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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
By Associated Press.

Montgomery, Ala, Jan 30.-Short-
" after noon today Fletcher and
Donald Conner, sons of Governor
Braxton 3. Conner, met Frank p
Glass. editor of the Montgomery Adj
vertiser, on the street, and engaged
him IN d fight. Mr.. Glass was knock
ed down and his face bruised. He
seems 70 have been hit with a fist
only At this time no arrests have
been made, though warrants for the
Corners have been issued. The trouble
is a result OF the feeling that has
grown up between the governor and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
SCHOONER IN
SNOW STORM
STRUCK BEACH
The Helena From Savannah,
Went on Rocks on South
Shore of Massachusetts
Bay.
BY Associated Press.

Scituate, Mass, Jan. 30.-Driviug in
through a binding northeast snow
storm at daybreak today, the three
masted schooner Helena, lumber lad
en-, from Savannah to Portland. Me,
brought up on the rocky beach right
under the Fourth Cliff on the south
shore of Massachusetts bay. The yes
sci came in so close 10 the cliff that
the crew of the Fourth Cliff life saw
ing station had no difficulty in firing
a line across the rigging and pulling
the Helena's eight men to land.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
CREW OF THE REPUBLIC
SAIL FOR THEIR HOMES
By Associated Press

New York. Jan. 30.-After a fare
well dinner yesterday at the Sailors
Home of the Seamen's Friend So
ciety. the crew of the White Stal
liner Republic, which sank after the
collision with the Florida a week ago
today. will sail for England today on
the steamship Baltic. More than ST.
600 was raised by subscription fol-
the men who lost their clothing ana
belongings in the wreck and they
were well fitted out before their de-
DaTtuTe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
~ Associated press.

New York. Jan 30.-According &c
William II. Barrel, first vice-pres1-
dent OF the Adams Express company
a safe containing money and a chest
Of valuable packages were thrown
from car OF the company into the
Susqushanna river in Pennsylvania on
Thursday night but have been recov-
cred. They were found between
MaTysville and Bridgeport. Pa. Yes
feTdsy. The messenger IN charge OF
the vsiaables cast thqr isto the river
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

The coolest weather in this city fol
many years is being experienced, and
Pensacola is getting a touch of the
blizzard which has been raging ovet
the country for the past two on three
days. Ice had formed in many places
early last night. and at a. N. the
thermometer registered 20 degrees
and it is probable that it will go Il
p degrees or below by daylight.
The high winds, which preceded the
cold wave continued during yester-
day, and moderated but little during
last night, making it extremely dis
agreeable to be upon the streets OIL
away from a hot stove. This morning
it is expected that there will be solid
ice wherever water was left standing
from last night.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Editor of Advertiser Struck
By Sons of Gov. B. B. Conner

the paper as the result of damage
suit IN which the governor secured a
verdict of one cent.
Mr.. Glass made the following state
ment.
Il was walking down Dexter avenue
near The post Office when / was ap-
preached by two men whom ] did NOT
know. One Of them said, Are you
Mr. Glass, of the Advertiser
answered that ] was. wheTeupon one
of them. / don't know which, struck
me with his first. He said to me, !
am tired of the attitude of the Aa-
yertiser towards my father and vita
that he struck me-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
CATS ARE SCARCE.

Chicago, Jan. 30.-Chicago either
loves or needs its rat catching cats
too much to harken strongly to the
appeal of rodent ridden Japan.
One dealer recently received an or
der for 500 Chicago rat catching cats,
one-tenth of a reported order to be
executed here for the Orien. He ad-
vertised extensively but could only
get 100 specimens. Another dealer
has orders for 800 cats which he has
been unable to fill
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

IN JUDICIARY
HEARS CASE
Takes Up Protest on Conf1r-
nation of Judge Oscar r.
Hundley, Appointed Three
Years Ago.
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. 30.-The case OF
Judge Oscar r. HUndley, whose uomi-
nation to be United States judge for
the district Of northern Alabama nas
been pending for three years, was
again taken up today before sub
committee of the senate committee on
judiciary. There were over fifty wit
neSseS present. among Them delega-
tons for and against the confrma-
ticn.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Children Having tuberculosis
to Attend Open Air School

