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VOL VIII PENSACOLA FLORIDA SUNDAY MOKNING JANUARY 15 1905 NO 13
STATEMENT BY THE WIFE
OF MILLIONAIRE DUKE
Regarding Her Marriage Which Was Follow
ed by Mr Dukes Commitment to
Sanitarium for Insane
PROPOSED AFTER
ONLY THREE DAYS
Discussed His Family
Affairs Previous
to the Cere
mony
FEARED MARRIAGE WOULD RE
SULT UNPLEASANTLY AND OF
FERED TO SIGN AGREEMENT
NOT TO ACCEPT PROPERTY
IS CASE OF DEATHMARRIED
TWICE BEFORE
v York Jan 14II1S Brodie L
hose marriage to Brodie L
half Hrothor of the president
S mericaa Tobacco Co was fol
A j Vv her husbands commitment
dnilariam and proceedings to
m o his sanity made a state
10 day of the circumstances un
uiuh she met and married Mr
Mrs Duke declared she want
i set right before the public
> flid how she met Mr Duke as
bus of a a effort to secure a loan
i 10 lads ia Texas
Duke came HP and saw me in
Wk and is three days after
hI > asked me to marry him
Mi Duke I was dumfounded
s i quest bat he insisted that I
< his wile aad finally I consent
juu ve were married December 19j
Mr Duke asked me to marr
w discussed his family affairs
fact that he had been twice
1 and had four children made I
ne it might be unpleasant for I
+ marry him and enter into the
t However I told him I would
an agreement not to accept any 1
property In case of death only
ing for myself my own propertyj
as 1
u aspiy Mr Duke said he trusted t
4 would always trust me and i
give me stocks and bonds and I
hildren fight over the rest of
Fate after death She said Mr I
had never given her any stocks
n 1sDuke I
Duke has herself Bee married <
before having had her first
rage annulled and being divorc
i + urn her sex > ad husband
MANY VISITORS
NOW IN GHIPLEY
JERiOUS PROBLEM TO ACCOMMO
DATE NEW COMERSWORK
ON RAILROAD TO BE
PUSHED
I
r s Jan HThere are more
Ir Drn people ia town now than
t < er has been before at one
l > oa e have core to spend the
t nut nost of them have come
e homes There are no houses I
I W u t o rent a4 k is a serious mat
c a comiBod te the new comers
Babbett of Washington Pa
h aught a sice property on the
T jf and ie no Hg JH
t R Steele of AUama is fa
r n looking Mp timber land
i supplr two saw mills The
< f is good for his locating Mr
b s well known to many as one
v
i > motert of the Asdalasia
M heine to Fensacote
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1 t e W Waker a sf Albany
nYf
r S V Sales of South Georgia
nnd a mill company wtth R
f iL < WMj t and have parchas
ei + u19 acres of timber land
r < hipif sari the Gulf and pro
k work the Umber at once
t I
S Haghs of Decatur III a
aimer has fast arrived with
t I r rf tools aud regteiered stock
t
n poPseeBieR of hie fine farm
t J Irh of the city I
r c Stt R R is aboHt toj
f
t s feet again There have
rr unexpected delays and
L u + lto8OtM Aetalte of the basi
> n met that the iaspatieat
n ws BOtUag about bat these
S en arranged and Mr Miller
Auction contractor will be
5 a few days to put on a full
worms and expects 10 have
tong to tide water by July 4
1 eavy rata fell on Thursday
ii i raised the branches and
dtltyed star route mails
fORMER SENATOR j
BUTLER MARRIED
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iok Jaa 14 General Mat
Bu Vr former United States
urn South Carolina and Mrs
l Wit m of New York were
r f day at St Georges
v Rev Gee Ralnford Gen
buerS home is in Washington
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CZAR ANNOUNCES THE
FALL OF PORT ARTHUR
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In Rescript to the Army and Navy Russian Ruler Praises Gallsni
Defenders and Urs His Forccs Not to Let
the Disaster Dismay Them r
Millionaire Holder of
Steel Trust Securities
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j MR HENRY PHIPPS
1 Mr Henry Phipps the Pittsburg multimillionaire who next to Andrew
Carnegie is the largest holder of the Steel Trust securities is very busy
just nowattending to his plans as secretary to the Civic Federation of which
the late enatbr Hannah was the chief promoter
I
l REFUSED TO TELL MATURE
OF MORMON CEREMONIES
Witnesses In Smoot Investigation Under
I
Oath Not to Divulge What Had
Taken Place In Temple
Washington Jan 14 Eleven wit
nesses testified before the committee
on Privileges and Elections in the
Smoot investigation today All ex
cept two told of the political condi
tions in Utah and of the Mormon en
dowment house Several witnesses
said the ceremony included no obliga
tions that were in conflict with the
duties of a citizen of the state or na
tion
tionChairman
Chairman Burrows asked two wit
nesses to give the nature of the cere
monies but both refused on the
Richmond Jan 14Counsel for
