need be.
that had not been drinking when this
happened
Although suffering horrible agonies
the brave engineer would not touch
the stimulant until four OF the men
had smelled his breath and promised
to bear witness to his sobriety.
All an engineer has is his record. 4"
he said, feebly, and he cannot afford
TO have anything against that"
And Engineer Bush went out upon
his last run with his record
spotless
Engineer Bush was a native OF Bed
ford county. Virginia. being a mem
Der OF an old and widely known family
in that section OF the State He had
been in the service OF the Southern
Railway for more than thirty wears
He leaves an estate valued at 500. OO0.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15
GAINESVILLE FLORIDA, SUNDAY, AUGUST I5 1909
NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER
NEAR ROCHELLE FRIDAY

Another shooting affair for Alachua
county is reported from near kelley's
mill and occurred on Friday evening
about o'clock. when Clarence Smith.
a struggling negro gambler, shot and
MORALLY wounded another negro by
the name of McWilliams.
From what could be learned IL
seems the negroes had gone fishing
and when getting ready to go home,
Smith stole McWilliams shoes. which
he had pulled on while wading about
fishing. After they had returned q
near the mill. where they were stay.
ing, II is said that McW..liams dc
handed his shoes from SuIitn Smith
refused and stated that he would give
him lead instead. ana With ia, .Ul
ed a pistol and fired. the ua.. tn.
effect In the mans stomach.
The sheriff's office was communi.
Gated with and Deputy Bruton. IN
company with Mr. Kelley, tracked
Smith to this city. locating hIm Friday
night about o'clock In Porters qaar
tiers. where he was arrested by sheriff
Ramsey who had just returned and
Joined IN the chase
An operation was performed on the
wounded man at the mill Saturday
about moon TO try and locate the ball.
and he is reported to be In a danger.
Gus condition. fears being entertained
about his recovery.
Smith has acknowledged his guilt
to the officers. hut gives no reason
for firing the shot
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15
Floating on Inflated Wings
Young Girl Is Drowned

ATLANTA. Au- lI-Caro'ire Mid.
dlotou. lC.y'ar.o!d daughter ~. James
: Middleton 900 Atlanta Insurance
man. was accidentally drowned at
East Lake Yesterday morning while
loo bathing with O rar'r .. friends
Size was Hoatirl with . uaIr %, ir.
Stated wing vu... ST.. lrs. AMI she
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

Florida. lie continued: Your at
tentiOn Is invited TO the tact that
Ponce de Leon ia vain sought the
Fountain OF Youth in Florida Florida
is mining more than One-half OF the
phosphate Of the United States and
more than one-third Of the phosphate
Of the world. being the Fountain OF
Youth for the WORKOUT lands of the
United States. On account OF our
climate. We are renewing the health
OF many people OF the United States
We are furnishing the Fountain OF
Youth for the health OF many people
who could not live elsewhere. Our
State census report shows the death
rate TO be sc per thousand, while In
the registration area OF the United
States, including the New Englan'
States. New York. New Jersey. Della.
ware and the District OF Columbia, the
death rate Is us per thousand. In
the little town In which live, IL. like
many others. ships six or seven mill
ion pounds OF fish year. furnishing
the brain food. the Fountain OF Youth.
for the WORKOUT brains OF a part of
the Eastern coast OF the United
States. We have twenty million acres
of timber furnishing annually. proba.
bly, as much lumber as any State in
the Union. and furnishing One.half
of the turpentine In the United States.
thus supplying a Fountain of Youth
ia preserving the life of the buildings
IN the United States. one town alone,
IN the last six months, has manufac-
turct l2a.OoOO 600 Havana cigars
Whose clouds all other clouds dispel
and wrap YOU in their light We
grow One-third OF the Sea Island cot.
ton OF the United States This fiber
Is 80 fine until IL constitutes, without
their knowing H. a part Of the silk Of
the dresses worn by the ladies OF
Spokane and other parts Of the Uni
ted States" He added While some
lands I'm the West produce 100 bushels
u corn 10 the acre. representing
$500 pounds. still Their. are many
thousand acres Of land IN Florida |
which produce over l2.uIU high.Vrade |
20 the acre. weighing five
pounds each. or 10000 pounds % the |
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15
PRESIDENT TAFT NAMES
SUPERVISORS FORFLORIDA
At Conference With Secretary Men Appointed to Take
CenSuS..-0ne Democrat From Florida.