The council also will be asked foI
an appropriation 10 establish a mu-
nlclpal open air hospital for con-
sumptives, The institute hopes &c
establish one 10 accommodate 1000
patients who are unable 70 pay fol
treatment
The deaths in Chicago from JubeT-
culOsis last year numbered 1000. ac-
cordins 10 superintendent Ewing. He
says that in every TWO hours and n
Teen minutes some one su ghs az
dies of the while PIE gae.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Jan. S0.-meidentaI TO
the testimony before the senate com
mitIee on judiciary relative to the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company alb
serption, Commissioner Herbert Knox
Smith of the bureau of corporations,
told something of Investigations which
are proceeding under his direction in
the affairs OF several great corpora
tions and alleged trusts.
Concerning the United States Steel
Corporation, Commissioner Smith
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Safe Thrown From Express
Car Into Susquehanna River

while his car was crossing q bridge
between the towns, fearing, he said,
that robbers were about 20 attack
him. He was startled, he said, by an
explosion under the car and this Jed
him 20 adopt quick means OF frlla-
trating the supposed robbers.
Private detectives are investigating
the case, but as yet the cause of tha
explosion has not been ascertained.
Divers yesterday located and raised
the safe and chest with contents
practically intact.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
sy Associated Press.

Chicago. Jan. Probably the
most thrilling incident II the wide
spread storm in this section was the
battle OF the steamer City of Mar
quette against raging Lake Michigan
as it fought its way in 4 sinking con-
dition along the Illinois shore from
Chicago 10 Waukegan
With the firemen standing III water
up 10 their waists and shOveling coal
into a feeble fire, the boat "Iimped'
into Waukegan eleven hours afJer It
left Chicago. Before It reached its
dock The water rose oFer the fires
and the aid of tug Rad to be Sc
cured. The whole upp works o.
the boat were shattered by the waves
that broke over IL and il was onl!
by great exertions that il was kepc
afloaf
The City of Marquette is wooden
boat drawing , I feet Of water. The
bow, however, is reinforced with steel
for breaking the ice and il has made
.sails iripsfcE ssessrs. -
It's Grey OK tN-elVsa &zs4n Lad gone
through many STORMY voyages but af
ter they set loot IN Waukesan with
their clothing frozen upon them. they
vowed they never again would temp
fate on Lake Michigan ii winter
Captain Arthur Hill was the only one
undaunted He declared shat n
would have the City in shape in {;
month or two and continue in spite OF
ice and nOTtheaSters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
FIRES FOLLOW IN WAKE
OF TERRIBLE BLIZZARD
Cruiser Birmingham
: Breaks Speed Record

knots considering the backset OF the
gulf stream. The time from New
York to Havana OF seventy hours, is
two hours ahead of the direct mail
schedule, and also two hours faster
than the record made Dy the West
Virginia to New York with president
Roosevelt not considering the West
Virginia had the advantage Of the gulf
current. He claims be lid not start
with a view Of making a new record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Nv Associated sress.

Chicago. Jan. 3O.-Children infected
with tuberculosis viii go TO school II
the open air if a request to be made
by the Chicago tuberculosis institute
5 granted by the board OF education
The suggestion is made in a report OF
Superintendent Frank Ewing.
The plan Is to have open air camps.
In the stormiest weather the chill
dren can wear heavy ulsterS TO pro
tset them from the cold.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Much Property.

