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The Danielsville Monitor.
VOL. ;XXIV.
BOXERS AT WORK
Yellow Rioters in China Start
bn Bloody Crusade.
MISSIONARIES ARE SLAIN
Mission Houses Fired, English Family
Butchered and Fourteen Ameri
cans Escape Same Fate Only
by Flight,
Consul General Rodgers at Shang
hai cabled the state department on
Monday that the American missions
at Nanchang, in the province ot Kiang
si, have been destroyed. Telegrams
state that the fourteen American mis
sionaries there escaped, but the King
ham family, English, two adults and
two children are reported to have
been killed.
The American gunboat, El Cano, at
. Nankin, has been ordered to proceed
immediately to Kiu Kiang, where she
will probably arrive by Wednesday.
The scene of the trouble is about 400
miles up the Yangtse river.
Mr. Roberts later cabled that the
inland British missions are reported
safe. • -~i.
It is alleged that after long con
tinued disputes between the Catholio
priests and the Chinese magistrate of
Nanchang the priests invited the mag
istrate to a banquet, where they tried
to compel him to sign an agreement
for the payment of a large indem
nity for the destruction of the Cath
olic mission property. According to
one report, the magistrate became in
dignant and committed suicide, but
the Chinese assert that a priest at
tacked and killed him. The officials,
fearing to arrest the priest, called a
public meeting, whereupon the Cath
olics, according to the Chinese ver
sion of the trouble, set fire to their
own premises.
The public meeting of the Chinese
developed into a riot in which, ac
cording to one story, six of the Cath
olics were killed, though a later ac
count says the number of Catholics
killed was four.
H. C. Kingman, a Protestant mis
sionary, and his wife, also, were killed
and of their two children was wound
ed, the other being rescued. The
only Protestant mission buildings de
stroyed were those of the Plymouth
Brethren.
Fourteen Americans escaped in a
boat.
A Pekin dispatch says: According to
a Chinese official occupying a high
station, the finding of dynamite in
the street outside the gate leading to
the royal palace on Friday, February
23, followed by the receipt of a warn
ing against revolutionist students ar
riving in Pekin has precipitated a
panic in the palace.
The reception of many newly ap
pointed officials scheduled for Satur
day was hurriedly countermanded lest
there be .JBvolutionists among them.
Military precautions were taken, and
whenever the dowager empress has
walked in the grounds of the Forbid
den City since Friday she has been
escorted by a guard of eight soldiers
carrying rifles.
The officials in Washington accept
Consul General Rodgers’ suggestion
that tne trouble at Nanchang is lo
cal, as has been the case with the
last two preceding attacks on foreign
missionaries in China. Therefore,
there is little apprehension that the
trouble will spread. However, it is
realized that the incident itself ap
pears to justify such operations as
are now under way from a military
point of view.
The report that English subjects
have been killed is the most serious
phase of the affair, for it is said that
this fact may be made the basis of
forcible measures on the port of th3
British government that might en
fiame the entire Chinese population.
Nanchang, where the missions were
destroyed, lies on the shores of Lake
Poyang, in the northern portion of
the province of Kiangsl and the
Yangtse river is navigable to that
point as well as the lake itself for
warships of considerable size.
PRESIDENT HIGHLY ELATED.
Greatly Pleased at Turn Taker* by the
Hepburn Rate Bill.
President Roosevelt is said to be
In excellent spirits over the favorable
report of the Hepburn railroad rate
bill by the senate committee on Inter
state commerce.
‘‘The president Is delighted,” is the
way Representative Hepburn, the
author of the measure puts it.
“The president is greatly pleased,”
said Senator Dolliver, a member of
the senate committee, after his con
ference with President Roosevelt.
CASTRO’B DIRE THREATB.
Will Smash Monroe Doctrine, Humble
France and Clear Out Foreigner*.
Advices received from Venezuela
are to the effect that President Castro
Bays he will humble France, break
up the Monroe doctrine, clear out the
French from Venezuela, and then
start on Americans, Englishmen and
Geynans. who, he declares, are worst
than Chinese.
HOCH PAYS THE PENALTY.
Chicago “Bluebeard” Finally Dies on
Gallows for Wife Murder—Pro
tested Innocense to Last.
Johann Hoch, convicted murderer,
confessed bigamist, and who, if but
a fraction of the stories of crimes that
are told of him are true, was one
of the greatest criminals this coun
try has ever known, was hanged at
the Cook county jail In Chicago Fri
day for poisoning his wife, Marie
Weicker-Hoch.
