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The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-05-28
Monthly Financial Statement
Of County Board of Public Instruction.

STATE or FLORIDA. COUNTY OF LEoN.
Tallahassee. Fla, April ]. 1903.
To Hon. Henry 7. Felkel. Clerk Circuit Court.
Sir-In compliance with section 3, chapter 4S32
Laws Of Florida, we hereby Gle with you the fol-
lowing iteTnEod financial statement Of all school
moneys received. appropriations made and war
rants issued for the month ending the 8lst day Of
March A. ID. 1903.
hEcAPfTuLATIoN % COUNTY FUND.
!. Balance in treasury a. per last
statement ------ 49,. ---. SO 8ti6l
2. Receipts for month az itenizod
herein ----.-.--- $50 2,792.J0
}. Warrants outs landing this
date .----..------..-------- s7O75
- Sc, 5Oa Sc
ANWarrants outstanding as per-
last report l,1f725
. Total warrants drawn this
month ~ itcmized herein. g. 1893
g Cash IN hands Of treasurer this
cate -------------.-- --------- l.aZ2.E
-- S6,5OLs6
J. II. PATTERSON. Chairman.
q b EPPEs. Secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
HARTMAN STOCKS WEAK.
Whole List OF in Sympathy With
u. p. Slump.

NEW YORK, August 26.-The Hartman
stocks were weak again today at the
opening of the stock market. One block
of 1900 shares of Union Pacific opened
at 'range If aU2haaots3ls, a decline of :;
points against yesterdays closing. Deal.
ings in Southern Pacific were more mod
crate. with a decline of over a point soon
after the opening. Union Pacific sold
lower to 2.O1A in the first few minutes,
which is practically the lowest price
touched by that stock i'm over three
weeks. Union Pacific preferred declined
% points. There were recessions of u
point or more throughout the entire
active list on the exchange.
During the first half hour the iiquida-
ton continued on an extensive scale. with
losses of 3% points in Union Pacific COM
mon and "a in the preferred. Southern
Pacific was down 1ss, Illinois Central 1ss.
New York Central ~. United States Steel
1, Consolidated Steel /. Consolidated Gas
2A and General Electric pa. There was
heavy selling also of Reading. which car
ried the price down ~ points.
Some support in Union Pacific rallied
the market slightly before the end of the
first hour, but another and more severe
decline sent prices lower than before.
The sales of stocks during the first hour
of trading aggregated more than 10000
shares.
Trading fell off slightly in the second
hour with recoveries of ! to liz .ints,
but price movements were still unsettled.
tssftfs support Na- oeits Offered stl1
the market seemed to be bracing itse
for another spasm of liquidation I IS
came before noon, when Union Pac fic fell
to aO014, loss from the opening of more
than ) points The whole list was off in
sympathy. but another feeble rally set IN
at midday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
PRIZES ADDED TO THE LIST
SOUVENIRS OF AUTO FLORAL
PARADE PROVIDED.
Reports Of Committees Show Prog.
ress in Plans for the Big
Event.