The property secured by the Viii
nams Naval Stores Co. is the capital
stock Of the company and ali its as
sets, including storage yards and
tanks in this city and New Orleans
Chicago and st. Louis, ali naval storas
now on hand and all real estate.
which includes considerable timber
land and leases The ]. r. Saunders
Co. was one OF the largest independ-
ent naval stores concerns in the
country and the property Is very vaIu-
able. By it's acquisition the Williams
Naval Stores Co. will become one Of
the largest concerns in the south en-
gagged in the naval stores business.
While the deal was Tentatively
closed in Montgomery yesterday be-
tween the above named parties Il viii
be ratified in Pensacola next Satur.
day, Feb. 6, when the stockholders 0a
the two big concerns viii meet here
for this purpose.
1t is understood that the big trans.
action has been pending for severas
weeks.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
WILLIAMS NAVAL STORES co.
PURCHASES ALL INTERESTS AND
PROPERTY OF JR.SAUNDERS CO.
Big Deal, Pending For Sew
eral Days, Closed In Mont
gomery Yesterday.
CONSIDERATION
ABOUT $500, 600

The Largest Deal to Be Con-.
surnInated In This Section
in Many Years-T. A. Jen-
nings and ]. A. G. Carson
Represented Williams Ma
val Stores Co. in Transac-
ton and Dudley r. Saun-
ders and w. c. Vareen the
Saunders Co.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
LOOKING FoR SURVIVORS.

Chicago, Jan. 30.-Believing several
of the survivors of the fifty young
women who marched beside the cof-
fin of Abraham Lincoln when tn
funeral rites were held In Chicago
are still residents of the city the Lin
coin centennial committee has begun
a search 10 bring them together for
participation in the Lincoln week pro-
gram.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

What is possibly the largest deal
to be put through in this section OF
the state in several years. was con
summated yesterday, when the Will
lisms Naval Stores Co. purchased the
entire property and interests OF the
j. r Saunders Co. in this and other
cities. The consideration is said 70
be about half 3 million dollars. ana
was closed in Montgomery by Presi-
dent T. A. Jennings and ]. A. g. Car
son of the Williams Naval Stores Co
and Dudley r. Saunders and w. C
Vareen. representing q COMMITTEES
from the board OF directors and
stockholders of the J. r. Saunders Co
Messrs. Jennings and Saunders lets
the city Friday night and met Messrs
warren and Carson in Montgomery
yesterday morning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
BY Associated Press.

Mobile. Ala, Jan. 30.-Capt. B. T.
Walling, commanding the scout cruis
CT Birmingham, made statement
here today, in which he claims he
has broken all records from New York
10 this port. The distance is I.SOS
miles via Havana, and the time given
by the captain is ninety-seven hours.
This is an average of 49, knots for
the whole distance, and over 10
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
STARVING AMI DEMENTEC
MAN AT FARMERS HOME
~ AssocIated Pcs.

Chicago, Jan. 30.-A nan barefoot,
starving and almost demented is at
the house of farmer near Shabona
Ill He is believed to be the man
who jumped from the window OF a
NOrthw estern train at Maple Park q
few days ago. He had in his pockets
a ticket from San Francisco to Chi
cago and $40 in gold
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Marathon Race Pulled
Off i'm Binding Snow

race to this city. More thau 100 run
ners finished the race, all of them in
fairly good condition.
William T. Shannon, OF EdgeWoFth,
Pa, won The race in three hours and
forty-ivc minutes and thirty seconds.
Considering the weather conditions.
tho race is said TO be The most re
maTka ole ever run III rnis country.
GIeat crowds lined the entire course
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
BIG PURSE OFFERED.

Bakersfield. Cal. JAM &c Bakers
field business men have offered James
J. Jeneries n purse Of $4,000 to fight
Jack Johnson here the fourth Of July
next. They have posted $1,000 to
show good faith.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Rv Assocfatsd Press

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 30.-Wita blind
ing snow blowing in their faces. q tenn
pCratuTe of seventeen degrees below
zero. and running over course at
times covered with mud or snow six
TO eight inches deep, 22S starters
from Western Pennsyl yania. Ohio
and West Virginia, left Rochester,
Pa. at 1890 today in the Marathon
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
$500, coo APPROPRIATED
FOR EXPERIMENTS
BY Associated Press.

Washington. Jan. Boy
voting an appropriation Of
$500, 600. the house Of repre-
sentativeS today made a liberal
provision for further expert
ments by the army with bal
looms and airshipS for use in
warfare A number OF miSCei-
laneouS bills were passed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
CLEAN SWEEP OF
THE PRESENT CABINET.
81 Assoclated PreEs.

