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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-03

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PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, sATUI
DEATH TO THE HOUSE FLY.
Crazy Snake has sense enough to
keep in the grass
Hartman sure does need a rest
hes been talking politics.
Having drawn his first months
pay, Taft ought to set 'em up to coca
cola.
There's only one word for boiling
Democrats, be they % or 23,V00-
skiddoo, skiddoo, skddOo!
Should Taft sign the tariff bill as
now framed, the women of the coun-
try will handle him without gloves.
Caius Marius Roosevelt is said to
contemplate stopping fourteen seconds
TO weep over the ruins of Carthage
no, Messina.
A news item says Mombasa is pre-
pairing TO receive Teddy-1re bulls,
kettle on the tripod. onions peeled and
fine herbs gathered.
Tie reason they call the avocado
the Alligator pear" is because
crocodiIes cry for it-but Heaven
protect us from the Miami papers.
\ bank cashier, whose accounts
were perfect. committed suicide
IN Norfolk Thursday. The cynical
VIII say this was clearly a case Of
insanity.
Our Southern Home, of Laurel
iii, will henceforth appear as a
monthly until a longer subscription
Iiso shall warrant the resumption OF
a weekly issue.
Indiana's anti-cigarette law has
been repealed, despite the fact that
100000 worth of coffin nails" have
annually been sold on the sly by job,
beers in indianapolis.
With Mexico and the United States
forE ally joined together as a spank
ing corporation, the Central American
republics viii think twice before glv
ing way TO the inhrmities OF the flesh
and becoming bad, bad boys
A new law in Ohio declares that
onIyAmerican citizens may run sa
looms in that state. Is not this a clear
violation of Roots japanese treaty
Bring forth the army and the navy
and crush the traitoTOus Buckeyes
For a churchman the Cleveland
priest who has petitioned for bank
Tuptcy with liabilities of a million
and a half dollars and assets only
seventy-five thousand, did pretty Wei
however much New York financiers
may sneer at the paltry transaction.
If gamblers would only confinC
their money relief measures to frs
cabin passengers of the big oceaI
liners they would do but little harm
their victims being amply able Z
stand the loss. But they SHOULD Ec
deprived of rObbing the hayward few
through speculative operations ii
New York and Chicago.
Expose your bowl OF pure whit,
loaf sugar 10 a party of visiting file;
"A few hours. Then look At it aaC
see what you eat when bread, oak,
and other edibIeS arc placed in tn,
way of the filthy pests And VIVA
YOU may see is not the worst par
of 1.-THE thousands of invisihi,
germs each may be tae bearer OF {
death warrant.
From the little We have read of Il
Payne's panacea, the new tariff bill
VII utterly fail to provide a reveuuC
anywhere near the amount required
10 pay the expenses of government i
, the latter are maintained at the scale
established during the past FIVE years
II say nothing about wiping out tht
20 O0D nm HnHof1nrx- IN
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-02-26

led carriage interests. The automobiles
have the, press because of the great
amount of advertising it gets. How sell
dom do we read a word favorable to, or
asking justice for, horse owners. Even
the horse-press has "quit like steer"
for fear of offending some automobilist
who may own few trotters on the
track, or be speedway fanatic. They
have buried the road driver without a
word of eulogy, though he and not the
sport, made the American trotter what
he is.
FRANK S. BILLINGS. NJ. ID.
Sharon, Massachusetts.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-02-26

tional church. Delightful music was
furnished by the Middebury College
orchestra, and at its close toasts were
responded to as, follows: Methodism,
NJ. II. Smith, Phi. D., Rutland; Country
Life and Its Opportunities, Sidney NJ.
Harris; Good Citizenship, Jos. T. Curtin
pastor of the church. On every side
were to be heard appreciation of the
event. The church is in fine condition in
every way, and it is understood that Mr..
Curtin will remain for another year.
The neighbors and friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Riley gathered at their home
Wednesday evening, Feb. II, and gave
them a complete surprise, it also being
Mrs. Riley's birthday. Fine refreshments
were served to about thirty guests Music
and dancing was enjoyed by all. Before
leaving fine willow rocker was present
ed to Mr.. and Mrs. Riley. A presentation
speech was made by j. c. S. Hamilton in
very pleasing manner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-02-26
THE MIDDLEBURY REGISTER
For MANY YEARS THE LEADING
NEWSPAPER ADDISON COUNTY
VI
IN ITS SCOPE.

