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THE DAILY MIAMI METROPOLIS "VOLUME 3, NUMBER 211 MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1906 TWELVE PAGES Don't Wait For the Other Fellow to Do It All. Assist In Building and Booming Your Town and Section. ANGRY MEN CURSED DEAD TELLER AND TORE FLOWERS FROM DOOR PRINTING PRESS A PECULIAR THE GRAND DUKE ACCIDENT TO YOUNG MAN INSTALLED BY METROPOLIS A NEW ULE BEING NEWS AND NOTES FROM BUSY DELRAY Of Russia, Fired Upon By the Imperial Troops Pistol Fell to Floor and Discharged frank Kowalski, of Defunct Bank Committed Suicide The Press is a Splendid Machine; Weighs Nine and One-Half Tons and Will Print 2,300 Sheets Per Hour-Is Fastest Flat Bed Press Now on Market. a seven column paper, to which size the Metropolis will be increased at an early date. Though designed mainly for newspaper work the press can be used for printing large bills and Jolders, a fact that enhances and increases the service of the Metropolis job printing department.

The press is being installed by Mr. A. H. Goodwin, sales agent of the Mieble Company, who was sent down purposely to erect and deliver it to the Miami Printing in first class condition and thorough The Metropolis next Monday afternoon and thereafter will be printed on a Miehle two revolution job and news press, now being installed and practically complete In this office. The Miehle press is the highest speed flat bed printing press now made and also one of the simplest and most substantial machines of the kind on the market.

An idea of its size and capacity can be had from the fact that it weighs nine and a half tons and will print 2,300 sheets per hour. The press is the product of the Miehle Press and Manufacturing of Chicago, and is a splendid and magnificent machine. It carried a folder attachment, wQiioi means that the paper after being fed to the press comes out folded and ready for de-lievery. The bed of the press is 39x53 inches, making it possible to produce A. L.

COFFEE KILLED HIS WIFE WITH KNEE THRUST IN HEART Colojed Town the Scene of a Distressing and Cowardly Murder at An Early Hour This Morning Mur-. derer Escaped and Evades An est. Town Now Has Population of Persons and Still Growing S22 Delray, August 11. Married in the parlors of the Chapman House, Saturday, July 28th, by the Rev. Oser, Mr.

Carl Larsen and Mrs. Jacob Hansen, of Dania. Their many friends wish them a long and happy life. Mr. J.

S. Sundy had the misfortune to lose one of his valuable horses on Thursday. Mr. Newman, of West Palm Beach, is making a week's stay at the Chapman House on professional business. Mr.

John Wupper hag his ne house all enclosed and shingled. It will be one of the best homes in Del- ray, when completed. School commenced Monday morn ing with sixty pupils enrolled. Mr. and Mrs.

French, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Lyman and Mr.

and Mrs. F.W. Chapman took a ride down to Boca. Ratone last Sunday afternoon in Mr. Chapman's launch Papoose, with Capt.

Corfo at the wheel. Mr. S. Bird carried a launch party up the canal last Sunday. Mr.

and Mrs. W. W. Blackmer left Wednesday morning on a vacation to the north, and intend to be gone several weeks. The -Ladies' Improvement Society have made arrangements for the funds to build their new hall, which will be started in a very short time.

Kvery one is busy getting land ready for planting pineapples, of which there will be a larger acreage this year than any previous year. Mr. Samuel Taylor is Improving his home by an additional veranda. Mr. and Mrs.

Hall have gone to house keeping in the railway company cottage. Our postmaster, Mr. French, Issued over $1,100 in money orders, during the month of July. This is. the largest month's business the office has ever done.

Delray has 522 population; 312 are whites and 210 colored. Quite a number of our farmers have started clearing land and planted seed beds for a fall crop. Mr. and Mrs. F.

W. Chapman will soon move to West Palm Beach.where Mr. Chapman will be connected with the Currie Investment Co. OPENING POLO SEASON AT NEWPORT Newport, R. Aug.

11 The annual club and junior polo championships of this season opened here today on the polo grounds in the presence of a large and aristocratic audience. The tournament will continue daily and will close a week from next Friday. The number of entries is very large and some fine and spirited contests are expected. THE HALL-ROGERS WEDDING NUPTIALS To Be Solemized at Darlington, S. C.

