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

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al salts, only to find
when the treatment
Is left off the disease
returns, and usually
with increased Sc
verify.
Rheumatism is
due 10 an excess of
uric acid, an irritat-
.ng, inf1ammatory
accumulation, which
lets into the Icircula-
sion because of weak
Kidneys, conStipa-
non, indigestion,
and other physical
irregularities which
are usually regarded
as of no importance.
Nothing applied ex-
asrnally can ever
reach this trouble,
while potash and
like mineral medi-
cineS really add to
the acidity of the
olOod, and this vital
fluid, therefore, con-
tinually grows more
acrid, sour and
yea er.
Rheum atiSm
can never be cured
until the blood is
purified and built up.
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by neuTaiizing the
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

to reOrganiZe after the war; they Or
ganfzed under the name of Simpson
and company. There we're six equal
shares. The members were E. e.
Simpson, B. Overman, B. W. Thomp-
son. James Creary, r. Nj. Bushnell
they started the first mill, small cir
cular saw mill. In January, 1857, they
started another circular mill and in
1863 they commenced to rebuild the
gang mill, which was completed in
April, 1870. There were many
changes in the membership, but it
continued under the same name IN
til it was sold TO the present owners,
the Stearns and Culver Lumber COM
pany.
Slave Labor.
Most of the mills owned their own
labor and l have never heard one OF
Simpson and Company's slaves COM
plain of bad treatment. On the other
hand l have heard them say they al
ways had the best of food to eat and
the best of clothes to wear, and lad
mere money at one time then they
do now. They said they would fire.
quently go to Milton on a Saturday
night with a twenty dollar gold piece
in their pockets. Around the mills
the company always provided work
for il so they had a chance to make
extra money. In the woods they were
gwen so many logs to cut q week
and all over that they could get extra
money for the cutting.
B. w. Thompson at the commence
nent of the war owned over one hun
bred slaves. / have never heard one
OF them speak of him only in the
kindliest of terms. He owned negro
woman who lived in his yard who
was the mother of nineteen children.
Ali the children around, both white
and black called her NANNY" Two
of her sons are living here now. One
is a miIiwrig'nt and the other is
sawyer.
General Morton owned about the
same number and the conditions were
the same with him. A number of his
slaves are good mechanics, mill
Hrights, blacksmiths, bricklayeTs, car
penters, etc
All the business done in this sec
ton then eentered IN New Orleans.
, There were a number of fine fast sail
ing schooners owned here and fitted
up with nice cabins for the accom-
mediation Of the passengers. With
good wind it was a very pleasant trip
to the Crescent City. They entered
Lake Ponchartrain and followed the
canal TO the basin. There was snip
ward at Milton and one at Bagdad Tor
| the building and repairing OF these
vessels.
1t then took Simpson and Company
from Is to IS months to cut the trees,
] get them to the mill, saw them, dry,
DIane and ship them to New Orleans.
/ To-day the Stearns & Culver Lumb Der
company cut the trees, haul to the
/ mill. dry, plane and deliver TO Gin
cinnati or Chicago in ten days r. f.
I Simpson & Company sawed about
twenty thousand feet per day in a
long day and the Stearns & Culver
company cut about hundred and
fifty thousand feet of small lumber
! in ten hours to a day. There are no
more mills now than there were in
1860. but the cut is a great deal more.
Work then was done by main strenth;
today machinery does most or tan
the man has to do is 10 WORK the
machinery.
200 20 $1,000 Population.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31
RHFUMATTsM AL eoNR.

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and corrosive matter in the muscles bones bodyis
1ouned oy ric healh blood which completely permanently
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harmful mineral but made entirely of blood purifying healing
oot herbs and which enrich and eShen the circulation while
Rheumatism Book on Rheumatism and medaadvce
rec to all VINO write THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA GA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-31

oh, so innocently! Have you an
ideal woman"
L certainly have" replied young
Frost, with grave emphasis.
And you know how she looks,
even?"
Yes, 7 do"
Would you mind telling me about
herr"
I've wanted to for a long time"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
MCDOWELL IS OUSTED.
No Longer President Kansas Natural
Gas Company.