He faced death as he has always
said that he would face it—when the
final moment came—camly and with
out fear. He stood on the scaffold,
beneath the dangling noose in the at
titude and with the placid courage of
a soldier who realizes to the full that
death is certainly his portion, but is
still unafraid.
Three times respited, Hoch insisted
to the last that he be granted all the
delay that the law conceded him. Un
der the wording of his sentence the
criminal was to hang between the
hours of 10 and 2 o’clock.
When the last resource of his at
torneys—an appeal to the federal
court on a violation of the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution, which
forbids that a man shall not be de
prived of his life without due process
of law —had been denied, Hoch aban
doned all hope of saving his life, but
still Insisted that he be allowed to live
as nearly to 2 o’clock as possible.
Jailer Whitman, who has long been
a friend of Hoch, appeared in his cell
and remarked:
‘‘lt’s all oft, Johann, nothing more
can be done for you.”
Hoch replied:
"That is all right. It’s all right,
but I want to have all that is coming
to me In point of time. I’ll go when
1:30 o’clock comes, but if you try to
take me before that time I’ll fight.”
"It would not do you any good to
fight,” replied Jailer Whitman.
"I know that,” replied Hoch, "but I
want all that is coming to me. I’ll
go all right at 1:30.”
It was exactly 1:32 o’clock when
Hoch, preceded by Deputy Sheriff Pe
ters and attended by Jailer Whitman,
and two ministers, stepped on the
scaffold and two minutes later he was
a corpse.
He walked on the scaffold quietly
and stood directly under the noose
with heels together and head erect
like a soldier on parade. He was
pale, but composed and full of cour
age.
Rev. Burkland was reciting the
prayers for the dying when Deputy
Sheriff Peters asked Hoch to step
back on the trap. iHe took two steps
quickly, glanced down to see if he
was In the proper place and then turn
ed his face to the deputy sheriff.
“Do you want to say something?"
asked Deputy Sheriff Peters.
“Yes,” said Hoch, and in a strong
German accent said:
"Father, forgive them, they know
r.ot what they do. I must die an in
nocent man. Goodbye.”
He chopped off the last words in a
short, incisive manner, and before his
voice was silenced the drop fell.
Death was instantaneous, the neck be
ing broken.
elevator falls five floors.
Three of Its Occupants Seriously
Hurt—Accident a Mystery.
An elevator of the Temple court
building, corner Alabama and Pryor
streets, Atlanta, fell five floors Fri
day afternoon, seriously injuring three
and slightly bruising a fourth man
The injured are: Benjamin H. Hill
and John W. Moore, attorneys; Dr.
W. A. Starnes and Irving Wiley, opera
tor of the elevator.
The only occupant of the car who
escaped without a scratch was W, H.
Turman, a stenographer.
A remarkable fact in connection
with the plunge of the elevator is that
the cause of the accident is unknown.
The only thing that is. known is that
at the fifth floor of the building the
car started swiftly downward, the
brake refused to work and the clamps
on the sides did not operate. The
car fell the entire five flights with
out interruption, and was stopped only
by the concrete floor in the base
ment.
VICTIMS OF TRICHINOSIS.
Poisoned Hog Meat Kills Five People
and Others Are Sick.
Rufus Woods of Collins is at the
Savannah, Ga., hospital recovering
from trichinosis. Mr. Woods and his
wife recovered from the disease that
Has carried off five of the Woods fam
ily since Christmas. 'From eating
meat of a sick hog containing the anl
malculae trichina Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Cowart of Collins, the parents of
Mrs. Woods, and three of their daugh
ters have died.
SONS OF VETS CALLED.
Will Meet With Their Confederate
Sires at New Orleans.
In general orders No. 5, issued
at Montgomery, Ala., Dr. Thomas M.
Owen, commander in chief of the
United Sons of Confederate Veterans,
calls the eleventh annual reunion of
the organization for New Orleans, on
days joining with the United Confed
erate Veteran* —April 25, 26 and 27.
Fox* Our Town, Our County and Our State.
GEORGIA BRIEFS
Johnson Names Organizers.
Anew finance committee and the
district organizers of the Southern
Cotton Association, Gevrgia divisiou,
have been named by President M. 1..
Johnson. The district organizers will
carry on the fight for reduced acreage,
for 15-cent cotton, and will also raise
funds for carrying on the work of the
division.
• •
Sponsor for Georgia Appointed.
