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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
IOWA REPUBLICANS.
President Roosevelt Congratulated
for Action Against Trusts.

'Des Moines. July 3l.-The Republi-
can state convention nominated state
ticket headed by W. B. Martin for sec
retaly of state.
The only controversy was over the
tarlff and trust utterances of the plat
form and that was settled in the com
mlttee on resolutions in favor of a re-
iteration OF last years utterancs, with
an addition to the trust plank congrat-
uiatlng President Roosevelt for the in
auguration of judicial proceedings to en-
force the antitrust laws.
The platform is identical with that of
last year excepting the added trust
plank.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
LAST CHANCE GONE.
United States Loses Opportunity For
COalinG Station.

Washington, July 81 .-Probably the
last chance the navy department had
to secure a coaling or naval station in
Havana harbor was lost by the action of
the Cuban cabinet in authorizing the
lease of the arsenal grounds.
This was the site of the projected
United States naval station, for which
it was admirably adapted by its posi-
ton and depth of water. News of the
Cuban cabinets action has just reached
here. Nothing is expected to be done
respecting the acquisition of sites for
naval or coaling stations elsewhere on
the island next winter.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
DEATH LIST HEAVY.
Presumed That Forty Persons
Drowned in Collision.

Malacca, Malay Peninsula, July 80.
The steamers Prince Alexander and
the Bannigan, freighter, collided here
at an early hour this morning. The
former sank almost Immediately carry
ing down with her good portion OF the
crew and several passengers. Forty
lives are unaccounted for. 1t is almost
certain that in addition to these there
were several natives carried down with
the Inflated Prince.
The Bannigan stood by in crippled
condition and picked up all the surviv-
ors, bringing them to this place. 1t is
believed that one boat may have made
away from the steamer before she took
her last plunge. If saved this would
slightly reduce the list.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
WANTS ANNEXATION.
Jamaica Would Like TO Join the
United States.

Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 2.-The
chamber of commerce has passed reso-
Iution condemning the imperial govern
ment's neglect OF the West Indies and
resolving to not notice the proposed
grant of 10 900 pounds.
Several speakers urged the idea of
annexation to the United States. and
the newspapers are devoting columns
to serious discussion of the matter.
Some suggest federation with Canada.
but the majority OF the writer's favor
American annexation as the last resort.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
CARDINAL GOTTi.
Looked Upon As Leo's Choice for
Next PODe.

Rome, July 30.-Cardinal Gotti, per-
feet of the sacred congregation of bis
hops and regulars, and of regular dis
cipline, has been appointed perfect of
the propaganda, to succeed the late Car
dina Ledochowski.
The appointment OF Cardinal Gotti
to succeed the late Cardinal Ledochow-
ski in the most important post in the
gift of the pope is universally regarded
as indicating the pontiff's personal
wishes as to the personality of his sue
cessor. Cardinal Gotti has long been
considered the most likely OF the cardi-
mails for succession to the papal throne.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
Boer Generals Feted.

Capetown, July 30.-Generals Della
rey and Botha were given an ovation in
Stellenboach. They were driven to the
town hall and each Of the two carriages
was drawn by six students. At a lun-
rheon which followed the students acted
tss walters.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
Grows Worse.

houston, Tex, July 30.-The food
situation continues to grow worse.
sunday nights reports we're encourag-
ing from all points on the Brazos river.
oh Monday more rain fell along the en-
TIRE ienght OF the river, and the thou
sands OF acres OF cotton and corn in the
bottom plantations are under wster.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04

New York. July 3l.-Frank Farrell's
Bonnibert. with j. Martin in the sad
die, won the Islip handicap at Brighton
Beach. and also lowered the worlds re-
cord for one mile and furlong. The
previous record, 81 IS, was held by
Watercure, made July 10, 1900, at the
same track. Bonnibert's time was l 81
fiat, an his performance was wonderful,
as he carried l20 pounds.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
OPPOSE RURAL DELIVERY.
Country Storekeepers Claim 1t Hurts
Business.

