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the best interest of the whole people
0 f the county.
purity of politics; purity of the bal
lot box, and clean administration of all
places of public trust. Only paper In
county. .
p f, TATUM, Editor,
\ GLUME XVI.
senate deals
WITH CASTRO
Venezuelan Claims Muddle is Re
ferred to Congress for Action.
THE crisis is reached
Pcele Sent' Tires of Dilatory Tactics of
president of Little South American
Republic and Will Retaliate.
The Ion? expected correspondence
, n America and Venezuela re
pending American claims
the latter country was submit
te() t , ( - ate Tuesday and is almost
■vrtaiu ■ •••reate a profound impres
,i(lUi p will b e difficult to digest the
;i ,.i nf material which Secretary
, ].ii 1:■i 1 <l l before congress, but
. .ry inspection of the docu
. . , ;h.s it evident that the ne-
E , , ii-, have reached a critical
. Tii-- president’s realization of
, ; t shown by his transmission
, I;; to the senate without any
j, r. regarding the correspond
and especially Secretary Root’s
j tr ; mtation of the American
, a . . ; sufficient to instantly enlist
he attrition of congress.
AH i correspondence and docu
u. i.> r d'erred to the senate com
nittee cn foreign relations.
Thi m miners of the senate com
ni.i >\! > have already familiarized
tlinr 'l\> with the situation have ar
ra ■ ! f.'litatively a program as fol
hl- i prohibitive tariff on Venezu
ela i ft v, the exports of which con-
Btitui- U per cent of the entire Ven
pztirlan t reign trade and 90 per cent
n t r ffee is tak.n by the United
•i '•> all importations of asphalt
[ I Bermudez the product of
•! been taken almost entirely
by the United States.
"A": the president to exercise
It. -■■ ■ :i power invested in him to
take w 1 1 a ■ ver steps he may consider
jo treat with Venezuela in
be future. ~
tabuing general instructions, to the
American minister, Secretary Root
said:
V u will call the attention of the
fovMan. at of Venezuela to the &ct
tha* n vithstatidlng the long and .un
brie- : ieml-hip manifested by .the'
I'liiDd Suites for Venezuela; notwith
s' . repeated occasions upon
* -eh United States has intervened
fc a f:.• ,and in need to relieve Venezue
la ' t and agreeable -and dangerous
compli(-;i:i-ms with other powers; not
*■' . : the patience and consid
erate ;i which has always character
ed netio;i of this government to
* 1- V< . zuela, the government of
Ven- :u i i-.as within the last few
year t, ally confiscated or destroy
ed all ; o substantial property inter
: leans in that country. This
ta? iir a done sometimes in accordance
Vi ":i • ';>• forms of law and contrary to
toe ■i f law; sometimes without
* v? n ' rut of law, by one device or
aec-apr with the action of the gov
erniian- oarently always hostile to
American interests until of many mil
iars invested by Americans
nothing rjemains.”
COAL MINERS LAY DOWN PICKS
some ? c 000 on Strike Because of Failure
to Agree on Wage Scale.
l A al from Indianapolis, Ind.,
$ !'wn hundred and fifty thousand
ij peel from the hands of as
: U umincus coal miners of the
>te Tuesday evening, not to
’gain until a wage settle
•en reached and a scale
1 'tween the members of the
Mme Workers of America and
+Vr>
\
vi |; f °ntinned, but some policies in
{.ii'j! J C ' lan with the change in the na
t < er s of the miners’ organiza
da' i ." Vr,idl went into effect Wednes
f;lu< al differences ’etween op
ten , Ud ‘ nlners have in
au “ suspension from work until
t) V /’ ,' lge sca| e is agreed to either
°r individual mines.
IRION GIVEN eighteen years. ‘
Safe Blower Convicted of Rob
bing Bank at Sharon, Ga.
ti s ls Ca rton, who made a sensa
ir ca!Pe fr °m the Atlanta jail re
t°rdv]] n iJlaced on trial at Craw
blo.wi ruesda y and convicted of
ton I ‘Vf lile safe of the Bank pf Sfyi
pet vas slven y& T ANARUS to
DADE COUNTY SENTINH
MEXICO CITY JARRED.