First, in its determined opposition to
the theft of the peoples highways by the
automobiles who are maintaining lob
bies at nearly all the State legislatures, as
the following statement from Mr.. Hotch.
kiss of the American Automobile Associa-
ton published in New York Tribune of
recent date plainly shows:
From nearly every state in the Union
the secretaries of the automobile clubs
report unusual activity in the line of
motor legislation. While there are not
SO many fool bills up for consideration,
the legislative committees find their
hands full in handling the situation and
keeping few belligerent gentlemen who
still hate automobiles from presenting
senseless bills TO the various legislative
bodies.
President Oliver A. Quayle of the New
York State Automobile Association has
sent out notices to all the state clubs con-
nected with the association requesting
them to appoint their legislative delegates
and to have them meet him in Albany in
a few days to take up the legislation
which is now before the New York Leg
islature.
Robert p. Hooper, president of the
Pennsylvania Motor Federation and a
member of the executive committee of
the American Automobile Association,
reports that the federation is busy in the
Keystone State with a new automobile
bill and three good roads bills, one of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-02-26
6RiDPORT.

a most successful occasion was the
Fourth Quarterly conference of the
Church year The Ladies Home Circle
gave a splendid banquet, at which there
was an attendance of over "a hundred, as
well as delegation from the Congrega-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-02-26

which provides for bond issue of $780,
900 ,0O0."
The REGISTER urges the people to arise
in their might and organize in every
town and city in the whole country:
list, to see that existing laws in regard
to automobiles are properly enforced.
I'd, to use their influence to secure the
enactment of laws which will fully and
permanently restore and preserve the
highways to their rightful owners.
Second, because the Government Nor
G Horse Farm is situated within two
miles of Middlebury, and the American
Morgan Register is published at Middle
bury, the scope of the REGISTER is again
national.
The Horse Department is under the
able management of c. A. Chapman of
Ferrisburg.
The REGISTER also takes a prominent
leading position in SCIENCE, particularly
along the lines of recent development in
regard to the essential nature of matter.
1t is now publishing in serial form
1.-THE New Ply sizes" copyright
by Joseph Battell, in which the corpus
cular theory of sound is demonstrated.
Mr. Battell offers two prizes of $1,000 each
to the first person who shall prove the I'M
dulatory theory of sound true, or that
the scientific explanation of the action of
sound at telephone is true, i. e. that it
is repeated by the diafram at the receiv-
ing instrument.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-02-26

Subscribe for the Register for your
quito flown friend.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-02-26

Continued on fourth column.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
TOWN DOOMED To
DESTRUCTION
BURGLAR Tips LAMP OVER,
AND STARTS BLAZE, WHICH
THREATENS ENTIRE COM
MUNITY.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8.-Benbow
a small town four miles from AL
ton, ILL.,, is burning and reported
to be doomed to complete destruc-
tion as the result of fire start
ed by a burglar turning over a
lamp in a residence.
A big Standard Oil plant is To-
Gated in the town and it is said
the oil tanks are In danger.
Five persons were injured in a
hotel, which was burned down
and at the time the telephone
exchange was burned out there
seemed to be no means of cheek
ing the flames.
There is no communication with
the town this morning.
1t was learned this afternoon
that the fire was under control.
The loss is about $4,000.
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C. p. r.. TIED UP.

VANCOUVER, B. G. Jan. s.
Trains on the Canadian PaciiIc
railroad from the east are rum
ming exactly a day late owing to
severe weather.
Reports this morning from Win
nipeg say that while the weather
there moderated in the. afternoon
yesterday the thermometer reg
istered 18 below zero another
cold wave swept down at night and
the streets were absolutely de-
serted with the mercury at 46
degrees below zero.
Edmonton dispatches say the
thermometer there has touched
So zero.
In the Rocky mountains terri
fic winds have carried away all
telegraph lines.
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MURDERER GIVEN
PRELIMINARY
HEARING -sa.. .:,'s..