Sept. 12 Bride-Elect a Popular and Accomplished Woman. The marriage of Professor R. B. Hall of this city, the popular supei intendent of public instruction in Dade county, to Miss Lena Rogers, of Darlington, S.

on the evening of September 12, at the home of the bride, is announced. Miss Rogers the prospective bride, is the daughter of Winston Rogers, a prominent farmer and citizen of Darlington and one of South Carolina's fairest daughters. At present she Is secretary to the president of the TJnl- versitr of Knnth Carnlina.at Columbia. Bullet Entered Leg and Arm The Wounds Are Painful But Not Serious. A young man named Goode, in charge of the Tousey place at Co-coanut Grove, was the victim of a peculiar and quite serious accident last night, in which one leg and an arm were injured i It appears that he was about to retire for the night and was removing his holster and pistol from his pants pocket.

The weapon fell out and striking the floor, exploded, the ball the left leg between the knee and hip and thence into the left arm, where it lodged Neighbors were summoned and a physician secured when the wounds were dressed The injuries are serious but by no means fatal, and the victim will soon be out and about again. INDIANA GERMANS ARE CELEBRATING Fort Wayne, Aug. 11 The German societies of this State are holding their annual meeting here today and in honor of the visiting delegates the whole city is handsomely decorated. The first meeting will be held at Turner Hall this afternoon when the delegates will be welcomed by the mayor and representatives of the local German societies, in the evening there will be a banquet in honor of the visiting delegates with music, singing and speeches. Tomor-raw German Day will be celebrated by a grand popular festival in Cent-Iivre Park.

The Hon. L. M. Rappa-port, of Indianapolis, will be the chief speaker of the day The Packard band will play and fceverai German singing societies will contribute vocal numbers VETERANS' CYCLE RUN New York, August 11 -The bicycle riders of Greater New Yo -k have arranged to have a two-davt. outing, to be known as the Eih Annual Century Veterans' Run.

The same plan followed last year yrI pooutnt that a repetition was decided upon. The wheelsmen, more than one hundred in number, will start from here by boat for Sag Harbor this afternoon and will ride from Sag Harbor to Ja maica tomorrow Another division of cyclists will start from here to morrow morning and will ride out to meet the other cyclists at Patchogue, the fifty mile dinrier stop. Medals will be awarded all who complete the 100-mile rnn. THE COBWEB PARTY WAS A. BIG SUCCESS Mr.

and Mrs. A. P. Gore Delight fully Entertained a Number of Friends Last Evening. The cobweb party given by Mrs.

A. P. Gore last night was decidedly a pleasant occasion and one full of many amusing incidents. The lame veranda was arranged with tables, and cozy corners, lighted with numerous Japanese in the reception hall, and parlor all was a maze of cords, starting from one large spider-web at the entrance to the parlor. After a delightful list of piano and vocal solos, the guests were started on the search for the terminus of the webs.

While the excitement lasted the house rang with laughter and merriment as the chase went through windows, up-stairs, downstairs, in the yard and back again, and the climax was reached when all the efforts were rewarded with tops, rattles, pipes, whistles, etc. A. notato race was indulged in, the winners beihg Miss Lennie Seaie, and Mr. Allan Wlgginton. Strawberry cream and cake was served on the veranda after the exertions of the race and web expedition.

Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Core, Mr.

and Mrs. R. H. Whit-nal. Mrs.

Jennie Whnrton: Misses Lennie Seale, Mamie Simpson, Marie Rush. Maude MeOir. Bertha Graham. V.iri'; Stephens Madie Tucker, Mamie Tc-Keivr. Jennie Wbituall.

Messrs. K. Sen'e. J. B.

Clopton, waiter V'anlandingham, Will DeBerry, Hugh McT.nire. John Rodpers, E. Clifton, i Byron LassrtPr Allan Wigginton. DRILLING EXERCISE Blank Cartridges Were in Use But the Bullets Whistled About His Head Incedent Made Czar Defer His Visit to Camp. St Petersburg, Aug.

11 The as sassination of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivitch was attempted yesterday afternoon. The story is told' that the Grand Duke was personally reviewing and directing the maneuvers of the Imperial Guards at Kras- noyezlo, including blank firing practice, when he suddenly heard the whistling of bullets around his head. Fortunately neither himself no hi horse were touched, but the command was given to cease firing and the troops were marched back to their quarters. An investigation was ordered and it is reported several arrests have resulted. This occurrence caused the Emperor to give np his intended visit to the camp.

MUTINEER TRIALS BY COURT MARTIAL SL Petersburg, Aug. 11 After a preliminary examination it has been decided to try by court martial no less than 2.000 sailors and soldiers for participation in the Cronstadt and Sveaborg mutinies The Emperor has decided to an-' point two extraordinary commissions to investigate the causes of the out break and place the responsibility for the demoraliation. It has been reported that the officers are more to blame than the men, and the result nay be a general shaking up and wholesale retirement and cashiering of the commissioned officers. REVOLUTIONARY PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED Moscow, Aug. 11 The police hive discovered in a neighboring village the secret printing establishment ot 1 he revolutionary league where the Viborg and other menaces to the army ti'd navy wore r.rinted.