Earthquake Shocks Damage Many Build
ings and Create Fanic Among the
People-No Deaths Reported.
Mexico City experienced two severe
earthquake shocks Thursday.
The first shock, which occurred in
the afternoon, lasted 4 minutes and
28 seconds, and did little damage.
The second shock, which occurred at
9:17 o’clock Thursday night, was much
more severe. Four persons were injur
ed during the quake, one of them mor
tally, and great damage was done to
buildings.
Walls were cracked and clocks all
over the city were stopped. The thea
ter crowds rushed to the streets. The
people are greatly alarmed over the re
peated shocks. A number of walls have
fallen. For a short time telegraph
communication was interrupted.
The 6hock was felt over an area of
some 500 miles from north to south,
expending itself at Guanajuato on the
, north, and Rincon Antonio on. the south.
Calle San Francisco, the main thor
oughfare of the city, was cracked in
places for many blocks. It is feared
that the shocks will be repeated. It
has been many years since successive
shocks of any severity have been felt
in the city. All of the injured were
Mexican workmen.
KOREAN’S BULLET PROVED FATAL.
Adviser Stevens Dies in ’Frisco Hospital
of Wound in Abdomen.
Durham White Stevens, the diplo
matist shot by Wan Chang, a young
Korean, on Monday, died at the St.
Francis hospital Wednesday night fol
lowing an operation. Death was due
to peritonitis. The operation disclosed
that the assassin’s bullet had perfor
ated the intestines in six places.
Wan Chang, when informed at the
jail of his victim’s death, received the
news without surprise and with mani
fest delight.
Since the day of the shooting Chang
has been expressing the hope that
Stevens’ wounds might prove fatal.
Wednesday night, when asked if he
was sorry for what ha had done, Chang
said:
“No, lam glad. He was no friend
of Korea, and he Is better dead.”
FINDS FAULT WITH MESSAGE.
Minority Leader Williams Says Democrats
WiU Approve Only Part of It.
Representative John Sharp Williams
of Mississippi, as leader of the minor
ity in the house of. Representatives,
Thursday night issued a statement de-.
fining the attitude of the democratic
party In the house toward the legisla
tion urged by President Roosevelt in
his messages to congress at the pres
ent session. The statement describes
what republican legislation tire demo
crats will support, what they will op
pose and what concessions they de
mand on the part of the majority-as
the price of refraining from an organ
ized filibuster throughout the remain
der of tlie session.
ROBBER’S HEAD BLOWN OFF.
Charge Intended for Blowing Open Safe
Was Set Off Prematurely.
Three robbers attempted to rob the
bank at Sprlngtown, Ark., Thursday
night, but a premature explosion blew
off the head of one robber and so mu
tilated him that identification is im
possible.
The other two left hurriedly without
securing any spoils. The noise of the
explosion aroused the citizens of the
village who hurriedly formed a posse
and started in pursuit.
VIRGINIA JUDGE IS BOUNCED.
Legislature Ousts Blackstone from Bench
for Gross Immorality.
The general assembly of Virginia
at. Richmond, Thursday, adopted a res
olution removing Judge J. W. G. Black
stone, of the eleventh circuit from of
fice. The grounds upon which this act
ion was based are immoral!.*- -a "mss
but one disron-mg v re !•/ each, branch.
l HAG A ZI f ‘£ ORZ- A. JLI f F-T
. & f *uv Si Writer Caiu&cs Publishers oT
McClure to lose $i S ? €OQ,
‘ K Phillip, o,£
'-' ' > • ' ’ ': . uuiii
t/i ivmwaußee, was awarded dam
ages of $15,000 by a jury in the United
States circuit court at New York In his
suit against the McClure Publishing
company. The suit was based on al
leged libelous statements in a series
artioles wrtiton by Ray Stan ward
Baker.
MEYER ISSUES FINAL ORDER.
Rotten Anarchist Newspaper Barred from
Uncle Sam's Mails.