That there will be no dearth of prizes
for successful competitors in the Chamber
of Commerce automobile floral parade
September 30 was made apparent at a
meeting Of the general committee held at
the chamber rooms last night, when it
was announced that two more had been
added to the list. One came from the
National Engraving Company, a donation
OF 1000 post cards showing the winning
car and engraved in three corners. The
other was set of Wood grips, presented
by the Wood Chain Tire Grip Company.
Isaac Cans, chairman of the committee
reported that Mayor Mahool of Baltimore
and Mayor Paff of Alexandria had been
invited to head the divisions from their
respective cities. w. T. Galiiher was in
vited to become chairman Of the finance
committee.
Nearly all the railroads running into
Washington have consented to distribute
literature, make special rates and aid in
every way to make a success of the af-
fair.
The Western Maryland Railroad Com
pany will run an excursion to Washing
ton the day of the parade, connecting at
Baltimore with the Washington, Balti-
more and Annapolis electric line. A num-
have agreed to advertise the affair in
their literature relative to The Hudson
Fulton exposition, which will be held
during the same week.
Chairman Cans announced the appoint
ment of J. B. Sperry as member of the
committee on prizes, of which Lester ID.
Moore, jr., is chairman. 1t was decided
by the commit ee to limit the classes to
twelve in order to give cup as first
prize in every class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
ACCIDENT WAS LOOKED FOR
PRESIDENT FISHER TELLS
ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS TRACK.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. August 20
Coroner Blackwell has made public the
testimony of Carl G.. Fisher. president
of the Motor Speedway Company, in the
cases of William Bouruue and Harry 1ol-
comb, killed at the speedway i'm the race
of August ~.
When asked concerning the condition
of the track, Fisher said IL was in good
condition when the race was started.
He admitted that there was bad place
in the track where the track crossed
ditch, but he was sure that il had no
part in the wreck, as the car was going
seventy miles an hour when the axle
plates broke.
The coroner then asked Fisher II they
did not put on the races before the track
was finished
To this Fisher answered in the affirma-
tive.
N.'Is it a fact that you did not have time
to complete the track? asked the
coroner
Yes. that is true" Fisher answered.
'You were expecting an accident of
some kind, were you not?" the coroner
continued.
.Yes. SIR" was the reply.
"And for that reason you had the hos
iptal built there?'
Eyes. SIR
Coroner Blackwell asked Fisher how
much longer 1t would have taken to make
the track perfect, and he answered that
1t would never be in perfect shape, as n
gang of men was constantly kept busy
making repairs when the racers were not
on the track
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
WINTHROP IS HIGHtY PLEASED
BELIEVES THE AMERICAN GUN
NER WITHOUT AN EQUAL.
Has Been Watching the Practice Of
the Battleship Fleet Off the
Virginia Capes.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, August %
After spending three days on the southern
drill grounds, thirty miles off the Vir-
ginia capes, watching the fifteen battle
ships of the Atlantic fleet at stationary
and battle practice. Acting Secretary Win
throp Of the navy returned to Old Point
yesterday afternoon on the battleship
Connecticut: flagship of Rear Admiral
Schroeder. He came ashore Immediately
and dined. Later he left for New York
city.
Secretary Winthrop was highly pleased
with his visit to the feet and with the
work done by the men behind the guns
during the past three days. He saw the
big guns fired at stationary targets and
then fired at the torpedo boat O Brien and
battle practice barge No. =, both night
and day, and Is now more than ever con-
WINGED that the American naval gunner
has no peer in the navies of the world.
The gunners on the big battleships shot
true and straight. both by day and night,
and the Secretary is enthusiastic over the
work of the men.
The battle practice is to continue until
September 20, at which time the fleet will
disband and the ships will go to their
home navy yards for repairs preparatory
to reassembling in Hampton roads to be-
gin the annual winter cruise to the
tropics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
OLD MAN HEBRON GETS IN BAD
FAILS IN HIS EFFORT TO PROVE
TAFT RELATIONSHIP.
Nothing the Matter With His
Genealogic Chart, but the Office
Dog Butted In.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO Tho Star.
BEVERLY, Mass, August 26.-Nehe-
miah Heron, the septuagenarian truant
officer of the city. who thinks that some
connecting link of relationship may be
found between his family and that Of
Mrs. Taft. whose maiden name was Her
ron paid his Compromised visit to the
executive offices on Cabot street this
morning. The old man failed in his pur-
pose. which was to lay the question which
has been puzzling him before Secretary
Carpenter and to tell him of his genealog-
ical chart. He got as far as the stairs,
where he encountered an impossible and
likewise insurmountable obstacle in the
shape of Janitor Peter Anderson's fox
terrier, Spot. Whether it was Miah' S
glorious aureole of whskers Spot took
umbrage at, or some other item of ms
but he went for the old man and affixed
his teeth in the succulent calf of 'Miah'
right leg.
Miah gave vent to roar of surprise
and pain, and shook the incumbered limb
vigorously as, bather might strive to
free his toe of tenacious crab. The dog
held fast to Miah. whose call for help
brought the janitor. Then the dog was
called off and luckless Mr.. Heron limped
away. He is sexton of church here
AIu d uldil, 81 IC thoSe hS~'.' ~
careful of the manner in which ne ex-
presses his feelings, but according to re-
port he uttered the word 'assouan' sew
eral times with great emphasis. 1t is at
Assouan. in Egypt. that the biggest dam
in the world is located.
Miah made a bee-line for the office OF
the nearest physician, where he lay on
his stomach while he submitted to eau
terization The doctor told him there
was little danger of hydrophobia. SO he
need not fear the possibility of running
about the streets barking at those he met
Miah later took down his sock on one
of the prominent corners of the city and,
with the reimbursement which comes
of a long life of innocence exhibited the
puncture to those who sympathized with
his misfortune. He was not angry, only
greatly saddened. Some skeptic com
mented on the circumstance that no hole
was discoverable in Miah's outer gar
ments and asked him whether it was not
really hornet that was the source OF his
troubles.
1T was no hornet" he said. TT was
Peter Andersons dog. That dog has
teeth like needless
So saying he went home. and when the
matter of the genealogical chart may be
settled no man knows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
STRIKERS DRIVEN FROM HOME
IN DRILLING RAIN EVICTED
FROM COMPANY HOUSES.
Pitiful Scenes Enacted in Pressed
Steel Car Zone at McKees
Rocks, Pa.


