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VOL XXV NO 4
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Published Twice a Week Monday and Thursday
FLORIDA MONDAY ONE DOLLAR A YELlO
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Before Senate Committee On
Inter Oceanic Canals
MAKES SEVERAL BROAD CHARGES
Declares that Colon Is Mainly a Swamp
Into Which Is Dumped All the Hu-
man Excrement of Negro Population-
and Where They Eat and Sleep
New York Jan 13 Ioultney hivelow for whose presence before thecenatu committee on lntcroceanc ca-
t Ai a subpoena was Issued yesterdaybah a signed letter oa Iauuma intodays Titiiet Tilt couimunicatiunin pirt follows
Two tilings are notable to hint wLothe SIKHS of tar times
No CitTUian historian touches modliJliftuollern history
Nj American engineer of standlnicare to be hlentlUud with the 1auauucanal
Thl is momentary only we arttiappy to believe
My own purpose in going to Ionat the conditions under the negro laborer Is compelled to live
My chaw against our administra-tion are those which any Independentobserver would have made under anal
conditions and with analogousxperlcnc of the negro In tropicalcountries Thcic charges Mr Taftdoes tint me t
1 have made several broad i iaraeI authorise trusties of till H
ton university to withhold my salaryfor the year If these chargeare not fiiilitantlally true
To iletermlne this question It I
absurd to paM In as vitiie fs men whohave ax s to crltnl I am willlug to aMtJe the brief yes or not ofany one with a rrspectnMe stan litatiioni average nun clean Imsines-rwordh It will east no more to en I
a man to Panama than printpamphlet denounelnc who ctl-zlce the canal commission
Coon today iiinlnly a swampInto which i ilumpeil all the human ex-
crenunt of the rusro pdpiilatimi andwhore this population l tosleep There Is no water al Coonsave this swamp water and what can-to collected by the dripping front thiroofs of the shanties The sanitaryInspection of Colon is a shame The tie
roed arc leavfn In large numbers byreason of hsIHinato grievance welchis a matter of common
Taft can hire hundre ofIMeuna to rail mo offensive namesTint 11 he procures a respectablenrer or man of busing to Indorse tupresent state of administration of the
zone no aniout of governniont-prinMng will afford him ay rial comurL
Roosevelt May Head UniversityChicago Jan 13 Talk of electing
Pi is idcut Roospvelt as the successorof uo Ine reicnt Harper at th
of nnv jp y ha bfeom-trong In university circles It Is
eland to have been of the hopsof Dr Ha fp r during the las nion hof his tirE that the way cotiM IH ci-
d to have President RoosevcUthe head of the university at the conelusion of his presidential trrm Tr
this about It would he neccsto alter the constitution tf he
Mnlrrrslty rMch that only aUaptlsr tray t The pnsldetit frostlent Rung worships in the Dutch
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Marshall Field Is BetterNew York Inn 13 It wn snit at-
thA Holland h ie where MarshallField of Chi 2 II with pn untonii hilt the IM rt had piisseI a qulrtnit and the hre WHS rnon to he-llevo that he iiid shown n sjht Im
Head Torn Off by GunBarnr Jan U The lt-
tl elghtyearolJ daughter of Mr Ar-
thur Smith a farmer living 2 milefrom the cly was accidently shot thwhole load from the shotgun strikingl er and tearing her head almost en
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TWO NEGROE3 NECKS SAVED
Cunningham and Brown Go to Pen forLife Instead of Gallows
Aanu Ja n in m C-Dns im by rKvmu taf i v
were to seta tu plai m 0Friday
Will Cunninziiim a l yvaroJ rcpro was host In ea l 11 Jlessor fur ht murl r i f a ne-
gro woman On account f rhe futhat was lir iUiu s atthe time of the crime as tht r lIlt otwhisky which he woman had furnish
d Plat a numSer of prominint clUen-inttrotid themselves In his iiehatand urcfd the communion to cimmutohis sentence 10 life Imprisonment
Melton Brown a taker county ne-