Postmaster-General Meyer has is
sued a final order annulling mailing
privileges granted to “La Questione
Sociales,” an Italian publication, issued
by an alleged anarchist group at Pat
terson, N. J. The publication was de
voted to what the editor terms the
“science” of extolling assassinations
u a virtue.
SEVENTY MEN
DIE HORRIBLY
In Frigh ful Explosions of Gas in
Unio.i Pacific Colliery*
BURIED DEEP IN EARTH
#
Most of the Victims Lest Lives in Heroic
Effort to Rescue Others Who Were
Already Entombed.
A. special from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
says: Between fifty-five and seventy
men, it developed Sunday, lost their
fives in two explosions Saturday and
Saturday night in coal mine No. 1, of
tho Union Pacific Coal company at
Hanna. The explosions were caused
by gases and coal dust, and each was
followed by fire.
The first explosion occurred at 3
o’clock, killing eighteen miners, in
cluding a superintendent and three
bosses.
The second explosion occurred at
10:30 o’clock Saturday night, snuffing
out the lives of from forty to fifty res
cuers, including State Mine Inspector
D. M. Elie.
The wildest excitement prevailed on
Sunday in Hanna and at the mine,
where hundreds of persons congregat
ed, including widows, children and oth
ers relatives of the victims. Men and
women ran about wringing their hands
and crying, while many little children,
separated from their mothers, sobbed
with fear.
The bodies of four of the eighteen
men who lost their lives in the first
explosion, were found Saturday night,
but, owing to the increasing volume of
gas, which threatened to explode at
any moment, no effort was made to
remove them to the surface.
Fire started in the colliery Sunday,
March. 22nd. Since that time attempts
at regular intervals were made to ex
tinguish the blaze. Saturday it was
deemed unsafe to send the miners
down- into the workings and they were
told not to report for duty. Superin
tendent Briggs, with the best and
most experienced hands in the camp,
went into the mine to fight" the fire,
but at 2 o’clock the flames were be
yond their control.
At 3 o’clock the fire reached the
gas, and a terrific explosion followed.
In a few minutes many men volun
teered to enter the mine to rescue any
possible survivor. Those on the sur
face had begun to expect results from
the Intrepid daring of the rescuers,
but at 10:30 o’clock the 'camp was
startled by the second explosion, that
partly shut off the shaft of the mine
and most likely killed the volunteers.
GERMAN EMPEROR RELENTS.
Kaiser Bill Now Says He’s Willing to Re
ceive Our Mr. Hill.
Emperor William of Germany, hav
ing been fully advised as to the atti
tude of President Roosevelt and the
feeling of the American public In re
gard to the alleged refusal of his maj
esty to receive Dr. David Jane Hill
as American ambassador to Germany
In succession to Charlemagne Tower,
has withdrawn all the expressions of
disapproval he recently sent to Presi
dent Roosevelt, and would be pleased
to receive Dr. Hill as American amba.s
•ador.
The empreor ha, caused this view to
be communicated to President Roose
velt.
Union Cigar Makers Locked Out.
Cigar manufacturers at New Haven,
Oonn., to the number of nineteen lock
ed out their union men Saturday to
enforce the ultimatum given to the
union to the effect that they must
take off the ban against a shop In
which the men had struck following a
; Uu ; sman over a
c&op i J.KV
ND CANAL.
... - r-. \y in South is
i as si n Senate.
■-A •* Vi lay -ssed the bill
OL jjatur Bacon providing for an
a pppriation of $75,000, to be expend
ed j making surveys, examinations
and estimates of cost of the con
stru 'on of a canal,’from the Tennes
see \ eT > at or near Chattanooga, -to
the waters of the Ocmulgee,
in Georgia t 0 P rovide communi
cation by canal b^ een the Mlssiaai PP i
valley and the Atiaii?. ° ceaa -
BANK REOPENS FOR BJJBIdS§-
Institution, Temporarily Closed at Kans*
City, Has Its Credit Restored. / ■
With Its credit restored, with £*,000,-
000 in cash and exchange with which
to pay a deposit account of $12,000,000
and with financiers of national promi
nence in charge, the National Bank of
Commerce reopened at k'ansas City,
Monday, three months hnd twenty*
iiv day* aftsr it was c^ssd.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DADE COUNTY.