Washington, d. c., July 3l.-The
rural mail delivery was hailed with de-
light when it was first placed into
operation, but there promises to de-
velop livley opposition to its further
extension. The country storekeeper
declares that it is running his business
and he is calling upon his congressman
for redress.
Under the old postal regulations the
farmer went to the village for his mail,
and just so sure as he went he left some
remains at home, never going to the
village except in cases OF necessity, en-
listing the services of the mail carrier
to do some little chores which he de-
sires.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
MOsby's Fighters,

Leesburg, Va, July 3O.-Survivors
OF Col. John S. Mosby's famous band of
Confederate fighters met in annual re
union in Leesburg today. The town
was decorated in their honor and the
citizens kept open house.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
Will Meet Farmers,

Davenport, July 31.-James Odgers,
editor of the Davenport Tribune, has
received dispatch from President c.
s. Mellen of the Northern Pacific at St
Paul stating that re and Mr.. Hill
would arrive in Davenport on special
train early on the morning of the 4th
of August to attend the meeting OF the
Big Bend farmers upon that date.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
TOURING THE WORLD.
Cousin of Russian Gar Reaches San
Francisco.

San Francisco, Aug. Prince Boris
Vladimir, the grand duke of Russia,
panied by his valet and suite, arrived
on the steamer Doric from Japan, via
Honolulu, on tour of the world. He
was met by members of the local Rus
sian consulate whose guests the party
will be.
The tour OF the prince is partly pri-
vate and partly official. He will pay
some attention to labor and manufacture
ing conditions in the United States and
make report to his government. The
prince has visited Egypt, Ceylon, India,
Siam. China and Japan.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-08-04
FEELING EXHIBITED.
Cuban AnnexatiOnists Evince Sud-
den Activity.