ro was also to have luen hati dFriday for the munler of his wifeFur same time no effort was made tosecure clemency in frowns behafbut on the day before his sentencewas to have been executed SenatorItonm Odtim of taker county commtinicated with Terre andsecured a respite for him until pruon commUaioa could Investigate biscase
The commission after a careful con-
sidered cf cases recommendedto the covernor that commutation tolife Imprisonment be grants In bothof them an1 Jovernor Terrell prompt-ly approved the recommendations
HEARING COMPLAINT RESUMED
Lumber Dealers Will Not Pay Freight-on Car Stakes
Jan i The hearingby the Interstate commerce commlsblon of the complaint of the National
Lumber Dealers associa-tion the Lumber Kxcimn w of Haitimore the Iltttmrg Wholesale LentS r I aiers association ant othersElmllur aualnot certaineastern western and southern rail-
roads and connect I ii Hues was contitied today
The railroads having concetded thtpoint that the shlppors of lumbershould pay freight on the car stakesrah or braces the only question re-
nialnlriB to be argued wa whether theFrtlppcrs r railroads should pay furthe take
Th nnimtnt Involved Is said toIConiiAOn prr annum
At the roicu lon of Hie hearing theconitnls Ion will take the matter underadvisement
Italian Laborrs Accumulate MoneyMae n CJa Jan 13 Mrs L-
t van ot tie land and industrial Jo-parmtnt ot the Southern railway wasIII Maron on business with tho Maconciamler f commerce Thursday litgave to Secretary Anderson some olhis companys exjwrlfnce with Italianpettier We brought town 13 Hal
fans a couple of years ago an laborerfor the Ocmulsee Lumber companysail he and a short time ago we re-
crivoii letters from theta sayini tintthey had now accumulated envtzimoney to boy a farm and been asrlcultural pursuits without help Theyare now investing In farms In thelt-nelpiiliorhood Ve have sent the lum-
ber company u more ot tic sauteof laborers
Marching Record BrokenKan as fity Jan 13 A special tc
tho Star from Fort Sam HoustonTex says that the sixth Held titterof the Inlfcd Slaets artillery cornman I d i y apaln 5 W iattheM en-
tercd For yam Tfoustorx am thecheers f the loco uarrison Tho ti
legs broke the worlds n cord for Iondistance practice march of ariltry
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niles from Fort Rlley Kans to FortSam Houston In V lays Thelost on mar Irlvate Arthur Hall
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North Birmingham ExtendedBlrmlnsrum Ala Jan 1 By
vote of llo to the city of Norta Urlo corimrnte lmis a
Join thi e oi lUrrningham proper nto V Til its tirritorj n a-
In a tare area north of It preMne e t rcinis tboitt Io w ous Tprr ont pp taflin of the town I
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MORALES SEEKS
AMERICAN REFUGE-
Will Try to Induce Him ToPresidency-
AND TO LEAVE SAN DOMINGO
Claim Is Made that Action of Morales
Virtually Puts an End to Disturb-
ances Temporary President Favors
Roosevelt Treaty
San Domingo Santo Domlnso Jan1U The iuzitlvu president Moraleshas sought tctutfu in the American iu-
Cation sere Xvfctrtiatlous are In
pionrias with the object of inducli-iOiuial Morale to reMgn thedercy ami leave Santo Domingo
lr Is claimed here that the step taken by Morales iu stoking tae protec-tion of the American lag virtually putsan end to tie disturbance In tats
Temporary President Favor TreatyCleveland O Jan 13 The wader
today prints the follow luglUiiion Caceras temporary president
of Santo Domingo has cabled tieLeader that he will favor Houseveil treaty and that pence In the lit-
tle republic Is a urcj Tae cable-gram was signed by Pardo Clydragent and was In answer to one sentby the leader asking President Cal
as to his intention regarding thetreaty anl tne prospect of peace Thecabl gram follows
Interviewed Caceres by requestyour telegram He aalil l favor theconvention anti Its raltlcatlon Insur
c lined to single provinceReoutorlsts dofeated Completepease wtl soon tu restored SignedIaido Clyde Agent
to CourtAmuipiills MJ Jan 13 B S e
of Washington addrehsed the courtmartial today on behalf of MidshipmanSe hen iJecatur Jr Judge AdvocateHarrison stated the teas of the pros-