Kansas City, Dec. 31.-The Kansas
Natural Gas company which supplies
Kansas City, st. Joe and other towns
with gas from the Kansas fields has
been reorganized. This was announced
today by MCGOWAN, Small & Morgan.
the local gas company. to council
committee representing this city and
Kansas City. Kansas, which had called
for an explanation of the continued
gas shortage in cold weather. Ac-
cording to the announcement J. G.
Mcdowell of Pittsburg, Pa, has been
deposed as general manager and A B.
McBeth of Kansas City is his success
sor. Eugene Mackey, former general
counsel for the Kansas Natural, be-
comes president.
No More Gas for Boilers.
Joplin, Mo-, Dec. 31.-Mine opera
tors throughout the district were noti-
fed by the Kansas Natural Gas COM
pany which supplies fuel for power
purposes all over this field that here
after no gas will be supplied for use
under boilers The supply for use in gas
engies will not be affected. The ac-
casion for this action, as explained by
officers of the company, is because the
pipe lines are not large enough to sup
Div enough gas to meet the demand
and domestic consumers have suffered
from low pressure during the zero
weather which has prevailed.
The move will result in heavy loss
to operators in all parts of the dis
trict, as the coal supply is limited and
they have no fuel available with
which to operate their pumps No
relief is promised until the winter is
over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
AIADRIZ NEEDS MONEY.
S7ew Government of Nicaragua Is Shy
of Cash.

Washington, Dec. 31.-Reports con-
cerning the pressing need for the Ma
driz government to obtain a loan have
been received in Washington.
The state department is in receipt of
p dispatch from Vice Consul Caldera,
stating that a loan is being consider
ed by Nicaragua. The vice consul says
military preparations continue in Man
aqua. Indicating belief by the Madriz
followers that General Estrada will
attempt III the immediate future. to
capture the city.
Dispatches from Commander Shipley
at Bluehelds portray the strenuous eff
forts put forth to relieve the suffering
OF the captured army of Zelayans. One
dispatch states that 1000 loaves of
bread are baked daily on the United
States cruiser Prairie to feed the pris-
Yners. On account of unfavorable
weather conditions. difficulty has been
encountered in landing the Red Cross
stores sent to Bluefields from Panama
aboard the Prairie.
The state department will refrain at
the present from recognizing the Ma
driz government. Should Senior Luis
Corea. now in Washington. be designa-
ted by Madriz, as special envoy as is
= reported to be the plan it is understood
kthat he will be received informally ex-
=. sctly in the same capacity that Senor
"Salvador Castrllo, representative of
General Estrada is to be- as the agent
~ faction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31

Illegal and that the people of Mica
ragua have not spoken. He has re-
fused the offers of peace, through
compromise, from Managua ara is con-
tinuing his preparations for a cam
paign against the capital.
Today the proposed attack on Grey
town is under discussion. General
Mena has arrived at Chile after cap
turing a number of the government
soldiers and a supply of ammunition.
The prisoners with their supplies were
on their way te reinforce General Con
zales when the battle at Recreo was
fought.
The recent representations by Mad
riz are viewed here as intended to
delay the eastward march of the in
surgents. If Madriz had this purpose
It has been frustrated. On December
%. Madriz apprised Estrada of the
formers assumption OF the presidency
under an act of congress. He request
ed that the insurgent commander sus-
pend hostilities pending the arrival of
commissioners appointed at Managua
to seek a way to a permanent peace
4 The message was received with
ptieism, as every move by Madriz
regarded with suspicion. It is re-
'lembered that his truces preceding
the battle of Rama were merely time
killers. while the government troops
were awaiting the hoped-for arrival of
food and ammunition. His latest pro-
posal was viewed similarly
On Christmas day, Estrada replied,
refusing to stop fighting but promis-
ing to receive Madriz's commissioners
should they come here and have any
thing to say. They will be informed
that peace in Nicaragua is impossible
while Madriz or any other person
holds or seeks Office under the author
ity of a congress illegally constituted.
Estrada's letter of reply to Madriz
was shown to a representative of the
press Its contents admit of but one
construction. Estrada is determined
That no vestige of the Zelayan regime
shall remain in the government of
Nicaragua and peace is possible under
no other terms Madriz and the con-
gress that elected him are regarded as
Zelayan in sentiment and intent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
TO BLOW UP SENATE.
Man Promises to Commit Suicide at
the Same Time.