former Mayor McCue of Charlotte
yule who is under sentence to be
hanged next Friday for the murder of
his wife has announced that they will
ask Governor Montague for a short I
ground that they had made oath not
to divulge what had taken place at the
temple Both claimed not to be Mor
mons now one having been expelleu
and the other voluntarily withdrawing I
from the church
A former judge of the supreme I
court under territorial and state gov I
ernment told of prosecutions for po 1
lygamy expressing the opinion that 1
polygamy was now almost a thing of
the past and hat the sentiment of the
Mormons in the state was against plu
ral marriages I
Stay of Execution to be
Asked for in McCue Case I
r stay of execution in order that the don
demned man may arrange certain af
I fairs in which others are interested I
It is understood that counsel will use
the stay if granted to prepare papers i
I asking for commutation of sentence
to imprisonment for life I
STREET CAR EMPLOYEES
RECEIVE A GOOD RAISE I
WILL NOW RECEIVE 17 CENTS PER
HOUR INSTEAD OF 15 CENTS AS
H PRESIDENT
COMMONS RECEIVES TOKEN OF
APPRECIATION
After a consultation of more than
four days duration an amicable agree
esterij after
ment was reached late yesterday
noon between the officers of the Pen
sacola Electric Terminal Railway Com
pany and the members of the Amalga
mated Association of Street Railway
Employees The negotiations had
been under way for some time since
the expiration of the contract and al
though the negotiations were conduct
ed in a friendly manner it was feared
for a few days that an agreement
could not be reached
The company offered the men 16
cents per hour provided they would
sign an agreement for three years
The employees however held out for
IS cents per hour and have jeen in
sisting upon thfcs amount for their
labor for the past week
The final adjustment wasiZ cents
l
per hour for the regular men which is
a raise of two cents per hour and
15J cents for the extra men a raise
for the latter of onehalf cent an hour
Instead of a signed agreement for 1
three years one for two years was
substituted the company willingly ac
cepting all other sections of the agree
ment which includes the use of stools
in certain portions of the city a stated
I time for pay day and the governing
of new employees by the union which
I now has the power to dismiss from
the employ of the company any person
I who may be rejected by the union or
I dismissed from membership
I VicePresident Ben H Commons of
New Orleans who has been in the city
for several days conducting the affairs
j of the employees was well pleased
last night regarding the agreement
J which had been signed He was ably
assisted by President McCain of the I
local union W H Fisher and F O
I Harrison This committee stated last
I night that they had been treated in at
most gentlemanly and courteous man J
ner by President Northup and other
officials of the company I
I They also stated that Mayor Welles
i had used his best efforts in bringing
I about the signing of the wage scale i
I and assisting in an adjustment of thor
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RUSSIAI1AS FACED
HEAVIER TRIALS
t IAlSI
And SVSoreTlsre ensng
Dangers in Thous
and Years of
History a
t
Jr4iIvl J r
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JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN CASUAL
TIES IN RECENT RAIDS WAR
> t
CORRESPONDENT SAYS SUR
RENDER WAS INEXPLICABLE
CZAR CONTRIBUTING HEAVILY
FROM PRIVATE FORTUNE
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St Petersburg Jan 11Lmp ror
Nicholas has addressed are cripf to
the army and navy in which is an
nounced the fall of Port Arthur The
emperor praises the defenders who
cut off from the rest of tae world and
without any positive assurances of re
lief continued to light doing every
thing in their power to check the
enemy The rescript urges the sol
diers and sailors not to let the disaster
dismay them and adds that Russia 53
powerful and in the thousand year
of her history has faced heavier trials
and more threatening dangers
Casualties During Raid
Tokio Jan HThe Japanese casu
alties in the recent fighting at New
Chwang and other places involVed In
the Russian raid are estimated at one
killed and fifteen wounded all non
commissioned officers or privates The
Russian losses are placed at more
than three hundred The Japanese
report that the supplies at New
Chwang and Niuchiatun were not dam
aged
Inexplicable
London Jan 14T1iq correspon
dent at Port Arthur of the Times 1
saysThe total number of soldiers sea1
men and civilians in Port Arthur at
the beginning of the siege was 55000 t
There are no signs of privation