TWO TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH Mitau, Russia, Aug. 11 The military court martial here today sentenced to death two terrorists who were found guilty of several murders. FLEET MANOEUVERS WITHOUT SIGNALS Washington, Aug. 11 The plans for the extensive manoeuvers of the North Atlantic fleet are almost- completed. Before fall Admiral Evans will have a fleet of sixteen battleships, which will be the largest fleet of effective vessels ever assembled at one time by the United States.

A new feat ufe is to be introduced in the manoeuvers this year, and the ships are to practice evolutions without signals, in order to meet emergencies in battle when, owing if smoke, or when signal apparatus has been shot away, signals can no longer be given. While it is regarded as somewhat hazardous to manoeuver the big battleships without signals, it is thought necessary to have tha officers familiar with this duty. SWIMMING AT TRAVERS ISLAND New York, Aug. 11 The third set of swimming races under the auspices of the New York Athletic Club is being held at Travers Island today. The events include a 440 yards swim, handicap; a 100-yard swim, novice; a diving contest and a 100-yard swim for the Metropolitan A A.

U. championship. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to first, second and third respectively. W. J.

BRYAN HAS REACHED PARIS Paris, Aug. 11 W. J. Bryan, nife and daueh'er and party, arrived hore to lay for a four davs' visit. Mr, Bryan found awaiting him a larg-? number of invitations for entertainments during his ay.

He refuser .0 discuss his Presidential candidacy, saying nothing to add to his previous statements A. L. Coffee, a well known negro laborer, stabbed and instantly killed his wife, at the home of a neighbor, in Colored Town, at 3 o'clock this morning, afterwards making his escape and evading arrest to the present time. The story of the crime is the oft repeated one in which alleged infidelity and another man figure most prominently. Those best informed on the troubles leading up to and the details of the tragedy, state that Coffee's wife and another' woman had been riding and returned home late.

Coffee remonstrated with his wife and accused her of having been out with another man. Disputing between them continued for some time and the woman left, going to the home of a neighbor. Later, Coffee went to the same house, and being admitted, renewed the trouble and again accused her of having been riding with a man. The woman replied. "Well, if I have it is nothinz to you.

We are separated. and you have nothing t5 do with me." Coffee replied, "I will show you," and following her into another room, thrust his pocket knife, a one-bladed POLICE PRESERVED ORDER resident Stensland Believed to Have Fled to Mexico Was Seen in Texas Some of the Latest Developments. Chicago, Aug. 11 The police were summoned today to preserve order ai home of Frank Kowalski, teller of the defunct Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, who killed himself yesterday. Some of the depositors in the bank cursed the dead teller as his body lay in a casket, and the flowers were torn from the door and scattered by angry men.

PRESIDENT STENSLAND SEEN IN TEXAS j8t Louis, Aug. 11. A Fort Worth "Te, special says that Paul O. Stensland, the fugitive bank president, was in Fort Worth recently and it is believed he was on his way to Mexico. Henry Adams a former commission broker in Chicago, says that he traveled from New Orleans here with the absconding banker, not knowing that the bank had failed.

Not until Adams Tead the account in the papers did he know that Stensland was fleeing. The police of all border towns have been advised to be on the lookout for Stens-lantt. IER HERRING WAS GREATEST RASCAL Chicago, Aug. 11. All the cries that Paul O.

Stensland was the only forger of a million dollars worth of notes in the looted Milwaukee Avenue State Bank were shattered last night by information that others were' implicated In the transactions. At least three other men are believed to have been engaged in the speculation of bogus signatures. The big forger, however, is Cashier Herring. The authorities now believe his hand penned signatures to more than half a million dollars worth of crooked paper. New lines of crookedness have been discovered rupnlng through the bank books and conclusive evidence has bn obtained that the board of of the bank were practically aboard of dummies.

PANHANDLE EMPLOYEES ENJOYING OUTING Sandusky, Aug. 11 Four special trains brought the three or four hundred employees of the Panhandle shops. at Columbus to this city today on their annual outing and the visitors at once proceeded to Cedar Point, where they will spend the day. An Interesting program has been arranged for the entertainment of the employees, including music, singing, speeches and athletic games. Refreshments will be served on the 3ands.

BOZEMAN'S Bid CARNIVAL Boeeman, Aug. 11 Boze- man's big carnival for which preparations had been going on for several weeks, opened this morning with a grand industrial parade. The Queen of the Carnival rode on a eautifully decorated float and all vehicles were decorated with flowers. Prizes will be awarded to the best turnouts. In the afternoon there will be a mass meeting with Governor Toole as the f3Cipal speaker.