BEVERLY. Mass. Aug. ii-After
an extended conference hast night with
Secretary Nagel of the Department Of
Commerce and Labor. Postma ster
General Hitchcock and l. Dana Du
land. i',,tt r &. tie Census DEPART.
mont Fr,s'',lt 'af. crirove' The APP.
; .n,n,n, q. 80. Ser isO,S {. Lie
t.lrt,t t. C,asU ..cn.t I'D cen
'rpar' d ~ Wa inEton Tor TIE Z resi-
,-r. Al. ~ q -L.aa,' ~ 4 every
.nar ~ RI int.
There has been marked discomfort
amCng some Southern Republicans
over the decision IL the President 90
divide the census supervisors In til
States ol the Solid South.
Col Cecil Lyon. Republican Nation.
al Committeeman, who came here
yesterday told the President that he
wCIid rather have the State put I'm
charge OF one SUPERVISOR good Re
publiCan-than to have to divide the
Congressional districts with the Demo
Gratis. Col Lyon said the declaration
OF this policy on his part held good
for all OF the States. Oklahoma. he
declared. had been included with
Tennessee, Kentucky. North Carolina
and Missouri In the list of nearly
doubtful States that had been set
apart from the other Southern States
Cor a full list OF Republican super.
visors.
If Oklahoma Is a Northern State"
declared Col Lyon. Il am In favor
of moving Mason's and Dixon's line
still further South to let Texas 10"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

the Democrats and Republicans are
Virginia, South Carolina. Georgia,
Florida, Alabama. Mississippi. Arkan.
sas, Louisiana aud Texas. In most
OF the States supervisors are appoint.
ed in each Congressional district.
President Taft. Il Is said. laid down
the rules, especially In States where
a division has been made between
Democrats aud Republicans. that 81.
pervisOrs shall not be active parti.
ANS and that no attempt should be
made to build up political machines
out OF the census patronage.
The time Of the Presidents visit 10
Baton Rouge, La. has been fixed. He
will arrive there at p. m. October
20. and make an address from the
deck OF the steamboat on which he
will voyage down the Mississippi. The
stop at Baton Rouge will necessltate
the curtailment OF the time allowed
to Natchez.
signed Commissions.
President Taft signed the commits.
sions OF some sixty odd supervisors
in different sections OF the country and
the names OF these appointees were
made public by Mr.. Durand at the
conclusion OF the conference,
The list included:
Florida: First district. Henry w.
Bishop. (RepubllcanD; Second district.
L. Lesuer Gaulden (Republlcan);
Third district. Thomas David White
tDemocrato Sl=rw.tp Is
Alabama; First district. Lawrence
W. Locklin (DemocraD; Fourth dis
trict. George w. Parsons tDemocrau;
Fifth district. William p, Cobb Demo
craft; Sixth district. Simeon r.
Wright Republican,: Seventh dis
trict. James J. Curtis (RepublIcanD:
Eighth district. Thomas r. Wood Gre.
publican: Ninth district. John T. Nc.
Fn'rv lReDuhlIcanl
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

and persons passing on the street
went Immediately TO his assistance.
He was able to tell them his name
and that his injuries hurt him terri.
bly,. Medical aid was summoned nj
once. but owing to the late hour. there
was some delay. An ambulance final
~ came and Mr. Bleakly was carried
at once to the Margaret Wright Hospi.
tai. His right leg was broken In two
places and his body was severely
bruised. At the time n was not
known whether he was injured intern.
all. He succumbed 10 his injuries
last evening.
Mr.. Bleakly was middle-aged He
leaves his wife and several children.
Keep your eye on the want ads
There nay he something advertised
which ~ OF interest so vnp
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15
Must Not De parsissns.

Each census supervisor will have q
tremendous field force OF enumera-
tors under him. The supervisors will
receive a salary OF $4,000 and their
work will extend over eight OF ten
months. The States where the su-
pervisOrs are divided equally between
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

CHARLESTON :. G AUG l4.-sea
Island Receipts none. exports. Is
Rags. sale none. stock 3f4G. quo
atoms omitted
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. l4.-Wuh
the election OF officers. the passage OF
resolutions commencing both the eff
forts OF Clifford Pinchot aud +. IL.
Newell. chief OF the forestry and the
reclamation bureaus, respectively.
asking a Si0.OCO.OOO irrigation fund
from Congress and commencing the
Mississippi deep waterways. the Sew
enth National Irrigation Congress
work ended Yesterday Il. A. Fowler
OF Phoenix. Ariz.. was elected presi-
dent and Arthsr Hooker OF SPOKANE.
secretary. One minor Office went to
the Atlantic Coast in the selection as
fifth vice.president Of 4. J. Watson
of South Carolina.
Governor Gilehrist Speaks.
Governor Gilchrist of Florida plead.
ed tor the adjustment OF Mason and
Dixons line aud referred TO the
South as sleeping giant now
awake"
Governor Gilchrist referred 90 the
appropriateness OF discussing al Ma
tional Irrigation Congress such related
matters as drainage, good roads. re-.
forestng, etc, and stated that he had
the honor TO be Governor OF 4 State
and chairman Of a board which Is
now draining an area Of Ass square
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