TRENTON, GA.. FRIDAY. APRIL 3, 1908.
BERKMAN IN LIMBO.
Notorious Anarchist Leader Arrests 1 at
New York Suspected of Implication
in Eomb Throwing.
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist
leader who served a long term in pris
on for an attempt to assassinate Henry
C. Frick, was taken into custody by
the police in New York Monday. He
was. taken to Bellevue hospital and
confronted with Selig Silverstein, the
man who is charged with having
thrown the bomb at the Union Square
meeting Saturday.
The detention of Berkman by the
police was brought about through the
finding in Silverstein’s rooms in Brook
lyn of a card bearing Berkman’s name.
This card, which was made out in Sil
verstein’s name, certified to his mem
bership in the “Anarchist Federation
Union.” It bore the signature of “Al
exander Berkman.”
The police say that Berkman, when
the signature at police headquar
ters, acknowledge that it was his.
When he was sought out by mews
paper men after the tragedy of Sat
urday and told that his signature had
been found in Silverstein’s home, he
denied acquaintance with the wounded
man, and said that if it were true that
the signature had been found it un
doubtedly "was attached to some for
mal letter with reference to a request
that he deliver an address before some
society. He said that many requests
of this kind come to him and that fre
quently they are made by persons un
known to him.
Silverstein, who was frightfully in
jured by the explosion of the bomb Sat
urday, was reported as making consid
erable progress toward^recovery.
Two detectives from New
York to some unnamed city in the
northern part of New York state to
search for members of an anarchist
group who fled from the city after
the bomb explosion Saturday.
Detectives also are reported to be
searching for the haunts of anarchists
In Paterson, -N. J., and it is reported
that the police departments oi' Chi
cago, Denver, New Orleans and San
Francisco have been asked to co-oper
ate with the New York police in their
efforts to discover any accomplice of
Silverstein.
Berkman’s, visit to the hospital where
he was confronted with Silverstein,
failed to bring any show of recognition
on the part of the two men.
As Silverstein’s eyes are sightless
and covered with bandages, two detec
tives engaged Berkman in a spirited
conversation in Yiddish as the trio
stood by the side of Silverstein’s cot-,
at the same time watching the wound
ed man closely for any sign or move
ment which might indicate recognition
of Berkman’s voice. Nothing of this
kind occurred.
GILLETTE EXPIATES FOUL CRIME.
Youth Who Betrayed and Murdered Sweet*
heart is Electrocuted.
Chester E. Gillette Monday paid the
penalty of the brutal murder of Grace
Brown, the girl whom he led astray,
He went to liis death in the electric
chair at Auburn, N. Y., prisoa with
out a sign of weakness and with the
same lack of emotion which has char
acterized him from the day he was
arrested charged with the crime. Gil
lette appeared to have been fully rec
onciled -to his fate, and in a statement
given out by niS- e
immediately after the
indicated that he had made a
sion of his guilt. This statement was
ag follows:
“Because our relationship with Ches
ter Gilette was privileged, we do not
deem it wise to make a detailed state
ment, and simply wish to say that Jiol
legal mistake was made In his electro-1
cution.” J
Gillette, himself, so far as the pul*
lie was concerned, never
crime.
OF INTEREST TO NEWSPAPERS
Subscribers Can Be Credited Provided It’*
a Mutual Agreement.
The postoffice department has again
modified its recent order in regard to
lapsed subscription# i*nd will permit
newspaper and magazine publishers
to continue to send their publications
to subscribers whose subscriptions
have expired, provided the subscriber
requests that it be done.
The whole end sought by the depart
ment is to prevent publications having
fraudulent subscription lists from
sending their publication indefinitely
once they have a man’s name on their
lists. They do mot wish to prohibit
a legitimate publisher from crediting a
legitimate subscriber it if is agreeable
to both.
BOOSTS “UNCLE JOE” CANNON.
Uinois Republicans, in State Convention,
Indorse Him for President.