Then the Queen wOfl be crowned. In the evening there will be a grotesque parade and mummery combined with a flower and confetti battle. There will alsc be two balls. PANAMA POLICE MADE SEVERAL ARRESTS Panama, Aug. 11 The police here bvve arrested seventeen Colombians, Owtner revolutionises, on a charge of conspiring against the high national authorities during the revolution of 1900.

A Mexican named Ruiz Sean Doival, was also arrested. running order Besides the new press the Metropolis will install an all motor power for handling it and the other presses and linotype in this office, dispensing with the gasoline engines that have so faithfully given service during the daytime hours of operation. The electric power for operating the motors will be obtained from the plant of the Miami Street Railway connections for which are now being made. instrument, into her body, the first wound being inflicted in the upper part of the stomach and the second at the nipple of the left breast, the the three-inch blade penetrating to the jaw of the handle and piercing the heart! The woman fell and expired in a few minutes. Coffee is said to be prominent in colored secret society circles, and a few minutes after the killing left the house accompanied by two or three men.and has not been apprehended or even heard of since, though the authorities have made a diligent search for him.

Sheriff Frohock and deputies, after thoroughly investigating the killing, empanneled the following jury of inquest: E. L. Eaton, George Ximan-ies, W. S. Matthews, R.

C. Crockett, W. W. Stanton and D. S.

Bryan, who met with Justice W. S. Hill, presiding as ex-officio coroner, this morning at 10 o'clock, and after hearing the testimony of several eye witnesses to tue crime, adjourned until Monday morning when they will meet and formulate their verdict. The body of the dead woman will be Interred "thin afternoon. Sunday.

Although her stay In this city will be short, her friends are arranging a series of entertainments for her and will endeavor "to make her visit one which will be replete with pleasure. The steamer Savilla. which brought a cargo of cement for the extension work, left for New Orleans, where she will take on an assorted cargo and Vail for Hamburg, Germany Mr. Owen G. Roberts left Thursday tor a short visit to Miami.

Miss Rosa Maloney will leave today on the Mallory steamer for a visit to the North. Before returning, Miss Maloney will visit Mrs. Stanford in Miami. Miss Grace Harris and Miss Emma FTow arrived from Miami Wednesday. Mrs.

Charles Curry and mother.Mrs. tt i haiTA hnA. Mon t- wu mo v. i ovarii, i i iit'U Monday, RAILROAD TELEGRAPH fiPPVir.P Scranton. Pa.

Aug. 11 The an- nouncemPnt bcen that Iwaw Western Railroad will with feWranh system and control their n-ain mnve- i ments with th automatic hWU v. ire line from Hoboken, to Buf- M'aio, N. an 1 1 branches. DR.

PLUMMER DEAD IN KEY WEST Metropolis Bureau, Key West, Aug. 1L Dr. J. W. V.

R. Plummer, aged 64 years, died here Thursday. His death was caused by diabetes. Some time ago, on account of the disease, his left foot was amputated and tor four months he was confined to his bed and his death had been expected daily. Dr.

Plummer first came to Key West, during the war, being, then in the navy. He resigned to practice his profession here, and was consi-ered one of the finest physicians lu the city, the treatment of yellow fever being his specialty. He was twice elected mayor of Key West and was fleer. a nn Kev West'a most loyal citizens and worked zealously ior the welfare of the city. He was! jV matin? him wl.ielv known He had taken the thirty-sec-; vua (jegree ui jujoiuj "a -ao a memper oi tne urana Array oi ine 1 pzif! intt ueparimfm vi me oa.

ui Dr. Plummer is survived by hu wife aai three sons, who are eo- I 1 The ceremony will take place -at everal aTa. "ul a i the time of his, death, city health of- jietnuuist. Luurin in uaruugiun at o'clock in the evening after which; Mr. and Mrs.

Hall will leave on a wed ding tour to Washington and points Virginia, returning to Miami on about October 1. Mr. W. James Rodgers, of this city, win oe neat man, ana miss fxeva Kog- ers sister of the bride will be brides- maid, Prof. Hall and Mr.

Rodger. leaving here for Darlington on or about September The best wishes of a host of friends here and through out the county go out to the happy couple for a long life of happiness and prosperity. i i R. Plummer, of the v. fa.

j.w. tf ra and additional telephone facill-V. Plummer and L. H. Plum-Wits.

The chancre will eftect the en- mer. Miss Dot Stout is expected to arrive.