Is good for fr-t bales
Sales for the week PA bales.
The following prices were based on
factors quotations and are revised
weekly on FRIDAYS.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

sank Immediately No one h the
party was able to go 10 her rescue.
she was one OF six daughters Her
father b. the Atlanta representative
OF the Aetna Fire Insurance Company
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-08-15

You may find what you are looking
for through a want ad. IN The Sun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07

dictate the transportation rates Of
Minnesota?
Does it not seem advisable that
the United States government,
through our representative in con-
gress, should contribute its share
toward carrying out the product as
outlined by our state engineer?
Does it not seem to be time for
the representatives in Congress, rep.
resenting the districts lying along
the Minnesota valley, such as the
seventh, second and third congress
sional districts, to insist at the wal
department at Washington that
some portion Of the vast appropria
ton made annually by congress
shall be given and expended along
the Minnesota River?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07
ST. PAUL ITALIAN MURDERED
Slayer Captured After an Excitina
Chase,

Another chapter to the growing mar
rative of Italian tragedy in st. Paul
was added when Dorrato Minnelli,
an aged street sweeper, was wan
tonly murdered upon the very door
step of his small home by Luigi
Macini, who boarded with the coun-
tryman into whose PROSTATE figure he
fired three shots after the first had
laid the old man low.
And then followed a thrilling pur
suit in which Macini was captured at
the top of the South WASHINGTON
street steps, exhausted from his des
perate endeavor to escape, by John
P. Kirk, treasurer of the Star theater
who sprang upon the fugitive from
the rear and pinned him fast until as
sistance arrived
The opinion of the police. after a
cursory review of the incidents con.
nected with the homicide, inclines to-
ward the theory that the prisoner is
insane. In his cell, however. the Ital
ian protests against all hints at
lunacy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07
MINNESOTA GETS SURVEY
All Objections to U. S. Government Co
Operation Removed.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press last
Wednesday morning contained the
following: with the approval in
Washington Of the report of Maj.
Francis ]. Skunk for the surveying
of the Minnesota river, it is report
ed from the office Of the board Of
engineers in St. Paul that work will
be begun within ten days, probably
under the direction of Horace Duna-
way, government Inspector in charge
of the construction of the Fort
Smelling bridge.
Maj. Skunk last night declared
that he had not yet received any
formal notification from Washing
ton, but that from what he read in
the Washington dispatches he had
reason to believe that the work
could be taken up at once and be
finished before the next fall Of snow
next winter.
The survey will begin at Mankato,
as the river has been surveyed up
to that point. A dozen men prob
ably will be connected with the
work and careful effort will be
made to have the survey as COM
plete and exact as possible.
The board Of engineers hopes to
be able to have the survey complet-
ed in time to file a report of the
work before the opening of the next
session Of congress, so that if that
body desires to take any further
steps in improving the river or in
making use of its waters, it will
have the necessary data on which to
act.
The main purpose of the survey,
according to Maj. Skunk, is to fur
nish a basis for calculation as to the
feasibility Of constructing reser-
voirs at convenient places along the
river. The survey will also furnish
a perfect basis for figuring whether
such an undertaking would be a
profitable one.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07
MINNESOTA RIVER.

While we believe that our repre-
sentatives in congress are watchfu
of the interests of their constituents
it must be admitted that there ha;
been lacheness in an effort to i'm
prove the channel and valley Of the
Minnesota river. In his talk here
Friday the secretary of state, speak
ing for the state drainage commits
sion, of which he is an active mem
Der, told of what could be done ir
the improvement of the river, anc
inasmuch as his remarks were based
upon the careful survey of Engineer
Ralph, there can be no doubt OF
their accuracy. For a long time
past there has been a feeling that
the southland was getting the bulk
of the river improvement appropri-
ations. Why, then, should we not
demand our share for the improve
ment of this waterway which Mr..
Schmahl hopes to have opened from
Winnipeg to the Gulf of Mexico in
the distant future? The recent &C
ton of our representatives at Wash
ington, stirred up by an active state
drainage commission, must be con-
tinued, and the sleepy ones in the
war department prodded until we
obtain our just recognition.
Mr.. Schmahl is a firm friend of
northern Minnesota, and in his great
personal and official work on behalf
of the Minnesota valley, and a con-
nection with the Red River of the
North, it can readily be seen that he
is striving to benefit the north as
well as the south by one master eff
fort in which he deserves the heart
lest cooperation and enthusiastic
support of the people Of the two
valleys and Of the representatives in
congress.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07
Going to Seattle?