ecution anil the ease was given to Mecourt cae I one of hexingagainst Decatur which the presentcourt hIts tried It is generally apprfhendul that the accused Is In gravedarter of conviction on the charge olhazing fourth classman Charles C V-
Mallley by having him bring him tillbreakfast to lily room anti of encourailns or countenancing the hazing olGaylord Church If Docatur la dis-
missed It Is announced an appeal winbo male In ills bclialf to the secretaryofbe navy
Two Murder Cases TriedMt Vernnn Oa Jan 13 The Xe-
vrnilxr ailjourncil term of courtbofn In pp lon this week Judge B T-
Rawllng of the middle circuit presldIns for Judge J H Martin Severalcass Were disposed of but only twomurder cases One was against StoryRengnin noicro who kllle a white boysome months ago This was the secand trial flrsl verdict being guittyof murder with rKommendatlon hutIn the latter trial a verdict of Involun-tary manalniiRhter was returnrvl Th-ecae of Kvi rett Mclxod for
Will Cook negro was tried anda vordlct of involuntary manslaughter
Awoke to Find FortuneItlrmlueham Ala Jan B
Knox and Miss Opal Knox childrenuf a plunger bricklayer of Birminghamwho Las l pn a day laborer all ills
awoke Viiirsday morning tothemselves from a little abovepovcry to h lrs to a fortuntof I700W them by an aunt who
dhl at Colritmr The rich aunt wasAcxan r A C Klane and
Is tinlfrstooi hat th Knnhon knew nnhlng of her fortunate clrcumstnnros
President Polks Sister In Law DeadKaMch N C Jan 13 A rtU
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RUCKER TO LOSE PLACE
Identity of His Successor Is Still Shadowed In Doubt
WaiMmron Jan 13 A
to Coilritor f Itrernal Itevenue tuckf r will bt ap jlMt l within a few daysand he will not nU own surc i t or
This from high atihority has beeneliiitey I t rtniiiid JUt wins thlucky man il be it Is not punslbleto say liu ILat in will be a whiteKeptiiillcan it stttled
For s Vi days a gooil deal of quietwork ha bo n inns a it Kueker-In un spipt il quarters tp to wltilna It seemed that his reap
had hot n tletormlned uponhill new factors hive loc kiNl Into tiltcontent It is generally believed theplac will KI to Ioitmasier Harry lAward of Macon but this la not cer-
tain both orge ThllMdenu anti l rCurtis of Atlanta are In tho runninglint tlnrp a possibility that theplace may nut be given to any Atlantaman
The fact that Rtirkor has served twoterms is the chief awiiment advanced
t liltn taken In connection withthe argument advanced against him
the white that the platshould RO to some white man TiLlhas brought alxxit a change In the of-
ficial mind at this end of the lineand It romps from the highest author-ity that RnrkerV chancy of reappolntmont Is now exceedingly small
NEGROES FIRED UPON OFFICERS
One Officer and One Negro WewnderlDuring the Fight
Macon fa Ian 13 Deputy SheriffTom Jones and Assistant Jailor Oscar-Ilntuhn narrowly escaped death
of a mob of negroes InSouth when they went to
two ne rro s for raising a disturbante utplie tilt city limits
When tjj cfkers appn ached theof the stni we the negroes who
had already bten sIuMUlng at eachopened tire on them and tliere-
wns a rain of bullets for severaliniiitr the officers owning tire Inturn Di hiss Toro Junes wasInjure the hall striking him In ther k A n so Frank Collins Is helditndi r arr t also three other negroesAnother not learned was badlywounded by an officers shot Wildexcitement prevailed In the midst ofthe fight LUll trouble was feared forseveral hours hut all Is quiet la thevicinity at present
Determined Against HazingSanford University Calif Jan 13SUM persevering their attempt to
quasi every semblace of hazing Inthe student dormitory Kncl Hull thefaculty coiaiiilltee today dropped twomUff men from the university R WMcKlrody and B C Nordman Themost grievous offense proved againsteither of the suspended students wasthat they were present at the tubhog ot a freshman Both were mem-bers of the sophomore class