PITTSBURG, August 26.-The strike
zone of the Pressed Steel Car Company
at Mckees Rocks today presented a
scene of pitiful desolation. In drizzling
rain families of strikers, on whom evic-
ton notices had been served, were COM
PEELED to vacate the company houses.
The evicted families had no other place
of refuge in view, but all of them were
taken care of by the strikers committee
and friends to an extent allowed by their
limited means and inadequate facilities.
An old abandoned one-horse wagon was
found by some of the men. After it
had been loaded with household goods
two strikers would pull it and two more
would push from the rear. In many
cases the parents and children carried
heavy loads through the streets to hill
side just outside the strike district.
AS the day progressed and the pathetic
incidents were more numerous, Sympa-
thetic team owners assisted the strikers.
For the first time in several weeks, alb
solute quiet reigned last night after ark.
Not shot was fired, as has been the
case heretofore, and today found similar
conditions prevailing. Early today ninety
men who arrived here from Chicago were
taken into the plant. About seventy-five
men recently brought to the works de-
serted about the same time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26

Continued from First Page)
lively. of two months and one month,
DIR. Russell H. Chttenden Of New Haven,
Conn.,. member of the referee board, told
the convention that three-tenths of a
gram was administered daily to each SUBJ
ject during the two month period.
In the one-month experiment each
man received per day during the first
week, one gram: third week two
grams: fourth week. four grams.
Not Detrimental, Says Chittenden.
surely this administration, when ac-
conipanied by gain of body weight and
without loss of power to digest and
absorb the protein and fat of the daily
food must be taken as evidence that
sodium benzoate in the doses admins
tered is not seriously detrimental to
health said DR.. Chittenden. From
our experiments only one logical con-
clusion seems possible, viz: That ben
zoate' in small and large doses up to
four grams per day is without deleterl-
Gus effect upon the human system
I believe the evidence warrants the
opinion that sodium benzoate is no more
harmful than corresponding amounts of
salt.
Certainly huckleberries. cranberries,
plums prunes and other related fruits
contain appreciate amounts of ben
zoate.
In the light OF our experiments il is
difficult TO say why benzoate in .moder-
ate amounts should be considered any
more inimicable to health than such !
salt as sodium chloride
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
GULF STORMS NUMEROUS.
New Orleans Weather Bureau Re
counts August Blows.

NEW ORLEANS. August 26.-With all
vessels today exercising caution on the
gulf as a result of the fourth hurricane
warning during the month of August, at
tention has been called to the unusually
large number of storms and hurricanes
in the Gulf of Mexico during the last
month.
An examination today of the local
weather bureaus records showed that
September and October were the months
of maximum frequency for the much
dreaded West Indian hurricanes. These
hurricanes originate between the tenth
and twentieth parallels, usually to the
westward of 30 degrees west, although
some have been traced as far east as the
Cape Verde Islands. Moving in west
northwesterly direction at the rate of
about 400 miles a day, they recurve be-
tween ATTITUDES 20 and 80 degrees north,
and pass to the northwest with increa sing
velocity.
During the period between 1878 and the
present year thirty-four West Indian hur-
ricanes have been traced in September
and thirty-nine in October. These have
wrought great damage. especially along
the gulf coast, the aggregate losses
amounting to many millions of dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
PURE FOOD LAW VIOLATIONS
CHARGED WITH HANDLING
ADULTERATED GOODS.
Alleged Sale of Process Butter
Dealers Are Implicated.