here There was food sufficient for
two months and the surrentler of the
Russian garrison is inexplicable
The Daily Mails Tokio correspond
ent gives a story to the effect that
all the money in Port Arthur was
divided among the Russian officers j
and when this was discovered a bitter
feeling arose in the army and navy
which was largely responsible for the
fall of the fortress
Contributions of Czar
New York Jan HTh Sun has
the following I
Copenhagen Jan 13A dispatch to t
the Politiken from St Petersburg
says that the Czar has contributed
from his private fortune 100000000
roubles or 50000000 toward the I
equipment of a third squadron and
50000000 roubles toward the equip i
ment of a fourth squadron
Warning to the Powers
St Petersburg Jan 14 Russias
formal notification to the powers of I
the imminent danger of a general up
rising in China as the result of a t
Japanese propaganda which will I
threaten all foreign Interests coupled
with the general protest against
Chinas repeated violation of neu
trality in connection with Japanese
operations is really a warning to the
powers that Russia regards the situa
I
Lion as extremely serious and con
siders that the time has come lor
joint action by the powers for the pro I
tection of their own interests iFor
herself Russia considers that Japan I
has broken the pledge she made with
respect to Secretary Hays note at the I
beginning of the war and further per
sistence in thiscourse will she con
siders absolve her from further ob
servance and leave her free to act for I
her own protection I
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differences and last night the mem
bers passed a resolution thanking the
mayor for his services in securing an
amicable agreement
VicePresident Commons who has
been very active in the matter was
given a surprise last night when W
H Fisher one of the members of the
committee presented him with a
beautiful silk umbrella with a gold
handle suitably engraved The vice
president who is himself a motorman
in New Orleans was taken complete
ly by surprise but replied to Mrl
Fishers speech in a manner which I
Silo wed that he had the welfare of the I
street car men at heart The gift was
from the local street car men and was
a token of their appreciation of the
excellent work he had done in Pensa
cola in theif behalf during the past
few da s
Ir Commons will leave today for
New Orleans I
Warner Will Succeed Ware
Washington Jan 14President
Roosevelt has decided appoint Ves
pasian Warner of Illipois Commas =
stoner of Pensions in succession to
Eugene F Ware resigned The new
ly appointed commissioner has served i
Inur terms in the house I
Republican Majority Will
Whit wash Neidringfaaus
St Louis Jan HThe investigat
ing committee of the Missouri house
of representatives sent to St Louis to
determine the source and nature of
the twentyone thousand dollar con
tribution to the republican campaign
fund officialljcreUitpd to Thomas K
Neidringhaus former chairman of
Dynamitr Captured by
Philadelphia Detectives
I
Philadelphia Jan 14 Detectives
from New York and Washington are
expected to arrive tomorrow to iden
tify Gessler Rosseau who was arrest
ed here yesterday with infernal ma
Thomasville Ga Jan 14 Touraine
a small lumber town uine miles north
of Thomasville was cited this morn
Ing by an incendiary fire which de
stroyed the postofllce and several
buildings including the commissary
of the Touraine mill The fire was
JdtldlMuI Walter Mitcliel a nejro
RAiLROAD FREIGHT RATES
SUBJECT OF CONFERENCE
Representative Hepburn Has Drawn Bill in
Accordance With Recommendations
1
of the President
8nflfllenitial Junior
I Senator from Alabama i i
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SENATOR E W PETTUS
Senator Pettus of Alabama is the nestor of that august assemblage and
while a minority member has such influence among the older clientele in the
senate as to have a big influence on all legislation at Washington
tlOUSESR AKSTftitRECQRO
fJR IUtPID LEGISLATION
Four Hundred and Fifty Nine Pension Bills
Passed in 108 ffVIinutes Proceed
ings In the Senate
Washington Jan 14 Pension leg
islation at the rate of 459 bills in 108
minutes was indulged in by the house
today the result being the smashing
of all records of the house as to legis
tive nimbleness While the pension
grist was being ground by unanimous
consent legislation held sway for
nearly an hour and not a measure
under this head came under the ban
of objection
In the Senate
Washington Jan HIn the senate
today another unavailing effort was
made by Mr Beveridge to secure
unanimous consent to fix a day for
taking the vote on the statehood bill
Mr Bate spoke for the opponents