Chicago. Dec. 31.-A letter to the Tri-
bune from a writer signing the name
C Hodges threatening to blow up the
United States senate with nitroglycer-
inc. aroused the federal authorities last
night and caused a hurried search
throughout the city for the author.
C. Hodges wrote that physicians had
given him six months to live and that
at first he had intended taking NOR
phine to end his existence quickly He
changed his plans he said. when he
read an article charging that corrup-
ton existed in the senate and he de
termined to blow up the bo.ly with nj
troGlycerine and kill himself at the
same time. The letter was turned over
tc United States District Attorney Ed
win w. Si1lms soon after it was receiv-
ed and he Immediately called in General
James E. Stuart. chief postoffico in
spector in Chicago. After a conference
it was decided that prompt action be
t1ken to discover the writer.
Il do not believe the man who wrote
that letter is insane" said General Stu
art, ''the handwriting is that of man
of some education and the diction indi-
Gates that he is u man of intelligence. .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
LIKE A DEATH BED.
Family of Charles w. Morse Gather at
His Prison Cell.

New York. Dec. 31.-The members
Of the family of Charles w. Morse. the
convicted banker, have gathered to his
side as the end Of his long fight for
freedom appears to be drawing near.
Mrs. Morse is spending practically all
her time with her husband in the
Tombs and she has now been joined
in her effort to cheer him up by the
bankers three sons-Harry, who is a
junior at Princeton; Irwin, a senior at
Yale, and Benjamin, who is in busi-
ness in Baltimore.
The order for the execution of the
fifteen-year sentence 1i,osed on
Morse a year ago has been signed
and may be served at any time.
Martin w. Littleton. Mr.. Morse's
lawyer. says that he still has hope
and may apply for a writ of error.
If he determines to try this last pos
sible resource, the order will probably
not be served until Monday.
Mrs. Morse called at the Office of the
United States marshal late yesterday
afternoon. She was very detected,
and after her interview left the office
in tears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
Building Permits for Past Year
Greatest ON Record.
Shows Remarkable Development
of the City.
AUGUST THELARGEST.
Over Half Million in a Single
Month.
Healthy Growth Indicated by
the Figures.

Nearly $1,7oo,o00 in permits, This
is the record in Topeka for the year
which closes today. The clink of the
hammer during the past twelve
months has been the merry sound that
has made those who believe that
Topeka Kan; Topeka WIZ realize
that the capital city has been enjoy
ing a substantial growth.
Never before in the history of the
city have building permits passed the
million dollar mark for single year,
but this figure was all but doubled
during 1903. Topeka bristles with new
houses of high order, which have
been going up by the hundreds. and
the encouraging part about it is that
good houses, in spite of this fact. were
never so much in demand as at the
present time.
New fronts have gone in by the
score along Kansas avenue and costly
business houses are in the process of
building and others are contemplated
which will aggregate in value hun
dreds of thousands of dollars The
large structures now building and
those which are planned to be built
when spring opens up will cost about
a million and a half dollars.
The building permits for the month
of December total $25,31O, the lowest
mark of the year. This figure is by no
means discouraging, as December and
January constitute the dull season of
the year. when it comes to building
activities.
OF the s25,310 in permits for this
month, $24,500 represents new houses
twelve of them-which average iii
cost $2,416.
The following is a comparison of
the permits granted at the office of
the fire chief for the various months
nf the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
/ INTO THE DITCH.
Golden State Limited Is Wreck
ed Near Trenton, Mo.
The Locomotive and All the
Cars Turn Over.
MANY ARE CREMATED.
Wrecked Cars Pile on Engine
and Two Catch Fire.
Few Are Thought to Have Es-
capped From the Tourist.
ENGINE RAN so FEET.
ENGINE RAN so FEET.
Over the Right-of- Way Before
Topping Over.
Was Running at High Rate of
Speed Near Trenton, Mo.