PORT ORCHARD, Jan. s.
Joseph Nicolos, the Guam island
er, who committed the double
murder at Port Blakeley last
week, was brought over to Port
Orchard yesterday morning from
Seattle and had his preliminary
hearing before Justice of the
Peace d. c. Bleam. He is charg-
ed with the murder of Roman
Santos, the 4-year-old son of
Jose Santos.
Nichols was bound over to the
superior court of Kitsap county
on a charge of murder in the
first degree. The date of his trial
will be set next Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
REPORT ON
ROOT is
READY

President J. B. Bridges of the
State Bar association will today
receive the report of the COM
mittee appointed to investigate
the conduct of Judge Milo Root.
The committee held it's final ses-
sion here yesterday, and finished
it's report at II O'Clock las,
night.
The report, which consists OF
IL typewriter pages, contains
a plain statement of the testimony
brought out during the investiga-
tion that hes been in. progress
nearly two months. 1t contains
the conclusions of the committee
from the facts at its disposaf
and recommendation for the ac-
tion of the State Bar associa-
ton.
1t is believed by the committee
that President Bridges will lay
the report before the supreme
court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
WILL
HEAD THE
SENATE
Thurston County Man
Has Clear Field in Race
for Presidency.

SEATTLE, Jan. S.-The arrival
of Senator A. s. Ruth, of Thurston
county, in Seattle yesterday serv-
ed to center political gossip on the
Organization of the state senate
when the legislature convenes next
week.
Mr.. Ruth found himself the tar
get for interrogations from sena-
tors from all parts of the state as
to the probable organization OF
the senate committees in the event
he is selected to preside over that
body, but to all inquiries he made
the same answer, namely, that the
appointment of committees is up
to new lieutenant governor, and
not the president pro tenn OF the
senate.
Hutchison Withdraws.
Senator r. A. Hutchison, of
Spokane, formerly withdrew as an
aspirant for president pro tenn.
the field without any other candi-
dates in opposition to the senator
from Thurston.
Third House on Hand.
The third house could easily
have been organized in Seattle
yesterday. There were more as
pirants for legislative patronage
in the city than members of the
Legislature.
George w. H. Davis, of Tacoma,
secretary of the Northwest Brew
ers' association, and James w.
Morrison, representing local sa-
loon interests, busted themselves
among the legislators in the hotel
lobbies.
Morrison has personally confer
red with both Slayden and Meigs,
but neither candidate for speaker
would discuss the interview.
II. G. CosgrOve There.
Howard G.. Cosgrove, son of the
governor-elect and Eugene Lor-
ton of Walla Walla, were among
the arrivals yesterday. The report
gained currency in the afternoon
that owing to the severe weather
Governor Cosgrove would not
make the trip from California.
Howard Cosgrove stated that he
was not advised as to the latest
plans of his father.
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To IGNORE
ALLEGED
INSULT
AFTER MUCH FUSS CONGRESS
WILL RAP T. II. BY LAYING
PART OF HIS MESSAGE ON
THE TABLE.
ROOSEVELT'S EXPLANATION
ALSO UNSATISFACTORY TO
SOLONS.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. O., Jan. g.
Declaring that the language OF
President Roosevelt i'm his annual
message to congress in reference
to the secret service, was unjusti-
fled, Representative Perkins of
New York, head of committee
chosen by the house to consider q
plan of action, today presented .
report which recommends that the
secret service portion of the mes
sage be ignored by being laid ON
the table.
Explanations Unsatisfactory
The committee report also rec
ommends that the special message
sent by the president in reply to
demand for an explanation, be
laid on the table, as not respon-
sive.
The unusual course of the COM
mittee in recommending to the
lower house that 1t ignore COM
munications from the president,
created sensation.
The report declares that the
ldnS udSo VI IuS DIooiQcht Who uh-
justified and that the presidents
suggestion that the restriction of
the secret service was because
members of congress themselves
did not wish to be investigated,
was unwarranted.
The report adds that the lam
guage in question constitutes
breach of the privileges of the
house. The report then pro-
ceeds:
"Theferore, be 1t, resolved that
the house declines to consider any
communication which in their
Judgment they consider disrespect-
full" and declares that the mes
sage of the president which was
sent to the house on January 4
constitutes an invasion of the
privileges of the house by quts-
tioning the motives and intellf-
gence of the members In the exer-
else of their constitutional rights
and that the message be laid ON
the table.
Perkins said: eve are of the
opinion that portions Of the mes--
sage contribute a breach of the
privilege of this house. Follow
ing the precedent of similar cases
we decline to consider this
message"
He also declared that there was
not the slightest ground for the
charges alleged by the president.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
TRAIN SERVICE
DEMORALIZED
Three Roads Experiencing Hard Flight With
Elements--Blizzard in Montana and North
Dakota Renders Blockade Almost Complete
Trains From East Many Hours Late