Havana, July 30.-'Though the Gu
ban republic is but few months old,
the annexationists have already come
out in the open, and that they mean to
pursue lively campaign from now on
was evidenced by large and enthu-
siastic meeting held here today The
meeting was under the auspices OF the
Circulo de Haciendos, society OF Gu
ban planters which has for its avowed
object the fostering OF the annexation
movement.
The sudden activity of the annexa-
tionists is causing much feeling among
those Cubans who want the island to
have fair chance in trying to solve the
problem OF self-government.
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There a horrible sight met our eyes. Both
river entertainments are strewn with dead
bodies Thousands of animals, horses,
donkeys, goats, sheep, cats and dogs, and
hundreds of men, women and children
fleeing from the tumbling city got so far
and no further. Reaching the supposed
haven Of security, they fell down in their
tracks and the fiery lava upon them. AS
our startled horses recoiled from the bat
tlefeld, a cloud of vultures and smaller
birds, crows, L believe rose up in the air,
but soon returned to continue their meal
by the side of dogs and foxes. There was
no rivalry; there was enough for all.
With aching hearts we rode on until,
about hundred feet from what was once
city gate, the street became impossible
for animals, being blocked in the center
and hedged in on both sides by ruins, rem
nants of houses and towers; trees and
pavements uprooted; ashes, lava, melted
ore and dead bodies of man and beast in
wild confusion.
When say that Schemacha is but a vast
cemetery, 1 am putting it mildly. A ceme-
terry is an orderly place-this is chaos. The
population of a cemetery lodges under
ground, out of sight, that of Schemacha-
dead or alive-is in a thousand and one
places, buried and unburied, minus head or
limbs, suffering or crazed-but always
silent.
All, this awful silence, this resignation os
DEATH IF they would but speak, would
but cry out in agony or wrath" 1 said to
myself over and over again. Their mute
distress was horrible TO contemplate.
Not a stone left upon stone, not house,
hut or howell standing; in their stead piles
of brick and mortar, of sandstone, granite
and beams, red with blood, intermixed with
human and animal corpses. Most Sche-
macha houses were built of very large
hewn stone; the roofs, too. were of stone,
weighted by more stones. The earthquake
literally tore these structures asunder,
tumbling all they contained into the cellar,
and roof and sidewalks on top. The prince
commissioner told me to-day that over
1000 men, women and children are still
buried in the ruins, buried without re-
lgious rites, land so forever excluded from
Paradise think the poor, foolish sur
vivors.
RELIEF MEASURES TAKEN.
i helped to put up the first lazaretto.
miserable barrack of thin boards and $50
thought ret IL proven
enough; there was in fact, room to spare
for most OF those carried by under cover
of gaily decorated carpets were beyond
help. They had happily escaped the sur
geon's knife; happily. say, for L watched
the three sawbones and their assistants at
work. They did their best Of course. but
their best was awful. Outside, eagerly
seeking for stray sunbeams. few men and
three or four yelled women waiting to have
their wounds cleansed They must needs
wait so long that their wounds ceased 10
bleed. Certainly. the cold will kill them.
The lazaretto occupies a small clearing In
the market place. the Bazaar" as il is
called, where the survivors receive their
rations, the men wildly picturesque in tur-
ban or lamb-skin cap; the women in torn,
orisntal robes the lower part or their face
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average speed in England. France and Ger
many will not exceed twenty to twenty
three miles per hour: in Russia and further
on we will be contented to make ten or
twelve miles. What our speed in the des
ert will be I cannot say. 1t all depends on
the condition Of the road.
At Kalgan we will once more enter upon
civilized soil; then the Journey goes TO Pc
king and 10 all the places made famous by
the recent campaign and the Boxer upris-
ing. We also expect to visit the several
ports under European or semi European
control. and. generally speaking, hope to
see a great deal Of China. If the rich and
well-to-do can be interested in AUTOMOBILE
ing we shall certainly use our best efforts.
Next Toxic will be visited, and rather
extensive tour of the insular empire may
follow. the hot weather and politics per-
hitting. Returning to Toxic, take
steamer for the Sandwich islands, stay
day or two in Honolulu and then sail for
San Francisco.
But we don't intend to follow the Pacific
Railway route through the United States;
there would be nothing new in that. On
the contrary. at San Francisco Passpartout
will be placed on coaster bound for
Tehuantepec. on the Gulf of Mexico. From
there will automobile it through the
republic UP TO the very coast OF the At
lantic From Vera Cruz a liner carries US
and our machine TO New Orleans. Then be-
gins our tour of the United States through
the Mississippi valley, via ST. Louis to Chi
cago, and from Chicago via Fort Wayne
Buffalo and the Niagara Falls to New
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elevation. besides cities. towns. villages.
hamlets and smaller points Of vantage.
We have studied the charts most carefully,
and there is little doubt that We can avoid
going astray by using ordinary precaution.
Up TO Moscow things will run smoothly;
We shall have a regular pleasure trip and
make plenty Of charming acquaintance.
but later on things necessarily assume a
more serious aspect. especially after We
leave the Sea Of Aral behind and enter upon
the Ural mountains. forming the boundary
between Europe and Asia. But the difficult
ties this high plateau offers are mere
child's play compared with the miserable
road to Tcheljabinsk, according TO the gem
eral staff charts.
We shall have to rough it. zigzag fash
ion. for several days, or a week, and Pass
partout will De put to a severe test The
Ural mountains have no special terrors for
a machine like ours-Passpartout will climb
them easily. we think.
ENTERING SIBERIA.
Once in Asia. the great Siberian mail
route continuing to Irkutsk is open to US.
This route. we understand, is about seven
miles broad and. though furrowed by a
thousand tracks. may yet Offer some even
space. Doubtless. we will run across many
points Of vast interest and will likewise
estonish the natives TO no small extent.
None has ever seen an automobile. and
even the richest may doubt the reports that
such things exist. However, probably the
hardest worked member Of our party in
those ATTITUDES will be the cook. for in
the small Siberian towns the fare is both
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-27
GRANDMOTHER's CAP BASKET.