trenton. Mo-, Dec. 31.-Imprisoned in
a tourist sleeping car and burned to
death is believed to be the fate of per-
haps II passengers on the California
s. ecial, westbound, of the Chicago,
Rock Island G Pacific railroad three
miles east of Trenton today. The num-
Der of victims may be larger, but the
facts will not be known until the debris
of the car has been searched.
The train was derailed at $40 while
passing through a stretch of ice COW
cred country at high speed. The huge
engine, a standard Pullman sleeper and
the tourist sleeper caught fire and were
destroyed and a portion of the chair
car was burned.
At noon the known dead, whose
bodies had been recovered. numbered
three, Fireman Liniger and two women,
unidentified. Nine persons were injured,
two probably fatally.
The train was one of the heaviest and
finest in the Rock Island service. 1t is
what is known in the winter as the
Golden State limited and in the sum-
train consisted of a drawing room
sleeping car. state room and drawing
room sleeping car. buffet-1ibrary-
observation car, smoking room tourist,
dining car and. three baggage cars. The
train left Chicago at 9 O'Clock Thurs
day night and was due to arrive in
Kansas City at 1875 today. At Kansas
City the train picks up an additional
sleeper
The cause of the accident is moi
known. The train was running at high
speed. The heavy engine jumped the
track and landed so feet off the right o1
way The cars following all left the
track and all but one tumbled over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
FLED WITH A WAITER.
Explanation Offered for Disappearance
of 16-Year-Old Heiress.

New York. Dec. 31.-While private
detectives and city police have not yet
found Roberta E. DeJanon, the 10
year-old heiress, who strangely disap-
peared from Philadelphia on Wednes-
day, they have discovered facts which
lead them to believe that she came
directly to this city, instead of COM
mitting suicide as she had intimated
in letters to her grandfather and to
her father, Ferdinand DeJanon of New
York.
Robert Buist grandfather of the
missing girl and with whom she lived
at the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadel-
phia. asked tie New York police to
look for her and also for Frederick
Cohen. a Bellevue -Stratford waiter,
nearly so years old.
Mr.. Buist, who on last Tuesday had
signed papers of>formal adoption max
ing Roberta DaJanon the sole heir to
his wealth, which is said to be con-
siderable. informed the New York po-
lice that Cohen and the girl disappear
ed at the same lime and that they had
boarded a train together for New York
Cohen's wife is now here with the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
WANT TO FIGHT.
Friends of Bank Guaranty Law
Are Not Satisfied.
Determined to Exhaust Every
Means in It's Defense.
EENING IN HADEL
MEETING In TOPEKA.
Pollock Decision Is Discussed by
the Members.
Say They Regard 1t as Political
Rather Than Legal.

The executive committee of the State
Bankers association met in the office
of the ban commissioner at the state
house today with the attorneys for the
state in order to discuss the recent de-
cision by Judge Pollock on the guar
anty case.
Among the bankers present were: A.
r. Wallace of White City. NJ. B. Light
of Winfield. Senator F. H. Quincy of
Salina, W. E. Wilson of Washington,
Eli Williams of Mcpherson, E. j. Hill
key of Lawrence. Attorney General
Jackson, A. c. Mitchell of Lawrence
and Judge G. H. Buckman of Winfield
are attorneys for the state in the guar
anty case. and they were all present at
the conference.
The bankers want to get the opinion
of their lawyers on the present status
of the guaranty law and advice as to
future action in the face of Judge Pol
locks decision. 1t is likely that the
state bankers will be governed by the
advice of their attorneys in regard to
their future attitude toward bank
guaranty The opinion of Judge Pol
lock is generally regarded among the
more loyal of the state bankers as COM
ing from a hostile source. as President
Taft. in his message to congress re-
ferred to state guaranty of deposits as
unWise and dangerous banking, and in
the same paragraph advised for fed
eral guaranty through the postal saw
ings bank plan. Therefore the views of
the head of the federal government
would be likely to be shared by the fed
eral officials. The Wickersham decision
of last summer was the first federal
decision on state guaranty
One of the most prominent men in
attendance at the conference today
declared that state guaranty has be-
come a political rather than a legal
question, and I am sorry of it,
The cases in Pollock's court were
tried on a demurrer and the state ad-
mitted the evidence of the national
bankers without dispute as to its ac-
curacy. The question to be decided
today by the bankers and their attor-
neys is what action to take immedi-
ately following the Pollock decision
against the guaranty law. Whether
to fight the case over again in Pol
locks court or carry it up to the
higher courts at once. That the Pol
lock decision will not be accepted as
final by the friends of the law there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
COLD SPELL IS BROKEN.
Warmer Weather Is Predicted for the
Entire Country.