Railway traffice is demoralized
by the present cold wave which
extends all over the west. Trains
from the east are half a day
late and encountering heavy snow
and wind through Montana and
North Dakota.
The Northern Pacific, Great
Northern. Canadian Pacific, all re-
port trouble, and as the storm
there is littlp prospect of the
storm abating for several days.
A complete blockade of the lines
may be announced at any time.
Train No. of the Northern Pa
cific which should have been here
at S:40 last night, did not arrive
until 1 O'Clock today. The 9:15
train last night is 21 hours late,
and will be here at 6:15 tonight.
Over a Day Late.
The train that should have
been in at 2:30 this morning is
over a day late, and won't arrive
until $3.50 tomorrow morning II
ii gets in then.
The trouble is principally east
of this division. There is pretty
heavy snow up in the Cascades,
with over six feet on the level,
but this has been penetrated thus
far.
In Montana and North Dakota,
however, the blockade is almost
complete. The snow is getting
deeper, and the weather colder
and colder.
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Two Lines BlOckaded.

BUTTE, Mont, Jan. S.-The
Northern Pacific and Great North
ern railroads are storm-bound, q
wide sweep of territory in the
Dakotas and Montana being In
the grasp of a severe blizzard.
Freaks of Storm.
Remarkable climatic freaks
characterize the intensely cold
wave which is sweeping Mon
tana.
At Gardner, Mont, at the Man,
moth Hot Springs entrance to the
Yellowstone National park, at an
altitude of 1000 feet, the ther-
mometer yesterday afternoon reg
istered SO degrees above zero and
heavy rain was falling.
At Livingston, SO miles distant,
and 500 feet lower, it was 20 be-
low zero.
Mountains From East.
The Northern Pacific is blocked
from west of Missoula as far east
as Fargo, N. D. The Great North
ern service is demoralized, trains
from the west being eight to II
hours late. No trains arrived
here yesterday from the east.
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PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 8.-Near
Stevenson, Wash, Wednesday,
James Cramblet and his son Ira
were loading wood on a scow.
Suddenly the pressure OF floating
ice caused the rope by which the
wow was tied to the river bank
to part and the craft was swept
out into the swiftly moving cur
rent. Down past the town OF
Stevenson the scow floated toward
the cascades and to almost GER
tain death.
Finally the father and son man
aged to get out an anchor which
caught. For five hours in almost
zero temperature and imminent
danger Of being swept over the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08

k Kofen Girl + acin6 Trial
For Life, Thinks Only
ofHer Prison Born Babe

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Saraf
Koten, 20 years old and the slayer
of DR.. Martin Auspitz, is the
mother of the biggest, finest baby
boy in the city of New York.
His name Is Abraham, anc
when his mother holds him In
her arms, she says, "There IL
nothing in all the world like low
ing as a mother loves. / did not
know this before Abraham came
My mind was filled with despair
and hate. Now there is nothing
in my life but love-"
Sarah and her baby have left
the Blackwells island hospital,
where the first three months of
Abraham's life were spend, and
are in a cell in the gloomy old
Tombs. This month there will
begin the trial of the girl on the
charge of murder.
1t was on June last that Sarah
Koten shot and killed DR.. Aus
pitt. She was a nurse in his hos
pital, and, according to her story,
he stole into her room one night,
chloroformed her and assaulted
her. She sought justice in three
petty courts, and was laughed at.
She could obtain no warrant for
the arrest of the doctor.
Fer a time there seemed moth
ing left for her but the river.
But she did not go to the river.
There came to her aid that pecu-
liar, perhaps exaggerated but
superb sense of justice which
has been whipped into the Jew
during centuries of persecution.
She killed the doctor. Then she
gave herself up to the police. Now
she is to tell her ugly story on
the stand.
She is not an uncultivated girl.
Sarah Koten displays education
and refinement which would do
credit to any girl of her age. She
was the oldest of eight children,
whose mother was left a widow
shortly after the birth of the
youngest. When but a little girl
she went to work in her home city
of Minsk, in Lithuania, to earn
money that her brothers might be
educated. Herself, she went to
night school and studied hard.
Also she read in her 'spare mo-
mentsr-imagine spare moments
Continued on Page Six.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
TRAIN PLUNGES
! INTO BAY; ONE
MAN IS KILLED
With Both Legs Disabled
Engineer Is Rescued
BY Being Dragged
From Icy Water.
Cry United Press Leased Wire.)