On complaint of Inspector j. {. Haley
of the health department. warrants were
issued late yesterday by Assistant Corpo-
ration Counsel Pugh for seven retail mer-
chants conducting stands in the X Street
and Northern Liberty markets. These
warrants, now in the hands of the police.
charge a violation of the pure food laws
in the sale of an article adulterated in
the meaning of the law The specific
charge in each case is the selling of
process butter under the name of an
other article. to wit. butter" The infor-
nations have been sworn to by Inspector
| Haley and by Mr.. Lynch the government
chemist. who is named as a witness in
each case
issued are J. William Crompton. 141 *
Street Market: Norman A. Taylor, Il
Northern Liberty Market: James o. Tur-
ner. 81 Northern Liberty Market: Edward
L. Keller 400 X Street Market; Louis J
kettier. 121 Street Market: Edwin
Shuttle, 127-129 X Street Market. and
Henry c. Coburn, IS Northern Liberty
Market.
Inspector Haley obtained the butter
which was examined by himself and
Chemist Lynch from the persons named
on various dates given in July.
ooSS0 do 1ScuOVdLSu outIcIs
IT is alleged by the inspector that pro-
cess butter is equivalent to renovated but
ter and that it Is in fact unstable but
ter renovated through a special process
and made salable. Mr.. Haley said to-
day that there are five or six factories In
various parts of the country that obtain
unstable butter from country folk and
commission merchants that is either ran
cid. has too much curd. not enough color
or lis otherwise unstable, and make this
butter over. 1t is melted, he says. the
curd or other rancidity removed. until II
is clear OIL with the Objectionable fea-
lures removed 1t is then blown through
an air process and chilled or frosted with
ice. MIX, cream Or creamery butter Is
then added to restore the essential but
ter taste and the necessary amount OF
curd, and the whole is worked or churned
over again, making marketable butter
This butter, the inspector says is posi-
bly, purer than it was in its original state
but 1t is not up to creamery butter stand
ard, and is not sold as process butter
but as butter. implying creamery butter.
All Of the process butter found I'm Wash
ington seemed. the inspector said, to have
| come from two jobbing houses. but he
added 1T is extremely hard to get the
jobbers. The only way we could reach
them would be through the aid of one OF
the retailers. 1t is practically impossible
to enlist such aid, as the retailer would
have to prove himself innocent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
SHOT IN LoDGEROoM.
Cartridges Used in Elks' Initiation
Proved to Be Real Ones,

ALBANY, Ga. August 28.-During an
Initiation in the Elks' lodge here last
night Cleave Cox. a prominent young
Elk. who was helping conduct the initia-
ton. was shot through the fieshy part of
the leg with .32-caliber ball from a
cartridge that was thought to be blank
The floor of the lodgeroom shows the
marks of several bullets fired during the
initiation.
An investigation after the accident re-
vealed the fact that in some unaccount-
able manner some cartridges of the kind
used in shooting galleries had become
mixed with the blank cartridges used in
limitations.
Three doctors were hurriedly summon
ed to the Iodgeroom to attend the in
Jury TO Mr.. Cox. The shooting gallery
cartridges responsible for the accident
looked so much like blank cartridges that
the difference could scarcely be distin-
guished The accident caused much ex-
citebent In the iodgeroom and put an
end to the initiation exercises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
PUBLIC PARK VEHICLES.
Chairman Smith Knows of a Kind
He Thinks Would Suit.

In expressing his approval of the plan
to make Rock Creek Park more accessible
Chairman Smith of the House District
committee, in letter 10 Commissioner
West this morning. says that he has some
ideas as to the kind of vehicles to be
operated in the park, which he would be
glad to suggest to the Commissioners.
Since leaving Washington after the adj
journment of the special session of Con-
gress, Chairman Smith said, he has MOTTO
ed park conveyances in several cities,
which lie believes could be introduced in
this city for Rock Greek and other large
parks now inaccessible. His attention
has been invited, he said, to a convey
ance now in practical operation in Buff
falo, which he believes would be adj
mirably suited for park purposes here.
Chairman Smith concluded by saying
that as soon as he returned to Washing
ton. if nothing is done in the meantime,
he would be very glad to give the Com
missioners the result of his observations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.