Miss Sarah L. Wadley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Dole Wadley,
of Macon, has been appointed spon
sor for the Georgia division United
Confederate Veterans at the national
reunion to be held In New Orleans in
May. The announcement came from
the office of General C. M. Wiley, In
command of the division.
• * *
Will Invite President Roosevelt.
A committee of six Georgians will
be appointed to call on President
Roosevelt at Washington and invite
the chief executive to be present at
the Wheeler memorial exercises in At
lanta on March 27.
This decision was reached by the
Wheeler memorial executive commit
tee at a recent meeting of that body.
* * *
Bonds Were Not Satisfactory.
Well and Alex Adkins, the two men
In jail at Whshington, charged with
the mysterious shooting of Benjamin
H. Aiken from ambush on the night
of February 10, applied for bail before
Judge Samuel Hardeman, which was
fixed at SSOO each. The bonds offered
by the attorneys for the prisoners,
however, were not satisfactory to the
sheriff, and the two men were return
ed to jail.
Summer School for Teachers.
According to the plans of Dr. G.
R. Glenn, president of the North
Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Dahlonega, the teachers of
the state will be able to enjoy the ad
vantages of normal instruction during
one of the summer months. A num
ber of well known educators of the
country will he secured in addition to
the faculty of the Dahlonega school,
and the teachers will he given the
benefit of a splendid course of Instruc
tion in the best school methods.
...
Want War Records for Georgia.
Congressman Livingston has intro
duced a joint resolution authorizing
and directing the secretary of war
to permit the Georgia soldier roster
commission to make, or have made,
copies of such company, battalion or
regimental rolls and rosters for the
records in the department as the state
authorities may desire.
This resolution is introduced in
conformity with the wishes of the
Georgia commission. The war depart
ment authorities are perfectly wiping
to give access to the records for pur
pose of having copies made, but can
not do so without joint resolution of
congress.
Pushing Road to Completion.
President H. M'. Atkinson, Vice
President George Cole IWadley, T.
S. Arkwright and Alex Bonnyman of
the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad
company, arrived in Talbotton the
past week on a tour of Inspection of
the Talbotton terminals, which are
being put in good shape, and work
will immediately commence on a com
modious depot building.
Mr. Atkinson ami party express
themselves (leased with the progress
of the work in Talbotton. The At
lantic and Birmingham will be pushed
through immediately to Warm Springs
and LaGrange.
* * *
Grief Leads Aged Man to Suicide.
W. J. Holbrook, one of the county’s
oldest citizens, was found dead in
the Connasauga river near Calhoun
a few days ago, and it is believed he
committed suicide. His hat and money
were found a few feet from the water,
where he is supposed to have placed
them prior to committing the deed.
Mr. Holbrook had been in ill health
for some time, and since the killing
of his brother and wife by negroes
in south Georgia some time ago, his
mind has been affected to such an
extent that plans were being matured
for sending him to the asylum.
• • •
Admits Cutting Her Own Throat.
According to a letter received by
Mirs. W. H. Grogan, living near At
lanta, from Mrs. Mattie Collum, of
Talladega, Ala., Mrs. Nina May Du
pree, who is Mrs. Cullom’s daughter,
has made a confession and ownel
up that she cut her throat when she
gave out the story about a month ago
that she had been assaulted by a
negro.
She was found on a floor of Mrs.
Grogan’s house in a pool of blood
and a gash across her throat. She
stated that a negro had attacked her
and cut her. The county police dis
credited the story at the time, but
Mrs. Dupree became indignant, when
her statement was doubted.
* • *
Sarah Down* Theater Tru*t.
Sarah Bernhardt, the great French
actress, will appear in Atlanta March
15 or 16, for two performances, at the
Peachtree auditorium.
Manager Anderson of the audlto-
DANIELSYILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 2. 1006.
riuni has closed a contract with Wil
liam Gorman, tho advance agent of
the "Divine Sarah,” for the .local per
s ' V
formancos.
In order to arrange for fthis ap
pearance, it will be necessary : to make
a number of changes In the audito
rium.
The rapacity of the reigning theat
rical syndicate makes It necessary for
Bernhardt, In her Atnerlean tour, to
appear In houses not Controlled by
Klaw & Erlanger. Only the audacity
of the syndicate could exclude the
great French woman from the regular
play houses and force her out Into
the open, as it were, to present her
play, in a circus tent or some similar
luclosure that may be found handy.