Recommendation Is WithdrawnHonolulu Jan 13 GUY Carter has
cabled lresld nt withdrawlug his recommendation for the aptmlntmcnt of Circuit Judgo W JRobinson whose term expires Jan 23Governor Carter critlclcefl Jixlge
on acoitnt of some occurrencesduring a recent civil trial In whichtne jury was kept all night In order tofinish iiuslnoxs heforu the expirationof the court term
Petition Is DeniedSavannah Jan Spoor In
the federal court today Immediateupon its convening read hut opinionupon the Kporial of counsel o-ffr ene and Ruynnr as to the Juristicton of T roan This opinion waa rfendants IK
t he discharged fromtod W4i denied
Carload of Matches BurnN C 13rA carload
of inarh on jneJ to the MayorntH r p i iipfiiy destroyed by finFr fiy in irrin file loss Is estinm-c l ot jyoon
Crew MissingNorfolk Vi Jan 13 A
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COSSACKS ATTACK
ARMENIAN SEMINARY-
Nearly 850 Persons Were Killed
THREW BOMBS AT BUILDING
The Troops Then Shelled AnetherHouse Where Bombs and Weaves
Hidden and Killed EightRevolutionists
imis Caucanla Jan 13 Nearly350 persons were killed or Injured aan outcome of an attack made bjr Cos-sacks yesterday on the Armenian seas
here following the throwing oftwo bombs from that Institution at aparsing patrol
Four Cossarks were wounded sat atoy was killed by the explosion of thebombs
Artillery was Immediately called apand the seminary surrounded sad theshelled The building sooa burstinto flames and the bombs and car-tridges stored therein exploded
Thlrtythree persons perished duringthe conflagratioa while 300 were Ifr-jurcd by Ore or wounded by shells
The troops subsequently shelled aaother Armenlaa house where bowsand weapons were slides and killeight revolutionists
AutemebllitsUi In QuicksandChicago Jan IS A dispatch tnm
Gallop N M says that an aatoobile drives by Uagncaal assDavid Fassett Is feat la the qateUaadnear Aztec Arlt After betas warn-ed to kelp away from the Rio fartthe tourists attempted tu crow TIecrust broke and the automobile freakRoth men finally got out of the toadhaving made a narrow escape Tkacar nee sunk to the headlights Aneffort la being made to save it The ac-cident ocurred near the point wherethree passenger coacaes were tatsome years ago In the quicksands Ateam and wagon were lost la theford a few days ago
Half Million Endowment fer TuekeNewark N J Jan 13 By the will
of Andrew Dotgor of South Orange NJ just lied for probate the
Normal and Industrial mittlute will eventually receive a beejMctthat promltcs to be the largest In lithistory At the deati of the testatorwife Class L Bellies the entire resid-uary estate said to lot abort half amillion dollars will go to tae endow-ment fund of Booker T Washingtonnegro school The present endowmentto a little over 11800000
Will Retire BeardNashville JaR 13 Hon H Clay
Evans former consul general to Lon-don lau received a letter from WTing Yang former Chinese ministerat Washington In which he says he Isthinking of retiring from the positionas a member of the board of punishmont of the dilncsc government Healso tells of ids injury revolting freesa bomb explosion In Wai Wupa saylaglie was so shocked that Ida aeariaebecame affected
Protest Against ChangeWaco Tex Jan 13 Secretary Ho-
mer D Watts of the Badness Messclub of this city has bees laatnated by that club to write tatters to eratress protesting against fartherchanges or marrta ef Niagara fallsby commercial undertakings It toclaimed by the club that this votedspot is rut bring transformed fromone of the Impressive scenes In theworld to the site of moneymakingplants
Will Develop Iron IndustryChicago Jan 13 The Tribune to-
day says that extensive plus for thedevelopment of the iron and stall la-
duatrle of the south are involved inthe proposed merger of the TennesseeCoal Iron and the Republic Ironand Steel companies The project
for an expenditure of 13000000for the building of sew stills the expkxration of mines aaj extrasire Improvemenu coTerlM A a mfe r of years
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