Washington. Jan. 30.-The
definite statement can be made
that James r. Garfield. secre-
tary of the interior. will not
be a member of the cabinet
of the next administration.
Neither will he be an ambassa-
dor to a foreign country. He
will return home and take up
the practice of law
There is also good authority
for saying there viii be a
clean sweep of the present
cabinet unless 1t should be
Secretary of Agriculture Will
son and Postmaster General
Meyer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
LAKE STEAMER
HAS THRILLING
EXPERIENCE
Caught In Storm on Lake
Michigan and Battled
For IL Hours.
CREW STOOD INICY
WATER WAIST DEEP

City of Marquette From Chi
cago to Waukegan Linped
Into Latter Pert With Up
per Works Shattered by
Waves Which Broke Over
Her-Clothing Froze ON
Members OF the Crew.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
IMPORTANT RACING CASE
tS UNDER AMUSEMENT
~ Assoelated Preas.

New Orleans, Jan. S0.-AG
the conclusion late today OF
the trial OF Jack Sheehan,
charged with having violated
the Locke anti-racing law,
Judge Darlington, who presid-
ed, announced he would take
the case under advisement and
announce his decision next
Tuesday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
Many Cities Report Fires
and the Loss . Will
Be Heavy.
COLD PARALYZES
RAILROAD TRAFFIC

Communication by Wire is
Cut Off and Almost the
Entire Country is in the
Grasp of the Worst Biz
card Experienced in
Years-Freezing Temper
ature In Florida Fruit Belt
Predicted.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
COOLEST WEATHER OF MANY J.
YEARS BEING EXPERIENCED
Pensacola Gets a Touch of
the Blizzard Raging
Over Country.

Freezing Temperature in
This Section-Thermorne-
ter at q m. Was 26
Degrees, and it is Expect
ed it Will Fall to "a De-
greeS. or Below - Wire
Service Paralyzed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
No Wire Service.

Throughout yesterday the Western
Union Telegraph Co. had trouble with
its wires. and communication with
other cities was badly crippled. Last
night, however, the Situation became
worse and one wire after another
went out of commission For a time
a wire over the p. & 4. division and
one to Mobile were kept in service
but shortly after midnight both these
went wrong and Pensacoia was shut
of from further communication With
the outside world for many hours.
81 at z a. m. Yesterday.
The minimum temperature yester-
day was 81 degrees at O'Clock ano
at no time during the day did it go
above Al degrees 1t reached that
point at $3.50 p. ~, and then began
falling rapidly. The maximum on
this date last year was 90 degrees
and the minimum IL degrees. The
average maximum for this date is 81
degrees and the averag minimum 40
dgrees.
It is feared that the early vegetable
and fruit crops in this section will be
badly damaged by the freeze.
It is expected that the cold wealth
er will continue through today ana
tomorrow, and begin mOderating to-
morrow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

CcontIrued on Page seven).
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-25

WASHlNGTON.-For 90 years James
W Wilson. secretary of agriculture
has been sounding the praises Of the
American hen. He has shown by sta
tlstics, pictures, reports, omeets, soft
boiled eggs and spring chickens that
the American hen beats the world.
She is not the possessor of great per-
sonal beauty, she does not aspire to
be butterfly of fashion, but Is a very
fine representative of the housewife
type of chicken. If fine feathers made
fine birds she would not be in 1t. For
the peacock is da2zler and the roos.
ter struts with an air that cannot be
initiated by his more modest compan-
ion who does the housework and
scratches around for the children. But
the hen, by keeping steadily at work
and doing the best she can. has been
enabled to enrich this country by more
good dollars than all the silver mines
of the west and all The gold of the
klondike. Statistics show that in a
For generations Maryland has been
famous for her chickens, ana whether
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-25
Woman Causes a Big Scare in a Bank