In Atlanta she is particularly for
tunate, since her management has se
cured the Peachtree auditorium. *
* • •
Good Roads Work In Clarke.
The work of macadamizing the
county roads in Clarke county will
be taken up again in a few days and
will be carried on steadily until next
winter. This work has been delayed
by the bad weather of the winter, but
during that time the rock crusher has
been kept at work and the amount of
rock on hand now is enough to do all
the macadamizing work that the con
victs will be able to do for months.
The county authorities hope to be
able to put in at least ten miles of
this macadamizing this year, if not
more. The money in hand from
the issue of SIOO,OOO of road bonds
will be sufficient, it is thought, to
provide for at least 60 miles of good
roadway in the county.
Atlanta Fair Premiums Large.
The fair committee of the Atlanta
Fair Association has fixed the pre
miums for the next fair at a meet
ing with the fair committee of the
Georgia State Agricultural E Jiciety.
It was decided to increase the pras.-
for the best county exhibit from sl,
600 to SI,BOO, the largest ever offered.
In line with this increase, the sey
ond, third, fourth and fifth prizes were
raised SIOO each or from SIOO to
S2OO.
The two committees then fixed the
remaining premiums. A total of $7,-
900 is offered for county exhibits, as
follows: First prize, $1,800; second,
$1,300; third, $900; fourth, $800; fifth,
$600; next five, S3OO each; five fol
lowing, S2OO each.
The four prizes for collective agri
cultural exhibits will remain as they
were: S4OO, first; S3OO Becond; S2OO
third; SIOO fourth. Prizes for ono
horse farm exhibits are also the same.
They are: First, $300; second, $200;
third, $160; fourth, SSO.
The prizes for individual exhibtj
remain practically the same. Among
these are SSO for the greatest yield
of Sea Island cotton from one acre;
$5 for the best yield of short staple
cotton from tho same acreage; SSO
for tho best yield of corn from one
acre, and S2B for the best ten stalks
of cotton.
The corn and cotton contest for
Georgia boys Was approved. Two
prizes of (76 each are offered for
the best ten oars of corn ana ten
stalks of cotton.
It was also decided to open the
fair this fall on Wtednesday, October
10th, instead of on Monday, as has
previously been the rule. The change
was decidde on because the Monday
opening gives no time for the prepa
ration of exhibits.
• * •
Charter for New Railroad.
The Waycross Herald publishes the
petition for charter for the St. Miarys,
Waycross and Nashville railroad.
The route of the proposed new rail
road is from St. Marys, Ga., northwest
to Waycross, thence east to Nashville,
in Berrien county, and Kingsiand, in
Camden county. The road will run
east to Folkston, thence southeast to
Moniao.
The proposed length of the new
road will be about 150 miles.
The promoters are among the best
known citizens of iSouth Georgia.
Their combined wealth would con
struct the new road several times
over without outside help.
They propose to be capitalized at
(1,000,000 in shares of (100 each.
The new road will open up some
of the best timber and farm lands
and will be an incalculable benefit to
the section.
The promoters propose to begin the
construction work at the earliest pos
sible moment, and propese to equip
the line with up to date rolling
stock.
There is another petition for char
ter to be presented before the secre
tary of state for the Waycross, Satllla
and St. Marys Railway company, the
promoters of which desire to build
over almost the same route. There
will undoubtedly be a contest be
tween the two companies as to which
will secure a charter from the secre
**•* of state.
RATE BILL BEFORE BENATE.
Ringmaster Tillman Reports Measure
and It Goes on Calendar.
The Hepburn railroad rate bill was
reported to the senate Monday by
Senator Tillman, in accordance with
the action of the senate committee on
interstate commerce last Friday. It
was placed upon the calendar.
W'hlle the bill is nominally shelved
for the time being, it will really take
precedence over ali other [lending
measures.
TILLMAN WILL LEAD
In Senate Fight for Hepburn
Railroad Rate Bill.
DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL
Their Vote* in Commlttea Meeting Did
the Work Republlcane Badly
Bplit Over the Great
Question.
A Washington special saya: By tak
ing advantage just at the right time
of the opportunity presented to them
Friday, the democrats of the senate
interstate commerce committee not
only succeeded in forcing a favorable
report upon the Hepburn bill just as
it came from the house, but succeed
ed In getting possession of the bill,
which has been much touted as the
administration measure.
The net result of the day’s action,
studied from a strategical standpoint,
is that all the credit for taking this
advance toward securing adequate
legislation must go to the democrats.