Washington, Dec. 31.-The extreme
cold spell which has prevailed IN
many states is on the verge of being
broken. according to today's govern
ment forecast, and by tonight the tenn
perature will have greatly moderated
Warmer tonight and Saturday is
the general prediction. An exception
was noted along the Great Lakes.
where stormy weather is the usual oc-
currence at this season of the year
Continued absence of extremely cold
weather for the West and Middle
West is predicted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31

is not the slightest doubt They be-
lieve that they have the sentiment of
the people behind them as expressed
on this issue at The last election and
they will fight it out
The conference lasted all through
the afternoon and will likely be con-
tinued at a session tonight, before any
final agreement is reached as to plans
for the future in relation 70 the guar
anty law both by the lawyers from a
legal aspect and from the bankers
from a financial view in the operation
of their banks for the next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
CLOSE AT MIDNIGHT.
Tennessee Brewers and Distillers Must
Go Out of Business.

Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 31.-Distill-
ers and brewers must close their
plants at midnight, when the new
Tennessee law forbidding the manu-
facture of intoxicating beverages in
this state becomes effective. Promi-
nent whisky manufacturers say the
law will be tested in the court.
Nashville. Knoxville and Chatta-
nooga have one brewery each and
there are two in Memphis.
There are 1 distilleries in the state,
most of them small plants with a ca
pacity of one to half dozen barrels
daily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
THE WARMEsT DAY.
Mercury Rises to 43-Highest Since
December 3.

in this month Today was the warm
est day since December 8, and by
evening may have outclassed even that
day. The forecast indicates a con-
tinuation of warm weather, and it is
expected that the air temperature will
remain above freezing tonight. The
wind is blowing 2 miles an hour from
the SOUTH and the snow is disappear
ing RAPIDLY The hourly temperatures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
Big DROP in WHEAT.
A Decline of 61s Cents Bushel on
Chicago Board.

Chicago. Dec. 3f.-wheat for De-
cember delivery declined today 6 u
cents from yesterdays closing figures
as a result of profit taking sales, the
low point of the day being recorded at
s1-12. Trading in that option was ex-
tremely light and the decline caused
little excitement. Final trades were
at the lowest mark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
To Divide PacIfic Elect

Washington Dec. 31.-On account
of the growing Importance of Amer
lean interests in the far east and the
difficulty of administering the whole
fleet as now constituted, the navy de-
partment has deciced to divide the
Pacific fleet into two separate fleets to
be known as the Asia.ic fleet and the
Pacific fleet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
MAJOR J.H. ELWARD DEAD
Fought on the Border and Won His
Spurs in Civil War.

Hutchinson, Kan. Dec. 31-Major
John H. Edward, a pioneer of this sec
ton died here early today, aged Is
years Edward came here in 1856
Later he took part in the border war
and also fought in the civil war. He
was the inventor of threshing ma
chine separator and other thresEing de-
vices
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
MESSAGE IS FINISHED.
The President Will Lay 1t Before Con.
gress Next Wednesday.

Washington, Dec. 31.-Presdent
Taft today laid before the members
of his cabinet the first draft of his
special message to congress dealing
with amendments to. the interstate
commerce and antitrust acts The
message will go in next Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
TAFT RETURNS.
The President Is Back From His
Niece's Wedding.

Washington. Dec. 31.-President Taft
returned to Washington at O'Clock
this morning from New York. where he
went yesterday to attend the wedding
of his niece. Miss Louise W. Taft.
daughter of Henry W. Taft. Also
aboard the train were Vice President
and Mrs. Sherman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31
NOT TO Be FOOLED
General Estrada Is Suspicious
of MadriZ's Peace Overtures.
, Thinks They Are Intended
Merely to Gain Time.
WON'T STOP FIGHTING.
But Is Willing to Listen to Gov
ernment's Oyertures.
He Has an Ultimatum Already
to Send Back.
WON'T STOP FIGHTING.

Bluefield, Nicaragua, Dec. 31.-Gen-
eral Estrada remains firm in his de-
termination to not recognize the presi-
dencv of Madriz- He holds that the
election of the latter by congress was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-31

police. She says Cohel. recently ask
ed her if she would consent to a di-
showed her a gold match safe which
he said Miss DeJanon had given him.