/ (Ry United Press Leased Wfre.)
BELLINGHAM, Jan. 8.-Van-
|dals opened the switch at Com
mercial point south of this city
on the Great Northern, locked n
and put out the lanterns and
caused the Great Northern flyer
to Jump the track and the engine
dash over the trestle into the bay
at s. O'Clock last night.
Fireman Ed Stuart was killed
his body being found in coal pit.
Engineer Jack Daley lost both
legs. He swan to pile and was
rescued, however. Mail Clerk
George Rhodes had a broken
shoulder.
All the injured live at Seattle.
Thrilling Rescue.
Daley, the unfortunate engi-
neer, had ceased calling for help
before he was reached, and the
reseuers feared they would be
too late When he was reached
he was just about to give up.
Three men seized him, but they
could not draw him into the boat.
and with his injured legs dragging
through the water he was hauled
ashore.
With every stroke the sufferer
urged the men to hasten, saying
|over and over again, my leg
lis broken"
AS shore was reached Capt.
Joe Gates, a powerful man OF
Vancouver. picked the 200 pound
engineer, up, placed him partly
[upon his shoulder, and with the
laid OF others, carried Daley into
1.-THE parlor car.
Fireman Unrecognizable.
E When discovered, Fireman
stuart was so badly scalded as
to betunrecognizable, and whether
he died of scalding or drowning
will never be known.
The trestle &upon which the
WRECK took place is almost de-
molished and will have TO be en-
|tirely reconstructed.
Belief is expressed today that
the wreck OF the train might have
been caused by carelessness OF
the yard crew, and was not the
work Of fienda- <The superinten-
dent, assistant superintendent and
railroad detectives are now max
ing q thorough investigation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
PRAYS AS
TRAP IS
SPRUNG
WIFE-SLAYER, AFTER FOUR
YEAR WAIT, MEETS DEATH
CALMLY.
WAS REMARKABLE PRISONER
THANKS JUDGE WHO SEN
TENCED HIM.

SAN QUENTIN, CAL, Jan. g.
"Sacred heart of Jesus, have
mercy on my SOUL" As the moose
was slipped about his neck on the
scaffold in the penitentiary here
shortly after 10 o'clock today,
Thomas p. FalIOn spoke these
words in clear, firm voice.
Twelve minutes later he was dead.
Died Bravely.
Fallon, the wife murderer,
prayed audibly as he marched
from his cell and up the 13 steps
of the scaffold. His step was
firm and he was calm.
Father Walsh, his spiritual ad-
wiser, who was with him during
his last moments on earth, said
that the man went to his death
more calmly than any condemned
man he ever knew. Fallon was
the first man to speak on the
scaffold here in long time.
Admitted Killing.
Fallon had waited nearly four
years to die for the murder of his
faithless wife. When he was ar
rested in the fall of 1904, after he
had killed the woman, he said to
the police: II shot her and killed
her and l guess I'll have to hang
for it,"
The trial was complicated. 1t
consisted of relating the story of
how Fallon, the wheelwright, lost
the love of his wife; how she drift
ed away from him and went to
live with a man named Flem-
ing.
Couldn't Stand Strain.
1t was charged that Fallow fol-
lowed her and found her with
Fleming; that he took up his res
idence in the same house, fully
aware of the relations between his
wife and Fleming, and that he bor-
rowed money from Fleming. Then
followed the day when Fallon
could not stand it longer. He
pleaded with the woman to return
to him and when she refused,
killed her.
Remarkable Prisoner.
FallOn's constant politeness
marked him as a remarkable priS-
oner. In December, 1904 when
sentenced to hang by Judge Law
lor, he said:
"Your honor, I thank you for
the trouble you have taken with
my case, and all that you have
done for me-"
Many Delays.
The date for the execution was
set many times and postponed for
various causes through the efforts
of Fallon's friends to save his
life.
In the earthquake and fire of
April, 1906, all the records in the
case were destroyed and this
caused another long delay. II
was not until last evening when
the warden received a final mes
sTge from Governor Gillett that
the final orders for the execution
were given.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-08
FATHER AND SON ON
EDGE OF RAPIDS in
ICY GALE FOR HOURS

falls, father and son gestulated
and shouted to people on shore,
but until Enos johnson and Will
Sweeney appeared no one had the
courage to undertake the hazard
uous trip from the shore to the
scow.
Johnson and Sweeney, however,
announced their Intention of max
ing the attempt, and after a des-
|perate struggle managed to reach
the scow and took the Cramblets
off.
Another struggle against the
current and the floating Ice and
the men were landed safely on
|shore. The Cramblets were in q
pitiable condition from the cold.