Schooner Agnes Quillan, lumber from a
North Carolina point for the local dealers;
bugeye Goldie c.. cord wood from DOWN
river point for the local market; schooner
Isabel lumber from Rappahannock
river point; schooner Stephen Chase, cam
ned goods at Alexandria from kinsale.
Va: schooner Samuel Dutton, cord wood
from a river point to the Eastern branch
Dealers: schooner Mary Gray, water
melons from Potomac point for the local
market: tug George w. Pride, with y
tow from a river point; schooner Oriental.
cord wood from Potomac point to the
dealers; tug Camilla. with tow from a
down-river point: sloop Rosebush, melons
from a Chesapeake bay point.
Departures.
Schooner Sea Bird, light, for a down
river point, to load back TO this city;
schooner Stephen Chase. from Alexandria
to this city, TO complete unloading;
schooner Brooklyn light. for the Rap
pahannock river. to load back to this
city; schooner Oscar. light. for Mattox
creek, to load lumber for the dealers here;
schooner Henry S. LAWSON, light, for the
St. Mary river, TO load: schooner J. 7.
Brennan. light for a bay point, to load
melons for the dealers here: schooner
Ruth Richardson, light, for the lower
Potomac, to load wood: schooner s. J..
Bowen light, for a Potomac point, to
load back to this city; schooner Levin
Woolford. light, for Nomini creek, TO
load.
Memoranda.
Schooner Sidonia Curley is under charter
to return to a Virginia point to load lum-
Der for this city; steam barge Dennis
Simmons is at Astoria, n. c.. loading
lumber for this city; schooner Rob Roy
is at a bay point for watermelons for
the dealers here; schooner z. H. Taylor
has sailed from Baltimore for George.
town; schooner Freddie Hayward has ar
rived at Baltimore from a Virginia poiE
with lumber aboard: schooner Bohenlk
Is at Baltimore with grain aboard froT1
Che sapeake bay point: schooner Willis&
H. Mcguire is at Philadelphia to loS
hard coal for this city.
The tug Columbia. which brought y
tow of coal barges here. sailed yestec
day, towing the barges Pocomoke. frofk
this city for West Point, Curriomen
from Fort Washington to Fredericksburg
and Currituck and Annie +. Embry from
river points for Norfolk. en- route to New
York.
The big seagoing barges Calvert and
Maryland of the Deugherty feet of coal
carriers are at a Baltimore shipyard 10
be overhauled and put in order for the
fall trade on Chesapeake bay bringing
coal from Baltimore, Havre de Grace and
other points to this city, Alexandria and
points on Chesapeake bay and il
tributaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
DISMISSED FROM ACADEMY.
r. L. Kibbe Dropped From Servic,
on Serious Charges.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, August 26.-As the
result of general charges against him. the
gravest of which is obtaining money
under false pretenses. Russell l.. Kibbe,
member of the second class at the
Naval Academy. has been dropped from
the service.
Young kibbe. whose home is in Penn
sylvania, according to the report, was
guilty OF passing checks which he had no
money in bank to meet He is member
Of the second class at the academy and is
now on one of the ships of the practice
squadron, to which address his dismissal
from the navy was sent him.
Besides the general charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. additional
specifications against him are of be
havior unbecoming an officer and gentle
man. and "scandalous conduct"
The case Is almost without precedent in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION.
Move Regarded as Step in Navy and
Marine Corps Controversy.

The request made yesterday by Col.
Charles A. Doyen to have an investiga-
ton of his management Of the marine
barracks at Annapolis. where he Is COM
manding officer. is recognized as the first
step in the pending fight between the
Marine Corps and the Navy, which grew
out of the minority report of Commander
John Hood, L. s. N, president of the
Sutton court of inquiry. In this report
Commander Hood stated that discipline
at the Marine School of Application was
lax at the time Sutton died, and added
that the young officers who were involved
in the Sutton case were the victims of
bad system.
This was taken by marine officers as a
direct and unnecessary slap at the Ma
rine Corps. In his effort to get an in
vestigation Col. Doyen will be supported
by marine officers all over the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26

the academy. While n occasionally occuri
that an officer in the navy is tried and
dismissed for financial irregularities after
he IS in the service, so far as Is now
known no midshipman has ever before
been dismissed for such a breach of regu.
iations IL is not thought likely that any
criminal action will follow the dismissal
from the navy.
The dismissal follows long and care.
full consideration of the case by the Nav
Department at Washington. \ report was
made some weeks ago by the commandant
of mdshipmen and the present nag OFFICER
of the practice squadron. The report OF
the circumstances was Forwarded IRON
Annapolis to Washington by Superintend-
ent Bower, with The recommendation
that young Kibbe be dismissed.