Special low reduced rates from all
points daily via the Chicago & North
Western Ry. to the Exposition at
Seattle. the Yellowstone Park, Yo-
semitic, Colorado and the Pacific
Coast.
Choice Of routes and splendid SER
vice Of archaeological, luxuriously-
equipped trains daily between Chi
cago and all principal points west
and northwest.
Illustrated folder, descriptive of
the Exposition. booklets, maps and
itineraries of personally conducted
tours to all points of interest, free
on application to any ticket agent,
The North Western Line. 46-3t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07
Says Governor Johnson Should
Have Approved Tonnage Tax
CORPORATIONS AGAINST BILL
liners This Opposition May Have
Swayed Executive.

The current issue Of w. J. Bryan's
Commoner contains long criticism of
the action of Governor Johnson in
vetoing the tonnage tax. Mr.. Bryan
contends the tonnage tax was opposed
by the corporations and he leaves the
inference that Governor Johnson may
have been swayed in his action by
such opposition.
The tax, Mr.. Bryan contends, was
endorsed by the Democratic state plat
form and he reiterates his argument
that platform is binding and that if
Governor Johnson was opposed to it
he should have repudiated it at the
time of its adoption, instead of wait
ing until after the legislature had car
ried out the platform pledge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07
The suffragettes are learning
congress.

The suffragettes are learning to
play politics just like the men. II
will be remembered that the Daugh-
tiers Of the Revolution showed the
blood of their fighting sires in their
elections. .and now we read that at
the state convention of the Wash
ington Woman Suffrage association
at Seattle. the.delegates exchanged
such verbal compliments as thieves
liars, =" "scoundrels" and other pet
epithets, and that there was hyster-
ical weeping and screaming in addi-
ton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07

Six of the directors of the Ameri.
can Refining Co., alias sugar trust,
have been indicted on the charge of
conspiracy and violation of the Sher-
man law. If only a few of the
guilty ones could be given a good
Jail sentence 1t might haye a ten
dency to make grand larceny from
the government and the wrecking OF
legitimate competition a little less
popular than it has been.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07

Asa Wallace has printed the Sioux
Indian Massacre story as told by E.
w. Earle and published in serial
numbers of The Gazette year ago,
and is selling the booklets at the
reasonable price of Is cents each.
He was commissioned to do the work
by the Renville County Pioneers
society and has done it we'll. A
copy can be seen at this office.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-07-07
GALA EVENT FOR MOTORISTS.
Automobile Day" at the Minnesota
State Fair Will be a Big Event.

AS has been the custom for the
past several years, Saturday, the
last day of state fair week will mark
the temporary RELOCATION of the trot-
ting and running horse in favor of
the high speed and expertly driven
automobile on the worlds record
track at the Minnesota state fair
grounds.
Ever since the introduction of
Automobile Day" as the feature of
the weeks program at the Mime
sofa State Fair it has been one of
the biggest days in the point of en-
thusiasm and attendance Of all the
week, and this year it gives promise
of being bigger affair than ever.
Owing to the fact that the state
fair grounds and race track will be
closed throughout the summer,
while the new mammoth grandstand
and exposition building is being
built, there will be no midsummer
automobile meet on the state fair
grounds this year, and the automo-
bile events on the last day of the
state fair. Sept. II, will therefore
be the first opportunity the season
has afforded for automobile fanciers
to assemble at a race meet on the
standard mile track.
The thousands who have attended
and participated in this annual event
at the state fair grounds in other
years will undoubtedly be materially
increased this year in proportion to
the increased seating capacity Of
the new grandstand and exposition
building. The attendance upon au-
tomobile day has always been meas
ured by the capacity Of the grand
stand and bleachers and when the
new $25O,OOO steel and concrete
grandstand and exposition building
is finished for the fair Of Sept. 6 to
IL it will have 13, 900 instead of $500
which the old structure had. All
these facts and conditions, coupled
with the rapidly increasing interest
in the present day sport of kings,