''Middle-aged women are fortunate these
days" said one of them in little COM
Portable chat about the fashions of the
times. Forty odd years ago all women
who were nearing the half-century period
had to wear caps. My grandmother died
long ago. after she was fifty years old. She
had worn a cap for a number of years then
and remember that considered her quite
old-old lady. Wherever she went. on the
mild festive occasions which those times
afforded, she was always accompanied by
her cap basket. Sometimes she carried it
herself-it held her knitting also-and some
times a grandchild, generally a girl, was
invited to accompany grandmother when
she took tea away from home and carry the
cap basket. Among the most pleasant rec
objections of my childhood are the cere-
monious company-teas to which ] attended
my grandmother. The gilt-banded china,
the pear preserves, the lovely biscuit, the
cold sliced ham. the tea cakes, or jelly cake
Of those simple but eminently genteel en-
tertainments, are a delightful and cherished
memory.
But the caps and the cap basket. The
caps were elaborate and expensive struc-
lures OF lace, tulle-or mull-lavender rib
bon and artificial violets, and their con-
struction required the expert hand Of the
town milliner, though some ladies were deft
enough to fashion their own caps. In many
oil portraits now in existence these caps are
shown. The proper garb for a company
tea of fifty years ago was handsome black
silk frock, surmounted by a very 'dressy
and imposing cap. Some caps had broad
ribbon strings; others had tucked strings
could be tied in a neat bow, or it was also
considered genteel to wear them floating.
The hair Of course, was worn brushed down
in smooth bands over the ears, or behind
the ears, a severe style which not many
faces could afford in these days; but our
grandmothers always looked pretty.
The cap basket, in order TO contain
these large and valuable edifces of lace
ribbon and violets, had to be a rather large
broad basket. Generally cap baskets were
OF willow, sometimes plain. sometimes in
fanciful pattern. a stylish cap basket
which came from the East was considered
quite the elegant thing. Also any woman
who had Eastern relatives TO send her now
and then the very latest things in caps was
a highly favored and much envied person
The cap was generally borrowed by init
mate friends to be patterned after. When
grandmother and arrived at the company
teas. we always went upstairs before ap-
pearing in the parlor. There grandmother
removed her bonnet and donned her deco
ratiVe company cap"
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hidden behind dirty cheesecloth. Now
hundred or more are walking up and down.
but you could hear pin drop. No one
speaks. no one cries, no one begs; fatalism
struck them dumb. wiped out their sense
OF self preservation.
They MUNICH their stale bread and the
handful OF -four given them, moistenins II
with their tears, and then return TO the
only occupation they take an interest IN
the recovery of the bodies OF loved ones.
"Our children and friends are dead, let US
save their souls" is the only sentiment
that animates these people. They have no
tools, no strength, and many are sunerlng
from cruel wounds, but all strive Win
what little power is left in them to get at
the dead; strive and work with bleeding
hands, an expression of fierce energy on
their brown. blanched faces.
After trying in vain for ten days or more.
I obtained this much OF a statement from
a native at was at noon; l stood in 'front.'
% house with a friend, talking Sud
DENY Il grew black before my eyes; the
earth shivered under me. one rapid back
ward movement one forward; l fell. Soon
all was over and my house and my family,
my wealth and my native town were no
more"
AS stated, the number of killed viii never
be known, all records being destroyed and
burials and removals proceeding indiscrimi-
nately The prince commissioners spoke of
5000 this afternoon; another guessed 1900.
/ alone counted some 1900 dead bodies.
The earthquake occurred while schools
and lighthouses were in full swing. Their
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in the village Of Dschengin, but were unable
to procure fresh horses. The night we
spent at Marasan, a colony Of Malakans
sectarians banished 10 this the most bar
rem portion of the Caucasus on account OF
their opposition to the Orthodox Church.
These people were camping out, their
houses and barns being in ruins, and we
had no sooner lain down in the sand to
sleep when a third earthquake struck the
neighborhood. lasting eight seconds.
Next morning, when about two miles from
the stricken city, we outdistanced the Gov
ernor's own caravan, and further on came
upon troop of Tartar scouts, who. hands
on their long. shining stillettos, demanded
provisions. We introduced ourselves as the
Governors avant guard. saying that his
Excellency was fastening to the rescue
with two relief trains. Thereupon they
turned their horses and rode away at
breakneck speed. L never saw such horse
manship-rocks and bitches did not seem to
exist for these Tartars.
Another half "verst' and Schemaoha was
lying before us. The town is, or was. built
by a mountain range; in the distance be-
gins the region of eternal snow. The air
was soft. the sun shining. oppressive ST.
lence all around. Now a breeze waited
most a pestilential smell into our faces,
the odor of decaying flesh, of burning bod
ies-it was awful enough to make us draw
rein at one accord and consult whether it
would not be best to return. But love of
adventure, curiosity, prevailed and we con-
tinued on the road towards the river.
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religion obliges Tartar women to go to the
public bathhouse daily. if they have none
at home; the bathing places as well as the
schools, were in Easements and cellars.
Thus it happened that over a thousand
women and children were killed while per-
forming their religious or other duties.
Help came too late, but il was not mans
fault. The officials made all possible haste.
but, with the means at their disposal. they
could not annihilate distance.
THE FALLEN HAREM.
Passing by an old Tartar who was sit
ting on the ruins of a great stone edifice,
heard him murmur: Twenty-Five, twenty
two" 1 stopped and inquired. but he only
shook his head and repeated the word
twenty-five" From a Russian official
learned that, but few days ago, this man
was the Croesus of the town; his harem,
the ruins of which lay before us, contained
the finest women in all Tartardom, twen-
ty-fve of them, each worth from 500 TO
1000 roubles. The earthquake slew all but
three, and-witness the irony of fate-only
the least handsome and the oldest of the
lot escaped. No wonder the old Tartar
strew his hair with ashes.
Besides bread and medicine, the prince
commissioner brought large quantities of
white muslin or linen. He knows his Tar
tars and that they would endure starva-
ton rather than lack of proper burial
clothes. Tartar collins are handmade, with
needle and Irvine; any white woven fabric
will do.
On the banks Of the river, between the
awful carcasses, besides vultures, dogs
and greedy crows, yelled women hundreds
of them, kneel and squat sewing coffin
sacks, or preparing the bodies Of their
loved ones for burial by a bath in the
putrid water. AS soon a body is sewed
up, men carry IL TO the mountain top,
where it is set upright, face to the east,
all without a word; no cry Of agony, only
silent sorrow.
l thought l was going mad in this ever
lasting stiffness. in this desert OF mute de-
spair. Suddenly, towards evening, roar and
clangor OF another subterranean battle
noises calculated to brighten all creation.
was pitched TO the ground that shivered
and trembled under me. When L awoke our
horses and the camels Of the bread cara
van were tearing about madly, believing
with fright. THEODORE BRANDT
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Congregation and Audience.