Republicans of Illinois, in state con
vention enthusiastically indorsed Jo
seph G. Cannon as candidate for the
presidency, in favor of a re
vision of the tariff, and elected four
delegates at largS to the national con
vention. '
ASKS CONGRESS
TO GET BUSY
President Sends in Specia’ Message
Anent His Legislative Program*
URGES CONSIDERATION
Suggests Amendment of Anti-Trust Law,
Tariff Revision, Restriction of Injunc
tion, Child Labor Prohibiting, Etc.
A special message from tho president
was rea4 In both houses of congress
60on after convening Wed: ;day, and
In botA it was closely followed. In the
house the declaration that the time had
come for a revision of the tariff elicited
hand {.’lapping on the part of the demo
cratic |m embers. Democratic approval
also vfhs given by the way of pound
ing ddsks to the suggestion that con
gress could with advantage forthwith
removf the tariff on wood pulp, with
a corresponding reduction upon paper
made from wood pulp.
The'republicans waited and confined
the applause to the message as a
whole. In the senate the message was
received wi-thout comment of any kind.
The message urges the adoption of
child labor laws throughout the nation.
Recommends the enactment of em
ployers’ liability legislation, for gov
ernment employes as well as those con
nected with common carriers ahd pub
lic utilities corporations.
Suggests remedial legislation for la
bor and capital disputes. Declares that
no temporary restraining order should
be issued by any court without notice
and all hearings for permanent injunc
tions should be within a reasonable
time.
Amendments to interstate commerce
and anti-trust legislation £.re urged.
Laws should be framed which would
allow railroads to enter into traffic
agreement subject to approval of
commission. Issuance of all securities
by railroads should be first passed up
on by federal commission. Where rail
roads or corporations are placed in re
ceivership the attorney general should
appoint one of the receivers so as to
protect stockholders.
Anti-trust legislation should be mod
fled so as not to prevent legal combina
tions. Publicity In cases of all combin
ations and corporations is recommend
ed.
Mutual trade agreements between
employer and employe are strongly
urged. While arbitration is the best,
plan, the right of equitable organization
by labor and capital must, be recog
nized
Legislation to suppress financial de
pression Is recommended, and the es
tablishment of postal savings banks
is urged.
The revision of the present tariff
schedule is recommended, including
plans for the protection of forests by
putting wood pulp upon the free list.
The establishment of a waterways
commission is also i
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l'wo Were Captured But
Away With the
"inp*y.
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PRESIDEIfI^WOMINATE^Bx.
Name of New Ambassador to Germany is
Sent to the Senate.
Boys playing near a half car load of
giant powder and dynamite caps at
Shawnee, Okla., became involved in a
dispute as to whether the powder was
good or bad. They determined to test
it and applied a match. A terrific ex
plosion followed, the car being blown
into fragments, and people passing
were blown from their feet and across
the road. One boy was killed and six
people variously injured.
HOMESEEKER TRAIN WRECKED.
Two Men Killed and Seven Hurt in De
railment on Great Northern Road.
Two men were killed and seven oth
er persons were badly injured Thurs
day when an excursion train on the
International and Great Northern rail
road, bearing a party of homeseekers
from Kafisas and Oklahoma, en roq*e
to Ls Pale ten as, Mex., were wrecked
by a broken rail at Pearsall, Texas.
GEORGIA STATE FAIR
To Be Held by Farmers’ Union, in Con
junction With Atlanta Association,
October Bth to 24th.
Atlanta will have a state fair this
fall, opening October 8 and continuing
through October 24. It will be held
jointly under the auspices of the Farm
ers’ Union and the Atlanta Fair Asso
ciation. The Farmers’ Union will have
entire charge of the agricultural feat
ures of the fair, while all other features
will be under direction of the Atlanta
Fair Association.
This was the final action of the meet
ing of the county presidents held in
the hall of the house of representatives
at Atlanta Wednesday. A commitee
of the Fair Association made the prop
osition that in addition t® the usual
premiums for agricultural displays, the
association would offer $2,000 in spe
cial prizes for the various county and
local unions, and with the understand
ing that the Farmers’ Union should
have entire charge of the agricultural
features. The details were presented
by the committeemen, and shortly af
ter they had retired from the hall the
convention had accepted, the proposi
tion and assured the success of the
big fair.