saying that there were still number
of speeches to be made
There was some discussion of a bill
permitting American women who have
married foreigners to regain citizen
ship in the United States but it did
not reach a vote
Among other bills passed was one
protecting the great seal of the Unit
ed States against counterfeiting
the republican state central commit
tee and now caucus nominee for Unit
ed States senator according to re
publican members who are in a ma
jority will report that the investiga l
tion has disclosed nothing to sub t
slantiate Representative Graces
charges that the brewers contributed
the money during the campaign to in
fluence legislation
chines in his possession It is believi
eu the man will be identified as the
same one who attempted to blow up
the statue of Frederick the Great and
the man who tried to dynamite the
Cunard liner Umbria last May
r t
Negro Hired by Merchant I
To Rob and Fire Building
BuildingI
I
who took all the money stamps and
goods he could get away with before J
he fired the building Mitchell has
confessed the crime saying that he l
was employed to rob and burn the
commissary by a wiiite merchant of
Touraine Both have been arrested
The loss is heavy and there Is no
insurance
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Will PROBABLY
BECOME A LAW
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Before Adjournment 4
of the Present Ses
sion of Con
gress
ANOTHER CONFERENCE WILL BE
HELD AT WHITE HOUSE WITH
IN A FEW DAYS AT WHICH OF
FICIALS INTERESTED IN RAIL
ROAD LEGISLATION WILL BE
PRESENT v
Washington Jan 14 = President
Roosevelt had a conference today with
Hepburn of Iowa chairman of the In
terstate and foreign commerce com l
merce committee of the house re
garding railroad freight rate legisla
latiun At the conclusion of the con
ference Representative Hepburn said
he had prepared a bill on the subject r
of a railroad rate wliich embodied the
recommendations of the president aa
far as it went Representative Hep
burn said that a conference would be
held in a few days probably at the
White House for the consideration of
the measure he had prepared
The president Secretary Taft At
torney General Moody and others who
are especially interested in railroad
legislation will participate in the con
ference said Mr Hepburn When ask
ed if he thought rate legislation would
be enacted at the present session of
congress Colonel Hepburn replied I
do most certainly I believe the
house will pass the measure beforethe
end of the present month and see no I
reason why it should not become a
la before the end of the session
M
AGED MAN SHOT l
HIS SONINLAW
EMPTIED CONTENTS OF SHOTGUN
INTO VICTIMS BODY IN
FLICTING FATAL i
WOUNDS l
fi
Swainsboro Ga Jan 14 Leonard J
Hutchenson a man near seventy +
years old shot and fatally wounded j
his soninlaw Sweet Phillips about
10 miles west of here
Phillipss wife was visiting her Ba I
rents and Phillips went after her to j
take her home M
Hutchenson refused to let her ac
company the husband home seized a i
shotgun and emptied the contents into <
Phillipss breast 8 H
Phillips is shot through the longs
and his physicians say there is abso 1
lutely no chance to save his life
Jtuldienson is an aged man and has j
always baen known as a very peace t
able man
Phillips was a conductor
Both men belong to respectable
t
ilies of the county
WIFE OF JEWEL
IS PROSTRATED j
8Y REPORT OF THE K1LtINGOPi
HER HUSBAND IN THE PHIL 3
IPPINE ISLANDS
Asheville N C Jan HThe ncws
paper reports of the death of Llonten t
ant James J Jewel killed in action
during the attack on Moro fort in the
Philippines has almost prostrated ht3 ti
It
wife a resident of Biltmore t
Mrs Jewel parted from her husband ii
in the Philippines last spring and i
came to Biltmore for the benefit ot
her health Her husband was expect r
ed to join her here early the coming
spring About three weeks ago a
daughter was born to Mrs Jewel and I
the sudden news of Lieutenant Jewels
tragic death has keen a most severe
shock to his wife in her weakened con
dition
A telegram to the war department s
at Washington brought a reply con n
firming the news that Lioutenant T
Jewel had met his death at the frauds l
of the fierce Moros
Steamer Bardsey Ashore
Norfolk Va Jan HThe British
steamer Bardsey which grounded V t
near Boush Blue lightship in the low
er harbor while bound out from Rot
terdam last night is still ashore
though four tugs have been working
on her all day Some of the cargo a
has been taken from her hold and It l
Is thought she will be floated In tlu
morning The ship is seemingly un
injured but a survey will be held
after she is floated
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