Thus, In the great fight to come over
the rate question in the senate, the
democrats have all the advantage of
position.
The bill will be in the hands of
Senator Tillman, senior democrat upon
the committee, and under his leader
ship the democrats will see to it that
nothing is permitted to stand in the
way of the enactment of an adequate
rate law.
After the committee had adjourned
Senator Tillman held a levee in his
committee room. There were present
several democratic senators to con
gratulate him upon the practical vic
tory secured by the party in getting
control of the rate bill, and there
were also present several newspaper
men.
When reference was made to pos
sible conferences between him and
the president of the United States
upon whom he loses no opportunity
to empty the vials of his wrath, Sen
ator Tillman said:
"Well, it is a rather unexpected
and ridiculous situation, but if any
one has an idea that I am going to
make a farce of it, with myself as
the clown, they are badly mistaken.
Those who Imagine I am not going to
fight for an effective railroad bill are
way off their base. I do not see why
my selection as the member to have
charge of the measure should go to
wards allaying the feeling throughout
the country In regard to railroad mat
ter. I am certainly not going to lend
myself to any scheme of sidetracking
or undermining the efforts to get cor
rective legislation.
"The senate should be relieved of
white house dictation, and wo should
be at liberty to do our duty In ac
cordance with our oaths of office, and
our duty to our states and constit
uents under the constitution. In all
seriousness, I am not going to put
myself In any position or allow any
thing to happen to sidetrack the ef
fort to get a good lav/. Miy frankness
and reputation, I think, will preclude
the possibility of suspicion that I am
In this bill as a Joker.
"This Is a democratic proposition,
and the president lent his greut in
fluence to it. I hope that he will
continue to do so. The democrats in
the house supported the bill unani
mously, and I believe the democrats
in the senate will do likewise. I
hope there will bo enough patriots on
the republican side to help pass it."
NO POIBON IN BTOMACH.
Tucker I* Exonerated of Charge of
Murdering His Wife.
Drs. Harris and Daniel, who con
ducted the post mortem examination
at Moultrie, Ga., in the case of E. W.
Tucker, have reported that thoy found
no poison in the stomach.
It was alleged that she had been
poisoned by her husband to secure
life insurance, and under this charge
Tucker has been in Jail. Ho was re
leased on an order from the solicitor
general.
FATALITIES OF MOUNTAIN FBUD.
Old Trouble Break* Out Afre*h and
Three Men Will Die.
The Johnson-Motley feud in Can
non county, Tennessee, broke out
afresh Saturday night and as a result
the following are fatally wounded :
Sam Blair, shot four times in the
stomach; Bob Motley, shot twice in
groin; Richard Johnson, throat cut.
Tho trouble between the Motley*
and the Johnsons, two large families
of the Pea Ridge neighborhood near
the Dekalb county line, originated ten
years ago over tho operation of an
Illicit, distillery, when blood was shed,
and has broken out frequently since.
HITS RAILROADS “ON PAPER."
Land Grant* to Be Taken Awiy When
Building i* Delayed.
To clear the titles of land granted
to railroads, existing only on paper.
Representative Lacey of lowa has in
troduced a bill for forfeiture of land
grants made by the government to
railroads, where the same failed to
build their proposed lines within five
years after location.
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY.
BETWEEN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, RICHMOND, PORTSMOUTH
AND ATLANTA. ,
Schedule In Effect January 8, 1905.
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For further Information regardllng rates, Pullman reservations, etc,
apply to the undersigned.
FRED GEISSLHR, T. P. A.. 110 Peaehtreo Street, Atlanta, Ga.
W. E. CHRISTIAN. A. O. P. A.. 116 Peastitree St., Atlanta;
LEE BACKB THE COMMITTEE.
Issues Order Confirming the Date of
Confederate Reunion.
The matter of a change in the date
of the forthcoming annual confeder
ate reunion having been referred to
General Stephen B. Leo, commander-
In-chiof, General Ix>e Issued the fol
lowing order in connection therewith:
“Inasmuch as It. is the sense of tho
reunion executive committee In New
Orleans that It is Impracticable to
make any change In dates for the re
union at tills late date, the days first
named, April 25, 26 and 27, will stand
for the reunion.’’
JOKE ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
Desperate and Deadly Duel Fought by
Fire Department Men.