“We propose to make the finest agri
cultural exhibit ever seen in the
state,” said President R. F. Duckworth.
The following members of .the union,
one from each congressional district,
were appointed to act in co-operation
with the Atlanta Fair Association in
arranging all details for the state fair:
First district, W. J. Kemp, Emanuel;
Second district, (not present; Third
district, C. B. Bohanan, Pulaski; Fourth
district, W. P. Cumby, Heard; Fifth
district, G. F. Hunnicutt, Fulton; Sixth
district, J. G. Hightower, Fayette;'Sev
enth district, J. I. Harris, Polk; Eighth
district, L. H. O. Martin, Elbert; Ninth
district, L. M. Moore, Cherokee; Tenth
district, failed to report; Eleventh dis
trict, Z. R. Taylor, Dodge.
The meeting had an attendance of
fully 150, including many county presi
dents and other officers from all parts
of the state.
Following the action on the state fair
matter an executive session of the un
ion was held at which many matters
were discussed behind closed doors.
Among these were questions of reduc
tion of acreage, the handling of cotton,
good roads and rural education.
STATE CONVENTION WAS RIOTOUS.
Tennessee Republicans Have a Hot Old
Time at Meeting in Naihville.
The Tennessee republican state con
vention, which met in Nashville on
Wednesday for the election of presi
dential electors and delegates to the
Chicago convention, proved to be the
“wildest and wooliest” affair of th(B
kind ever held in the state. Pandemo
nium broke soon as the con
vention was order. A dozen
the Oliver and
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hatchet
GEN. ESCAPE.
Dynamite Was Exploded Under His Bed.
Work of Anarchists.
Former Adjutant-General Bulkely
Wells narrowly .escaped death or seri
ous injury at his home near Telluride,
Col., early Saturday from a w’ell plann
ed effort to assassinate him with dyna
mite.
General Wells is manager of the
Smuggler Union mine, and his home,
where the explosion occurred, is lo
cated on that property at Pandora, sev
eral miles from town. The dynamite
was placed under the general’s bed.
One suspect has been arrested and
is held pending a thorough investiga
tion relative to his alleged connection
with the explosion,
No Hope for Entombed Miners.
Hope was finally abandoned at Han
na, Wyo., Monday of saving any of
the seventy entombed miners in the
explosion of the wrecked and still
burning Union Pacific coal mine. It
is imposisble for the rescuers to enter
the mine.
Items of
From<J
Refund
After a long '
bate, the Savannah city
vote of 8 to 3, decj'UeJti^H
the locket <•: n ’
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Captain Price Detailed*
By direction of
Captain Fivdoriek S. U.
eighth in far. try :> d-taihal
sor of military sei< nee V
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crease of not less than one
to one hundred and fifty in
ment of agricuituro. '1 his |BfIHBH|
the largest and most prep
ing on the university campus
cost SIOO,OOO, exclusive of the equip
ment.
* * *
Cotton Mill to Cost $250,000.
The manufacturing committee of the
Albany Business League is working
with a special committee to complete
the work, begun last year, of raising
subscriptions for a $250,000 cotton mill.
The work was dropped during the
financial panic in the fall, but it is
believed that conditions now warrant
a revitalizing of -the movement-
About half of the
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Cattle
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during the Ceoraia sta'<dHflH
held in Atlanta Oct-di-r
the auspices of tho (Jeißß
of the National lAirmei-> ,^|
being mad.- b> < buie; dMt
Weldon.
On account of the -tD^B
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and south. ■ V
feaicd that JB ‘
tliu northern cattb . nhAomhh-:-
display. This obsa. !o hJH
come, however, in the jB
Dr, Payne of the f
rea, who lias been nffSß
tions In the south in n -ai
ing the northern cutiießj
According to the p];|M
the cattle from the
will be kept separnt-B
Cttttlfc will be Unloaitßp
Jeff
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turned tofl
of the pM
the fruit^B
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