| several women in the long line of
waiting patrons showed signs of faint.
Ing and the widest excitement pre-
vailed Had a bank robber descended
in the guise of fashionable woman ,
Put back that money" demanded
as with one voice the banker, the pc.
liceman and all the men standing in
line at the window
y. Why, certainly | will" said the
woman who had caused all the excite.
ment and who by this time thorough
ly alarmed Ut the cries OF everyone
about her, ventured an explanation
i owe you all an apology. believe. |
vas here a moment ago and forgot a
pair of gloves. left In a great hurry
and must have left them here at the
window. had only few minutes to
catch my train to Baltimore and mis-
took that gentleman's money bag for
them. They are just exactly that color,
you know"
Her explanation was sufficient and
smiles spread over the alarmed faces
Good joke voted the huge guar.
dian OF the peace, who breathed freely
again and Sauntcrod away
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-25
Really Is Jag in a Georgia Melon

, hey also have convicted the humble
sweet potato of possessing another
spree. Secretary Wilson announced
the discovery of criminal tendency
IN the watermelon heretofore unsus.
prcted
We have been experimenting with
every sort Of fruit and vegetable that
contains sugar" said Mr. Wilson, the
watermelon, pears, apples, peaches,
plums. pumpkins. muskmelons, Irish
potatoes, sweet potatoes. beets and
other vegetables The watermelon sur.
prised us We never expected II Of
H. The purpose is to develop tho
cheapest kind Of denaturcd alcohol for
use as fuel
The experiments have been made
TO benefit the seacoast portion OF the
south, from Virginia down the Allan.
tic around Florida and along the gulf
sweet potatoes can be grown chcaply
IN the sand Of these sections ono
bushcl Of sweet potatoes will make a
gallon OF alcohol The product Is
better and cheaper fuel than benzlne
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-25
He Calls Mrs. SNOWFALL a Model Hen

| they were fried la Maryland or were
ieid to rest in the old fashioned pie.
they have served their country we'll
and have left pleasant memories be.
hind them. 1t is all the more crafty
ing to record that out of the heart OF
the tried.chicken belt has come this
phenomenal hen
According to the records. she not
only lays two eggs day. but some
times varies it by contributing three.
All are perfectly fresh and suitable
for family use. If she can keep up
her record for year this will mean
$50 eggs, with few extra for Christ.
mas and the Fourth OF July. II all the
eggs grow up into chickens Mrs
SNOWFALL would soon have enough de.
scendants to cluck around the world
she deserves medal from Secretary
Wilson and a cabegram from Col
Roosevelt for her efforts to prevent
race suicide.
Mrs. SNOWFALL is a model hen She
never worries about the fashions in
feathers; she is not forever running
off to some barnyasd by the sea or
chicken house in the mountains; she
does not try to shine at bridge or out
scratch her neighbors. She stays at
home. looks after Mr. SNOWFALL and
the children and attends strictly to
business. Wherefore will she be re.
membered wherever the egg IS held in
honor and the chicken in esteem.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-25

A HEAVILY yelled woman, well
"A dressed and with an aristotratic
bearing, rushed into a Washington
bank and up TO the window of the re-
ce1ving teller. A number of people
were standing in line waiting to de-
posit money The man nearest the
window held in his hands a large roll
of bills and before him on the marble
counter lay leather bag in which he
carried his gold coin to the bank.
With q swift glance at the teller
and no word of explanation to the
man waiting she made a quick grab
at the bag and turned hurriedly to
leave the building The man at the
window cried, Stop" policeman
came running to his assistance one
hand clutched at his pistol pocket,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-25

THE department of agriculture has
come along with some good nows for
those citizens in southern Indiana who,
when arrested last fall for conducting
blind tigers" set up as defense
that they had become intoxicated from
eating watermelons The department
has not yet analyzed the Indiana
brand of melons, but it asserts there
is Jag" in the Georgia melons.
OF course T. is carefully concealed,
and much care and labor Is required
to extract it, but it is there Just the
same. The department has proved this
beyond doubt Out Of 100 pounds of
Watermelons experts in chemistry
made one-tenth of a gallon of alcohol