A desperate duel was fought In
Jackson, Tenn., Thursday aftornoon
between E. A. Rogers and W. A. Mc-
Cann, members of the local flro de
partment. Rogers was shot through
Iho right breast and died of his
wounds. McCann was wounded four
times and will die. A joke about a
woman caused tho trouble.
REX IN NEW ORLEAtNS.
Carnival King Arrive* and Mardl Gra*
Festivities Begin.
With the formal entry of Ilex, the
carnival was in full blast at. New Or
leans, Monday. All records in the
matter of attendance promised to bo
broken. The streets traversed by the
pagqant reception to tho king wore
congested, and there was an Immense
multitude on the levee to witness tho
naval parade and the landing.
ALEX LEGLpR GOES TO JAIL.
Georgia Boy Held In Jereey City for
Murder of Hie Brother.
Judge Higgins of Jersey City at a
hearing decided that Police Chief
Murphy had presented a prlma facie
case against Alex Legler, and the
young man, who is accused of tho
murder of his brother, Carl, was com
mitted to tho county Jail. Prosecutor
Speer will submit the evidence to the
grand Jury.
WAYCROSS SHOPS CONTRACT.
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le Awarded to the Pensylvanla Bridge
Company.
It Is announced from Atlantic Coast
Line headquarters that the contract
for tho shops to be built at Waycross,
Ga., have been awarded. Seventeen
Arms submitted bids. The contract
is given to the Pennsylvania Bridge
company of Beaver Falls. The work
must be completed by January 1, 1007.
HENDERSON ANSWERS LAST CALL
Ex-Speaker of House of Representa
tive* Crosses Dark River.
Former Speaker David B. Hender
son of the national house of represen
tatives, died at 2 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon at Mercy hospital, Dubuque,
lowa, of paresis, which attacked tnm
nine months ago. All of hiß family,
except a son in California, were at the
bedside. He served twenty years lit
congress. During four years of that
time be was speaker.
NO. 45.
PRESIDENT INTERVENES lJ
Arid Acte as Peacemaker Between Coal
Miners and Operators.
President hoosetoit has intervened
again rs a peacemaker between tho
coal miners and operators, and as tho
result of a letter addressed by him to
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, a national
convention of the United Miners will
he held at Indianapolis, Ind., on tho
15th of March, to try to roach an
agreement with tho soft coal operators
lu tho hope of averting the threat
ened strike of April 1 in the bitumi
nous fields. '1 he president’s letter
and the announcement that the na
tional convention would be called
were made public Monday night b>
Mitchell.
Tlio president’s letter to Mr. .Mitch
ell follows:
"White House, Washington, D. C-,
February 24. —Sir: I note with very
great concern the failure of your lato
convention on the Joint intei state
agreement to come to a basis of set
tlement of the bituminous mining
scale of wago3. You, in this busi
ness, have enjoyed a great Industrial
peace for many years, thanks to the
joint trade agreement that has re
suited in the action of your successive
conventions.
"A strike such ns Is threatened on
April 1, Is a menace to the peace ami
general welfare of the country. I urge
you to make a further effort to avoid
such a calamity.
"You and Mr. Robbins are Joint
chairmen of the trade agreement com
mittee of tho National Civic Federa
tion, and it seems to me that this
Imposes additional duty upon you both
and gives an additional reason why
each of you should Join in making a
further effort. Very respectfully,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
THREE TIMES REPRIEVED. ,
Florida Governor Revoket Death War
rant for Isaiah Cooper.
After a seßsison of the Florida state
board of pardons, lasting nine days.
Governor Broward ordered the doatti
warrant of Isaiah E. Cooper sentenc
ed to hang, February 23, at Arcadia,
revoked. It Is a remarkable case,
Ibis being the third death warrant for
Cooper’s execution that has been re
voked. Cooper was convicted In 1903
of the murder of J. li. Bowen, mar
shal of Punta Gorda, and sentenced
to be hanged in August, 1904. Govern
or Jennings revoked the death war
rant a few hours before the time for
execution. Since then two warrants
have been issued for execution and
revoked by Governor Broward.
STILL AFTER BLACKBURN.
Grand Jury Returns Another Bill
Against North State Congressman.
Another true bill of indictment
against Representative Blackburn was
returned Friday by the federal grand
jury at Asheville, N. C. The bill al
leges that Blackburn appeared before
a department la May, 1905, In behalf
of W. R. Kryder, of Rowan county,
and accepted for his services the sum
of 30.
It Is alleged a case against Kryder
was pending and that Blackburn se
cured a compromise.