Philadelphia Record.
why do we always speak OF the congre-
CATION of church and the audience Of a
theater? Why would ii be incongruous 10
say that the congregation enjoyed the
comedy, and equally incongruous 10 say
that the audience relished the sermon 80
This question was put TO a clergyman the
other day. and the good man answered:
THE word congregation applies particular
ly 10 churches because IL is a word deriving
from the Latin grex, which means a flock
OF sheep. The people OF a religious organi-
cation are always regarded as a flock ard
their leader - regarded their shepherd.
Thus he is called their pastor. a word taken
bodily from the Latin and meaning a
shepherd. Sheep are eminently mild kind
and good animals, and 10 call the members
OF d church q flock OF sheep and the con-
ductor OF church a pastor or shepherd is
therefore, a symbol OF high praise IL Is
too high praised 10 be applied 10 any other
sort Of a collection OF people,
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York. In New York Passpartout will be
shelved; thereafter we can get along with
out it.
We expect to be gone thirty weeks an
ticipate serious trouble in any of the
countries passed through and hope to bring
back rich collections of photographs. sur
veys and valuable scientific observations
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Philadelphia Record.

FhlIadeIphla RECORD.
A leading theater manager in Chicago has
followed a Boston example and ceased using
posters. which were once the main reliance
OF the theaters for publicity. He maintains
that IL is far more profitable to put poster
money into newspaper space. 1t is the
opinion OF observing men that eventually
newspaper advertising will be virtually the
exclusive means OF publicity.